UNICEF Haiti - National Consultant: In-house Graphic Designer

UNICEF HAITI

National Consultant: In-house Graphic Designer

Background

Haiti Country Office (CO) intends to build a strong partnership for Child Rights with mass media, national and local government, civil society and other development partners. To pursue this intention, the CO publishes a wide range of materials. UNICEF Haiti is planning to contract a Graphic Designer on an on-call basis, to help the office meet its growing need for quality design services. The successful entity will provide technical support to the Communication section in designing UNICEF publications and contribute to the development and improvement of the design, branding and layout of materials produced by UNICEF. It will ensure that CO's products and reports are following UNICEF graphic guidelines, provide the best possible functionality and usability to UNICEF partners and contribute to the overall branding process.

The responsibility of this consultancy is to ensure the implementation and adherence to existing graphic guidelines; layout of reports and publications in French, English, and Haitian Creole development of new graphic solutions; and design of innovative products.

Tasks and Responsibilities

1) Implement UNICEF's branding policy:  Ensure that all publications, reports and products are produced in line with UNICEF graphic guidelines;  Implement the graphic guidelines in all UNICEF communication products;  Deliver creative and innovative ideas for print, electronic, web-based and animated presentations.

2) Design and lay-out of reports and other products:  Design of reports and other communication materials for printing and electronic distribution;  Improve and edit art-work, photos, charts and other graphic elements;  Layout and design information and communication materials (banners, posters, booklets, leaflets, books, calendars, bulletins, flyers, cards)  Create animations for illustrative purposes such as animations, presentations and more advanced solutions (design of CD/DVD packaging, graphic digitalization);  Custom photo editing (restoration, noise reduction, tonal adjustment)  Deliver creative graphic and technical solutions for use of new media (virtual 3D words/boxes, postcards)

3) Revitalisation and regular update of UNICEF Haiti Office Website

Detailed specifications for each individual assignment will be given to the selected designer as and when the designer's services are requested.

Qualification and Expertise

The successful entity is required to meet the following criteria:

 University degree in computer sciences and / or Professional certificates in Web and graphic design

 A minimum of 3 years working experience in web & graphic design, preferably with international institutions in the development or humanitarian environment

 Strong theoretical and practical background in graphic design, including the use of RedDot and of design software such as Adobe Design Premium, In-Design, CorelDraw, web design tools such as Dreamweaver and Flash, etc.

 Show a clear and mature style of design, demonstrating an understanding of the communication requirements of an international institution. Work experience with UNICEF and UN agencies is highly desirable.

 Proven experience of graphic production from start to published/printed product with knowledge of printing processes (offset and digital) and colour management;

 Good understanding of new and evolving technologies and digital platforms;  Knowledge of standard software packages, including MS Office– MS Access–MS Visio –Adobe Acrobat;

 Fluency (oral and written) in French, English and Haitian Creole is required

 Applicants should be of Nationals of Haiti

Deliverables

Quality design for various UNICEF assignments completed in line with UNICEF branding requirements and within specified deadlines. Reactivation and regular update of the UNICEF Country Office Website

Contract duration

1st March to 30 August 2016

Terms and conditions of payment

Design services will be delivered on an on-call basis and paid in local currently upon successful completion of the assignment (as certified by the requesting section). The actual costs of services will be paid by the section requesting these services.

HOW TO APPLY

Candidates' applications should include:

· A motivation letter, mentioning the consultancy title « 16/02-023/SSA : National Consultant, Graphic designer».

The most recent UN P11 form available at : http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/P11.doc

Copies of academic degree(s) and relevant professional certificates

An all-inclusive financial offer, entailing the consultant fees, transport, communication and all miscellaneous costs.

The application should be submitted by the 3rd March 2016, at: recruithaiti@unicef.org.

N.B. Incomplete applications will be rejected. Applications from eligible female and disabled candidates are highly encouraged. UNICEF is smoke free environment.

Source: UNICEF Haiti - National Consultant: In-house Graphic Designer

Student spotlight: Carolyn Becker

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Carolyn Becker(Photo: Photo courtesy of Fox Valley Technical College)

Name: Carolyn Becker

Age: 28

Hometown: Middleton, WI

Current Residence: Oshkosh, WI

Career Program: Software Developer/Web Development and Design Specialist

Attended FVTC: June 2015 through December 2016

Why did you choose the Software Developer/Web Development and Design Specialist programs?

I have always loved working with computers but have never received any formal education in this particular discipline. Some of the most engaging aspects of my previous jobs included working with the specialized software programs available and learning more efficient ways to use them to achieve my goals and requirements. Once I decided I was ready for a career change, Information Technology was the clear choice. I chose these two programs because web and software development is a highly sought-after field in the job market, and because I believe this industry will provide opportunities to learn and grow as an employee for years to come. I don't see myself ever becoming bored in a position in this industry.

What are you learning about your career field that you find interesting or rewarding?

Most people are largely aware of the role technology plays in their daily activities, but I had never really stopped to think about what makes that technology work. I find it fascinating to see how lines of computer code can make a program perform in a certain way or how a browser reads a line of code to display a website. I see this field as one that will grow exponentially in the future, and I am excited to see what new technologies appear while I am working in this industry. The most interesting part of this industry to me is that the information technology environment changes all the time.

Why did you choose Fox Valley Technical College?

Fox Valley Technical College provides flexible and affordable options for adult learners to return to school and either receive their first degree or work towards a career change. I knew FVTC would provide hands-on learning in a classroom environment that would help me develop the skills I'd need to be successful in my career change, and to do so more quickly than other avenues.

How did Fox Valley Technical College help you change your life?

Prior to attending FVTC, I was working in corporate finance but ready for a career change. I was interested in working in the Information Technology sector but had no experience or education in this area. After exploring my options, I discovered that I could attend FVTC to gain the knowledge and experience I would need to be successful in my career change, and could even do it while working part-time at an internship in the IT sector. Even better, with dedication and hard work, I could be back in the job market within two years. The flexibility, reputation and breadth of classes helped me make a very difficult decision a bit easier.

What type of job do you expect to find after graduation?

I am really enjoying both programs I am enrolled in. I love the problem-solving aspect of the Software Developer degree, but also very much enjoy working with and building websites using skills I've learned in the Web Development and Design Specialist program. Ultimately, I am hoping I can find a job that will use a combination of the skills I've learned in both degree programs.

For more information about the Software Developer or Web Development and Design Specialist careers, contact the Admissions Office at Fox Valley Technical College, 920-735-5645.

Fox Valley Technical College offers more than 200 associate degree, technical diploma and certificate programs, and instruction related to 20 apprenticeship trades, in addition to providing services to business and industry. Annually, the college serves about 50,000 people throughout its five-county district.

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German scientists receive award for preventing security vulnerabilities in web browsers

IMAGE: Derek Dreyer studies the foundations of programming to make software safe and secure. view more

The most popular web browsers are widely used on all kinds of devices today. That makes it all the more dangerous if the browser software contains programming errors which can be exploited as security vulnerabilities. But these programming errors are very difficult to avoid. For the best performance and responsiveness, browsers have to process instructions in parallel. This means that the developers have to program very complex code.

"Some jobs you can only do with a sharp knife and hence have to take care not to cut too far. With programming concurrent software it is the same. Enabling fast execution of program code always means the risk of programming errors", explains Derek Dreyer, who is on the faculty of the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, located in Kaiserslautern and Saarbrücken. In Saarbrücken Dreyer leads the "Foundations of Programming" group and teaches computer science at Saarland University.

His goal is to prevent such programming errors even during the development of the software. To address a practical example, he and his group are focusing on the programming language Rust. Since 2010, it has been developed by Mozilla, a US-based software organization also responsible for the web browser Firefox. In the interim, the programming language has become advanced enough that it is already being used for developing the new web browser "Servo", which may replace Firefox soon.

"Not only Mozilla, but also Dropbox is excited about it. In contrast to other programming languages, Rust offers developers a genuine balance between safety and control", Dreyer says. This means a fine-grained control over memory management and the allocation of resources, essential for developing applications like operating systems or web browsers.

But Rust has its weak points, too. Some have already been discovered last year. Therefore, Rust's developers appreciate Dreyer's project to eliminate remaining programming errors through mathematical correctness proofs.

To find bugs or to provide evidence of their absence, the computer scientists have to come up with new methods of proof. They are the first to meet that challenge with regard to Rust. The computer scientists are investigating how the latest components of Rust, whose safety has not yet been proven, can work without errors.

The European Research Council is supporting Dreyer with the Consolidator Grant. This gives him five years and two million euros to pursue his project. The evaluation criterion for this is the scientific excellence of the researcher and the research proposal.

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The Max Planck Institute for Software Systems

Computer systems are ubiquitous in our daily life. In addition to conventional desktop computing and Internet applications, sophisticated software systems can be found in almost all technical devices, from mobile phones to traffic lights. They support the operations of banks, hospitals, universities and public authorities, to name just a few. The Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, located in Kaiserslauten and Saarbrücken, carries out basic research that is dedicated to language design, analysis, modeling, implementation and evaluation of software systems, among other applications. Particular areas of interest include programming systems, the comparison of distributed and networked systems and of embedded and autonomous systems, as well as aspects of the formal modeling, analysis, security and stability of cutting-edge software engineering.

Media Inquiries:Derek DreyerMax Planck Institute for Software SystemsPhone: +49 (681) 9303 8701Email: dreyer(at)mpi-sws.org

Editor:Gordon BolduanScience CommunicationCompetence Center Computer Science SaarlandPhone: +49 681 302-70741Email: bolduan(at)mmci.uni-saarland.de

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Genelec teams up with BIMobject® to offer 4000 Series to AV designers

This forward-thinking move allows AV designers and architects to include the Genelec loudspeakers in any building information model to help in the design and planning stages of a project. Users will now be able to add the loudspeakers into digitally built models in building design software such as Autodesk Revit, ArchiCAD and Google Sketchup.

Genelec is delighted to announce that its hugely popular 4000 Series loudspeakers are now available as part of the BIMobject library. This forward-thinking move allows AV designers and architects to include the Genelec loudspeakers in any building information model to help in the design and planning stages of a project. Users will now be able to add the loudspeakers into digitally built models in building design software such as Autodesk Revit, ArchiCAD and Google Sketchup.

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a means by which everyone can understand a building through the use of a digital model. By modelling an asset in digital form, it enables those who interact with the building to optimize their actions.BIM is rapidly becoming an important part of the planning and execution of construction projects. As a result of this new deal, Genelec's 4010, 4020, 4030 and 4040 loudspeakers can be seamlessly loaded into any project file, ready for placement as part of a three-dimensional digital model. Users will also have access to the latest technical product information by downloading Genelec's BIM objects in building design software.Sami Mäkinen, Genelec Business Manager for AV Installation Systems says, "We wanted to make our series of installation loudspeakers available in the platforms which architects and AV designers come across in their daily work. In the past we have seen the planning for audio visual equipment comes in very late in the building pr ocess, and as a result the sound performance often takes a hit. By having our products available with BIM object, this will encourage designers to consider their audio options in the planning stage, which will lead to a much more successful installation."The 4000 series models are compact but powerful two-way active loudspeakers designed for indoor commercial and professional installations. The models contain an integrated amplification unit comprising an active electronic crossover, overload protection circuitry and two power amplifiers, one for each driver. The 4000 series offers excellent sound quality with high sound pressure capability despite a small enclosure.

About BIM Object:Today CAD symbols are replaced by BIM objects. BIM objects still carry the representation of your products in 2D and 3D like a CAD symbol would, but they also carry so much more.Every building design and specification process is today done in conjunction with CAD/BIM software. The advantage of BIM sof tware is that it enables evaluation and specification as early in the process as possible. The beauty with BIM objects are that they assist the designer/engineers in their work in a way that they become an integrated part of the BIM model (product model).Your products that are represented here as a BIM object will be visible in every drawing, visualisation and by extracting bill of materials from the BIM systems like ArchiCAD or Revit, your products will be listed in the listings.The benefits of your products will be clearly integrated in the design and the chances of getting specified are much higher than if you are not visible in the BIM systems. BIM models can also be used for estimations and a bill of materials can be generated. It all allows for more focus on the actual design part for the architect.More and more tools allow for more advanced calculations and simulations, like sunlight and shadows, energy and carbon dioxide, airflow and sound simulations. This creates a higher demand on the objects in the model that Architects and Engineers use to populate their BIM model with. Manufacturers' product-specific data is crucial to be able to generate the correct visualisation, functional analysis and accurate calculations of energy.For the architect to create realistic 3D images of a proposed design, the work will be much better and much more realistic if the architect can work with real BIM objects and real materials and textures. A BIM object understands what materials and textures it can have and helps the Architect creating good design and realistic design intent images. At BIMobject we create 3D models (which is the basis for a BIM object) as well as the materials and properties of the actual real product. It increases the realism in the images to an extent where it is hard to distinguish from photographs.In a BIM object you can also add links back to your product information, your website, contact details and montage instructions. The BIM objects are s mart by nature and can contain functions like how they should be operated, how the windows swing and open, and of course all visual qualities.All variations and sub selections are integrated in the object so the detailed specification is easier to perform and execute. The objects are branded with your logo and copyrights, giving you a product placement straight into the design and construction process that is unequal to any other marketing approach. For the prescribing consultants like architects, it saves time and makes the process so much better, adding increased productivity, higher quality and more valuable information straight into their BIM software, which they use eight hours a day designing buildings and interiors.

About GenelecSince the founding of Genelec in 1978, professional audio monitoring has been at the core of the business. An unrivalled commitment to research and development has resulted in a number of industry firsts and established Genelec as the industry l eader in active monitors. Over 35 years later Genelec monitoring products remain true to the original philosophy, offering reliability, neutral sound reproduction regardless of size, as well as the ability to adapt to the acoustic conditions of the listening environment. Genelec customers receive paramount support in the field, from acoustical advice and calibration services to technical service and long product life span. Buying a Genelec product is a secure long term investment in outstanding and reliable audio monitoring.

Source: Genelec teams up with BIMobject® to offer 4000 Series to AV designers

3Pillar Crosses Client Milestone, Releases User Experience Design Portfolio Website

  February 25, 2016 --

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3Pillar Global, a leading developer of innovative software products, announced today that it has now provided user experience design expertise to more than 30 companies. In conjunction, the company has launched a new user experience design website demonstrating why companies who are looking to innovate and rapidly build software products that drive revenue growth choose 3Pillar.

Among the design work that is showcased on the site are data visualization dashboards, visual design for mobile applications, a data analytics tool for a capital investment company, and design work on a SaaS recruiting platform. Collaborations that are featured include those with companies like SnagaJob, EverFi, and Natural Insight, as well as a Fortune 50 media & telecommunications company, the nations foremost medical association, and one of the worlds leading retail banks and financial services institutions.

"3Pillar was early to answer the market demand for user experience design when we added a product design service in 2012," said David DeWolf, CEO of 3Pillar Global. In the years since, we have seen our design team become a key resource for clients in whats often the first step of the product development lifecycle. This new website gives us the opportunity to showcase the breadth of our design portfolio and some of the great work our design teams are doing.

In addition to the case studies, the site also features a video narrated by 3Pillars Director of UX + Design, Alok Jain, about a design exercise the user experience design team undertook to envision the future of retail banking and how banks can forge deeper connections with their customers. It also includes information on a recent book on design sprints titled 'Design Sprint: A Practical Handbook for Building Great Digital Products' in which Alok and several members of his team were featured.

About 3Pillar Global3Pillar Global builds innovative, revenue-generating software products, enabling businesses to quickly turn ideas into value. 3Pillar balances business-minded thinking with engineering expertise in disruptive technologies, such as mobile, cloud, and big data, to develop products that meet real business needs. To date, 3Pillars products have driven over $1 billion in revenue. For more information on the company, please visit http://www.3PillarGlobal.com.

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Eureka Software Celebrating 30 Years of Software Project Excellence

Eureka Software is celebrating its 30-year anniversary as an industry leader in the design and development of custom software products and solutions in Austin, TX. Since 1986, Eureka has successfully completed over 2,000 projects in software product strategy and design, mobile, web, enterprise software development, business process automation, software as a service and cloud infrastructure.

Austin, TX (PRWEB) February 24, 2016

Eureka Software is celebrating its 30-year anniversary as an industry leader in the design and development of custom software products and solutions. Since 1986, Eureka has successfully completed over 2,000 projects in software product strategy and design, mobile, web, enterprise software development, business process automation, software as a service and cloud infrastructure. Eureka has worked with and for members of the Global 1000, the Fortune 500, notable private companies, and industry leading start-ups through its consulting, product development, and litigation/expert witness practices.

"In the early days, our customers simply wanted software that worked" said Rodney Muras, VP of Solutions and Services at Eureka Software. "Fast forward to today and there is this incredible rise in the importance of design thinking - customers are expecting much more out of their solutions. They want to move faster and with more agility, and more than ever, they want an immersive and comprehensive project experience. That combination is creating a very exciting set of opportunities for us."

In recent years, Eureka has also established itself as a leading expert in critical intellectual property, project performance, and related concerns. "Eureka's truly unique background allows us to add tremendous value for our clients in both avoiding IP and project-related challenges as well as helping them to resolve issues when they arise." CEO Monty Myers went on to say, "Regrettably, litigation is a significant component of doing business today – Eureka has the proven experience and capabilities to guide our clients through these challenges when they arise."

In it's 30 years, Eureka has achieved many successes but is perhaps proudest of its dedicated and stable workforce, touting engineering and management tenure upwards of 15-20 years in many cases – a rarity in the technology and software industry. Eureka's celebrated client list includes work for firms such as Samsung, Apple, Dell, IBM, Google, Dropbox, Pinterest, Twitter, American Airlines, ATT, Sprint, 2Wire, Siemens, 3M, Reuters, Jefferies, Progressive Insurance, Chevron, British Petroleum, Baron Weather, GNS Healthcare, Jones Day, Alston & Bird, and many others.

About Eureka Software: Eureka Software is changing the way companies approach software projects. By combining design thinking with deep technical and operational expertise, Eureka's highly iterative and collaborative development process helps bring better software products to market faster. Learn more at eurekasoft.com or we'd love to visit in person at our Austin, Texas innovation center.

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Choose t-shirt design software via no-refresh for better prospect

Details WhaTech Channel: Software Press Release Published: 25 February 2016 Submitted by Vikash Sharma WhaTech - Pro News from No-refresh Reads: 0

Avail the best quality T-shirt design software from the renowned organization, like No-Refresh. Our brilliant integrating service for online design software has broadened the horizon of growth for different print businesses. Since inception, we have been serving qualitative services and therefore, our company has gained recognition in the world.

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Therefore, No-Refresh has launched the online t-shirt designing software integration service. Through this service, our team has brought a tremendous transformation to traditional print business model, which results in generating more revenue and bringing more customers.

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The prime motive of our organization is to help the print organizations establish online business through the integration of online product designing tools.

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Become a Web Developer in 7 Simple Steps

So, you want to be a web developer. The one problem? … You have no experience working in the tech industry. You've taken courses and spent hours on personal coding projects, but the Experience section of your resume is still glaringly irrelevant. Transitioning into a new field is never simple. You wonder if you're ready. You wonder if anyone will take you seriously. You wonder if you can get work.

Trust me: don't let those doubts get in your way. In truth, it's not that difficult – as long as you make sure you're adequately prepared before making the leap. These seven guiding steps will help you make a seamless transition into web development.

1. Get clear about what you want to do.

The clearer you can be, the more specialized a plan you'll be able to develop. Don't cast too wide a net: narrow down your choices.

Front end or back end development?

User experience designer or user interface engineer?

Angular.js or React.js?

While there is some value in being a jack of all trades, most companies (and clients, if you're a freelancer) are hiring for a specific role, with specific skill sets.

How can you get clear about what it is you want to specialize in? Trial and error, research, and skills assessment tests are a good place to start. But knowing yourself is more important: your likes, your dislikes. Do you want to write code all day? Do you prefer designing interfaces? Figure it out.

2. Research jobs and companies you want to work for.

This can be as simple as scouring job ads. Do any specific titles stand out to you? Read the descriptions and see if you can picture yourself in that role.

When it comes to companies, this is easier than ever with sites like Glassdoor that make it simple to spy on companies. From Glassdoor, you can not only get a ballpark idea of salaries, but also read reviews from current and former employees. Another tactic is to look at people on LinkedIn who actually work in the positions you desire.

Compile a list/spreadsheet of dream job titles, at dream companies.

3. Identify skills/experience you need to work in those roles and at those places.

Now that you have this list of jobs at companies you are interested in, it's time to figure out what skills and experience they look for – and where there are overlaps.

An overlap is a skills or experience point that keeps reappearing in these listings. Make sure to note these on your spreadsheet. Are they using React or Angular? MEAN stack or Ruby on Rails?

Another way you can see the technologies being used on a company's site is by utilizing a tool like BuiltWith. This shows you the frameworks, languages, and more that the site relies on. For instance, we can see that Airbnb uses Ruby on Rails.

4. Fill in the skills you are are missing.

You now have a spreadsheet of dream jobs, at dream companies, and skills/tools that keep reappearing in the listings for those positions.

Now, identify which skills are easier to conquer than others.

You may have related experience already in some areas. Like at your current role, even if it's not technical, you could use some similar software that is required in both positions – like Microsoft Excel.

Some of these skills, plain and simple, are easier to learn – like learning Google Analytics, as opposed to, say, a JS library like React when you have little previous JS experience.

Take courses online and/or in person. Read books and/or blog posts. Work on each skill in bite-sized chunks in your free time; trying to learn everything at once is much more likely to overwhelm you.

5. Build evidence to support your case.

Next, you want to develop some compelling examples of your work.

It can be hard when first starting out, but here are a few ways you can build up your experience:

Do pro-bono work for friends/family

Build your own projects

Volunteer at a non-profit

When working for free or cheap, make sure to ask for testimonials or recommendations on LinkedIn in return for your time and effort. Also make sure to add any code on GitHub.

6. Put yourself out there by networking and building an online presence.

Most open positions are filled by being recruited or referred. The traditional application process is virtually dead. And people aren't just going to stumble upon you hiding in your bedroom browsing Monster.com. You need to put yourself out there.

Here are a few ways to do just that:

Way #1: Network in real life with industry people.

Go to meetups, events and conferences. Afterward, connect with people you met on LinkedIn or Twitter. If you met someone with the job you want (or someone who hires for the job you want!), ask them to get coffee for 15 minutes.

Relationship building is critical – especially for newbies. By forging connections with people who have the job or experience you want, you're creating inroads to companies you may want to work for.

I already hear some groaning: But I live in the middle of nowhere! And I don't have the funds to fly to SF or NYC for the hottest conferences.

Which brings me to …

Way #2: Network online.

You don't need to literally be face-to-face to network. You can start a blog, join Facebook and LinkedIn groups, attend virtual conferences, connect with people through email, do Skype calls, contribute to open-source projects, and more.

Note that even in a digital world, it's a little bit harder when people only know you from a screen. However, these online approaches are still viable methods to start building name recognition.

For more networking inspiration, check out 6 Real-World Networking Tips for Developers.

7. Restructure your resume/LinkedIn/portfolio.

As you've been brushing up on your skills and networking with industry people, it's time to spruce up that resume/LinkedIn/portfolio.

First, identify transferable skills. Certain traits are desirable in almost any role. These can include presentation skills, communication, leadership, time management, problem-solving ability, etc.

Next, emphasize your accomplishments. Technical or not, highlight achievements that make you look like an A-player. Even if it's more of a hobby than a professional accomplishment. (Like how your Paleo food blog won X award.) The tech industry is quirky, anyways. They want a diversity of backgrounds, passions, etc. within their employees.

Finally, make a data-backed case that you can succeed in a tech role. AKA, show evidence. This could be a portfolio site with real samples, a GitHub profile with impressive project repositories and contributions, a blog where you've written about what you do, stellar LinkedIn recommendations, or a combination of these.

Next Steps

You're all ready to start prepping for your transition into web development! Now, these are just the first steps – the foot in the door stage. Next, you need to ace the interview. And once you've landed the job, you'll need to wow them so you can keep climbing the ladder and moving to bigger and better things. In the tech industry, learning never stops. But that's half the fun.

Source: Become a Web Developer in 7 Simple Steps

Make Ecommerce Stores Look Impressive with BigCommerce Template Design from OCDesignsOnline.com

Marmora, NJ -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/23/2016 -- Founded in the year 2005, OCDesignsOnline is now providing top class BigCommerce template designs at the most competitive prices. BigCommerce is basically a private organization that deals with developing top class ecommerce software that helps businesses in designing impressive ecommerce stores for their products and services. At OCDesignsOnline, business owners can get a wide range of BigCommerce template designs that can surely enhance the look of their ecommerce stores and attract new customer. These BigCommerce store designs are not only fully equipped with BigCommerce functions and features, but also have additional features that are not presently available in the standard BigCommerce template. Those seeking a reliable provider can count on them for their needs.

When it comes to offering best-in-class BigCommerce store designs, OCDesignsOnline is one of the most sought after names in the industry. These BigCommerce template desi gns are developed in-house by their professional team of highly skilled and talented designers and programmers, who possess years of experience and certified knowledge working in this domain. They employ the latest technical tools to ensure that the highest standards of service are maintained and that they fully satisfy the needs of their clients. Interested business holders can request for a custom quote by filling a simple questionnaire present on their official website, OCDesignsOnline.com. In addition to BigCommerce templates, their professionals also have hands on experience in offering EBay templates, 3D cart store design, Shopify store design, social media marketing, EBay store design, WordPress blog design and many other services.

Talking more about their BigCommerce template design services, one of the representatives of the firm stated, "With over 250,000 custom template listings on eBay, over 4000 live eBay storefronts and recognized as the largest provider of eBay store designs in the United States – OCDesignsOnline is now swimming for gold as the Premium BigCommerce design partner, too. From jewelry and accessories to electronics and auto parts, home goods to industrials and everything B2B, our experience is extensive and our expertise is WOW! Whatever your product, we give it the look and feel to keep your customers looking and your competition feeling it's time to get out of the water!"

About OCDesignsOnlineOCDesignsOnline is a family owned business located in New Jersey that offer affordable solutions for sellers to boost sales on eBay and eCommerce. They do not outsource.

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Lattice Semiconductor Continues to Bolster Design Tool Suites for Low-Power, Small Form Factor FPGAs

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:LSCC), the leading provider of customizable smart connectivity solutions, today announced availability of an updated version of its Lattice Diamond® design tool suite, version 3.7. It includes support for more Lattice devices as well as performance improvements to help customers design solutions based on Lattice FPGAs with the lowest possible size, power consumption and cost.

Lattice Diamond design software is a complete suite of FPGA tools with an easy-to-use interface, efficient design flow, superior design exploration and more. Key new features in version 3.7 include support for the expanded ECP5™ and MachXO2™/MachXO3™ FPGA families.

Latest software updates for ECP5-5G™ family, the first FPGA family to support 5G SERDES and up to 85K LUTs in a small 10x10 mm package. Click here to request a license to access ECP5-5G devices in the software.

Software support for new ECP5 12K device that enables cost optimized programmable IO bridging functionality in a variety of end markets.

Software support for enhanced features in MachXO2 and MachXO3 FPGAs including low-voltage I/O support, password protection against malicious erase commands, and soft error detection and correction support (SED/SEC (News - Alert)).

Support for new MachXO2 QFN32 package to implement functionality such as power management, bridging and signal aggregation in a variety of Industrial applications.

Improvements to the Lattice Synthesis Engine (LSE) used in the tool suite allow for smaller footprint and design productivity.

"The small size, low power consumption and high performance of our FPGA families make them the ideal connectivity solution for consumer, industrial and communications applications," said Hua Xue, vice president, software systems and solutions at Lattice Semiconductor. "With these updates to our popular Lattice Diamond software suite, our customers will be able to achieve their design goals without compromising device functionality."

For more information about the Lattice Diamond software suite and to download version 3.7, please visit the Lattice website.

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Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ:LSCC) is a global leader in smart and connected solutions. Our customers rely on our ultra-low power, small form-factor Programmable Logic Devices (News - Alert), standards-driven video connectivity ASSPs, high-bandwidth 60 GHz millimeter wave wireless devices, and intellectual property to quickly develop faster, sleeker, and more responsive devices for the Consumer, Communications, and Industrial markets.

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Designing software in Madison and worldwide

Need help creating a mobile app or designing a website?

Want your company to get more exposure on social media?

Hardin Design & Development handles those types of projects and more, here in Madison and around the world.

Established in 2008 by Madison native and UW-Madison alum Jon Hardin, the custom software development company has offices Downtown, with branches in Dallas and Denver, and a total of 24 full-time employees, all but two of them in Madison. Several more are expected to be hired this year.

Clients have included Disney, IBM, The Golf Channel, Dow Jones and CNN.

Hardin, 29, is both a computer geek and an entrepreneur dating back to his pre-teen days.

Today, he presides over offices in the angular Verex Plaza building, 150 E. Gilman St., overlooking Lake Mendota. Typical of today's young tech companies, Hardin's offices feature a game room with pool and pingpong tables and video games. Ironically, chess — the formidable, low-tech game whose roots date back at least 1,500 years — is the current king among employees, Hardin says.

And, yes, there's also beer on tap. Employees vote on their choice of brew whenever the keg runs dry.

Hardin, the company's president, CEO and owner, won't divulge annual revenues but says they have been above $1 million "for a number of years."

Married to Mary Hardin, a high school English teacher, the couple and their two cats live in Verona, where Hardin likes to spend his leisure time tackling home renovation projects, such as the climate-controlled wine cellar he built last winter.

Hardin, the CEO, and Hardin, the business, are active in the local startup community and support the YWCA's YWeb Career Academy that teaches computer programming to women and minorities.

On the fun side, employees built a green, spaceship-style craft that was the only Wisconsin entry in the Red Bull Soapbox Race last year. Created at the Sector67 maker space, the vehicle took fourth out of 47 teams in the Aug. 29, 2015, contest in Cincinnati.

Hardin Design & Development may be a familiar name around Madison because of Scott Resnick, vice president of the company. A former Madison alderman and unsuccessful candidate for mayor in 2015, Resnick is also executive director of the proposed StartingBlock entrepreneurial hub project.

Q: Were you fascinated by computers at an early age? Have you always had the entrepreneurial bug?

A: I've always been interested in computers. My dad (Jeff Hardin) is a professor of zoology at the UW. Computers and programming were a big part of his research and teaching; he was always writing software. In middle school, I started teaching myself various computer languages and Memorial High School had an excellent computer science program.

As far back as middle school, I was always trying to start companies. One of my hobbies was programming video games. I'd create the game and try to find ways to sell it online. I didn't have much luck with that — you know, they were made by a middle-schooler. There was a 3-D sword fighting game and two games that were based on Star Trek. I'm glad I didn't have any luck selling them because I didn't know about copyright laws back then.

Q: How did Hardin Design & Development get started?

A: When I was in college, at Chadbourne Hall, my roommate and friends and I started Inzüm. It was a very ambitious project, like Hulu. Our goal was to license content from the networks and run our own TV network.

We got farther than you would think. We won third place and a $2,500 prize in the UW-Madison School of Business' annual G. Steven Burrill Business Plan contest. We had a contract with a network — we carried 30 Rock and The Office. It was at the dawn of TV on the Internet. No one had figured out how to make money on that, yet.

But our problem was that we were just a bunch of kids in a dorm room. Once the network and others realized what kind of fortune they were sitting on, they just shut everybody (else) down.

It was OK, though. It's fun to take those big home-run swings.

After that, I found myself looking for something to do. I was a sophomore and had a job at the Trace Research and Development Center. I started looking for programming work on Craigs-list and signed three clients during finals week.

That got me going into the summer. I realized there was an under-served market in Madison and a need for a company that could do projects at affordable rates but with the professionalism and infrastructure of an actual company. I started hiring people, we got office space on the Capitol Square (at the beginning) and we started rolling.

Q: You had some high-level clients early on, like Disney, Toyota and Mercedes-Benz. How did you land them?

A: We had a relationship with a marketing company in Chicago. They were able to get us in front of some big brands pretty early. We connected with them through Craigslist. I was systematically going on Craigslist and answering ads for companies that needed help with software projects. In those days, you could meet lots of people that way.

We weren't making a huge amount of money, but they were very good for our exposure and our portfolio. That, in turn, made it easier for us to hire good developers.

Q: What kind of work did you do for the big companies?

A: For the car companies, we were developing social media widgets, right when Facebook was starting to really get rolling. Companies wanted embedable content or applications on Facebook. For Disney, we created a Facebook game based on "Chronicles of Narnia."

Anything and everything, we would do. That's been one of the driving philosophies of Hardin: Pretty much anything in the software space, we're willing to take on.

Q: How far-flung are your clients?

A: We have around 1,000 clients, all over the world. In Los Angeles; New York; Chicago; Auburn, Alabama; Abu Dhabi; Poland; and a huge number in Madison. We really value the Madison market.

Q: How are you able to get hired around the world?

A: We have a very skilled sales team that works with various partners to find leads. But a lot of it comes from referrals. We take a lot of pride in the fact that other clients refer us.

Let's be honest: There are a lot of custom software development companies out there. Especially if you're in another city, there has to be a pretty strong reason to hire you.

Also, the cost of living in Madison allows us to be very competitive in larger markets. It's much more expensive to run a development shop in Los Angeles, San Francisco or New York than in Madison. We're also able to have world-class talent. The UW and Epic Systems Corp. have played a big role in that. We hire a lot of UW alums; we also get Epic alumni. Pretty much every software company in Madison has hired Epic alums.

Q: What's your biggest struggle?

A: Figuring out how to replicate the skill sets of our top-level people. We could grow really fast if we could clone me, Scott and Kyle (Crossman, chief technology officer).

Q: What gives you the most pride in your company?

A: One of the products we're most proud of is a project we work on with partners in Dallas, a commercial real estate management and business intelligence systems company. We're building a software platform that is used by FedEx, IBM and AT&T to manage their corporate real estate holdings.

The best kind of project involves technology that I've never worked with before, that helps me grow as a software developer. Also, seeing the team we've built.

It feels so good to see them working together, to see the corporate culture that we've created continue to grow.

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Pivotal picks up Singaporean web development shop Neo Innovation

If three do indeed make a trend as the old journalistic saying goes, then Pivotal Software Inc. is now officially on an acquisition streak. The vendor this week made its third strategic purchase in two months and picked up a Singaporean web development studio called Neo Innovation Inc. that caters to large enterprises.

Adobe Systems Inc., eBay Inc. and Time Inc. are among the corporate heavyweights that have hired the services of the outfit since its foundation in 2011. However, the biggest asset that Pivot stands to gain through the deal is arguably not Neo's clientele but rather its team, which will bring valuable development experience to the table. The EMC Corp. subsidiary's need for fresh talent was also the main motivation behind its previous two acquisitions: Interface design specialist Slice of Lime Inc. and CloudCredo Ltd., a consultancy that helps organizations with maintaining their platform-as-a-service implementations.

The deals will bolster Pivotal's fast-growing professional arm, which has quietly become a force to be reckoned with in the professional services space. Its work spans from helping organizations come up with ideas for new software products to handling the design and implementation process. The unit even has a usability testing team that can be contracted to periodically check an application for performance issues and other technical hiccups.

Yet Pivotal as a whole still constitutes only a fraction of EMC's overall revenue. The company has a long way to go before it can start posing a serious threat to established professional services providers like IBM Corp., which is also working to strengthen its position. The technology giant bought three major creative agencies since the beginning of the year as part of a nine-figure acquisition spree.

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Oppo A30 pops up on company website with OnePlus X specs

Is the OnePlus X being sold as the A30 by Oppo? It certainly seems so. The Oppo A30 has gone official on the company's website with specs exactly the same as the OnePlus X's. This includes a design that is similar to the Champagne Edition of the OnePlus X, though the software is Oppo's version of Android instead of OxygenOS from OnePlus.

The hardware includes a 5-inch Full HD display, a quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor, 3GB of RAM, a 13-megapixel rear camera, 8-megapixel front shooter, 16GB of expandable storage, and a 2,525 mAh battery. Oppo's ColorOS 2.1 UI powers the software. The website doesn't mention pricing or availability information, though Oppo it should be somewhat pricier than the OnePlus X as the Chinese giant doesn't sell devices at cost like its financially-backed startup.

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Partnership Between 3D Slash and 3dfilemarket Makes It Easier for Anyone to Design Quality 3D Models

The Internet can seem like a free-for-all when it comes to the selling of 3D files and models. There are 3D printing platforms and online marketplaces all over the place; it seems as though anyone can design a 3D model, throw it up on the Internet, and charge money for it regardless of quality or even printability. With this in mind, many 3D printing platforms are becoming more careful about curation. 3dfilemarket is one site that takes extra steps to make sure that its customers are getting quality models. All designs are checked over by the company before they're featured on the site, and the site also requires that each uploaded file is accompanied by a photograph of the printed model to assure customers that the file is actually printable. No one wants to download a cool-looking model and begin printing it only to wind up with a pile of wasted filament – not to mention wasted time.

Rather than simply rejecting poor designs, however, 3dfilemarket also puts a lot of effort into helping people to create quality 3D models. As stated on their website, the aim of the company is "to promote the sharing of good designs and help grow 3dprinting." While some other websites project a somewhat snooty, exclusive "you won't find any crap designs HERE" attitude, 3dfilemarket seems to truly want to encourage as many people as possible to learn and improve their 3D design skills.

One way they're doing this is through a new partnership with 3D software company 3D Slash. The French company's 3D modeling software is pretty much the easiest you'll find anywhere; it was designed specifically for beginners, kids, and people who are interested in 3D printing but haven't a clue how to design a model. 3D Slash software has now been integrated with the 3dfilemarket platform, so that users can easily design and download their models directly from the site.

"As an education advocate of 3d printing, I am extremely excited that the 3dfilemarket has partnered and integrated with such an impressive CAD modelling platform such as 3D Slash," said Philip Cotton, founder of 3dfilemarket. "One of the major barriers to more people adopting the technology is the arduous task of learning how to CAD model. 3D Slash helps to solve this issue by being the only platform that is openly accessible to all."

Also, it's free. Once you've signed up for a 3dfilemarket account, there's no charge to hop on and begin messing around with the software. If you want to share your design, you can also easily upload it to the '3D Slash' category – just make sure you've printed it yourself first.

"We are very happy to partner with such a qualitative platform as 3dfilemarket, and to provide their growing community with an accessible and precise 3D modelling tool," said Sylvain Huet, founder and CEO of 3D Slash.

While most of the models in 3dfilemarket's marketplace are free, designers do have the option to charge for their models – you can read more about their intellectual property policies here. As 3dfilemarket says, they're not concerned about money; their mission is simply to advance and spread 3D printing technology to as many people as possible – a goal that 3D Slash seems to share. What do you think of this new partnership? Discuss in the 3dfilemarket & 3D Slash forum over at 3DPB.com.

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Freedom 251: Bugs ridden website rings controversies for Ringing Bell

BJP Senior leader Murli Manhor Joshi ,Director of Ringing Bells, Mohit Goel and CEO, Dhaarna Goel during the launch of Smartphone-Ringing Bells Freedom 251, in New Delhi. PTI Photo by Manvender Vashist

Are you planning to buy the world's cheapest smartphone? You might want to hold on as the Rs 251-smartphone has come under a cloud after the website to book the handset has been crashing since the open sale began.

An overload on the servers due to six lakh clicks per second on its website has forced the company to halt bookings. The sale will resume after 24 hours, the company said.

 Ordering the phone online has been a struggle for many as the server directs them to the homepage even if all the required details are entered correctly, The Huffington Post reported. 

Moreover, there is no limit on the quantity that can be ordered. Even if one enters 0.5 units as quantity, the system accepts it and just halves the price, the report added. Ashok Chadha, the company's president, had said at the launch that after 2.5 lakh units were sold on the website, it would stop accepting orders.

Questions Raised Who is behind the making the finished product is still unknown. A report from NDTV Gadgets 360 said that the shipment of the final product will be different from the ones handed out as review units. Not just that, there have been questions raised on the device's low cost. Chadha had said the real cost of the device was Rs 2,500, Hindustan Times reported. This money will be recovered through a series of measures like innovative marketing, reduction in duties and creating an e-commerce marketplace. The estimated cost of the phone is valued at $60 (Rs 4,125), Pranav Dixit, Tech editor for the Hindustan Times also said in a Reddit AMA. He received this information in a letter from Indian Cellular Association (ICA), written to Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. Moreover, the phone is unsafe to use as it is not registered at Bureau of Indian Standards, the report added. The icons and software design is blatantly an iOS ripoff, and the phone has copied elements from the iPhone on hardware and software sites as well, reports suggest. Meanwhile, The BGR certifies that the phone is not made in India, as the Adcom logo on the top is covered by whitener. 

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Pivotal buys another software development agency, Neo

Pivotal, a company that sells cloud and big data software and offers agile software development services for other companies, announced today that it has acquired Neo, a small independent software development agency.

This is Pivotal's third acquisition in just two months, following Slice of Lime, a user experience design agency, and CloudCredo, a company that specialized in deployments of the Cloud Foundry software that Pivotal supports.

"The Pivotal Labs approach has had a strong influence on Neo from its very inception. Neo is deeply aligned with Pivotal's Agile software development and Lean Startup methodologies," Pivotal's managing editor Stacey Schneider wrote in a blog post. "Their results-driven approach emphasizes experimentation―helping clients define, design, and build product by testing it in-market to create true customer value."

Neo started in 2012 and was based in San Francisco, with additional offices in New York and Singapore. The company picked up business from Adobe, AT&T, eBay, Singapore's federal government, and Time Inc.

Neo's founder, Ian McFarland, spent seven years at Pivotal Labs (which EMC acquired in 2012) as principal and vice president of technology before striking out to build a consultancy of his own.

"When Neo began, our goal was to push the envelope for how lean startup, cross-functional teams, and agile could be combined for better results. Over the last several years, we accomplished a lot, not just for our clients, but also in how people thought about innovation. However, we recognized that a bigger platform was needed for the kind of impact Neo hoped to achieve," the company wrote in a message on its website.

"Pivotal provides that platform, and today Neo shuts its doors and becomes part of the Pivotal team. In many ways, this is a story about coming full circle. Through our founder, Ian McFarland, many of our values came directly from Pivotal, and so this feels like a natural completion of the loop."

Terms of the deal weren't disclosed.

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Synopsys and Cypherbridge Accelerate TLS Record Processing for IoT Communication with Optimized Hardware/Software Security Solution

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DesignWare SSL/TLS/DTLS Security Protocol Accelerator with the optimized Cypherbridge uSSL software development kit enables system architects to replace TLS record processing software implementations with more efficient hardware processing

DesignWare SSL/TLS/DTLS Security Protocol Accelerator with built-in scatter/gather DMA capability offloads cryptographic functions from the CPU to speed record processing of the software transport layer security protocol stack

Cypherbridge uSSL software development kit, an ANSI C thread-free library, requires minimal context switching for improved software performance

Synopsys and Cypherbridge will demonstrate the hardware/software security solution at Embedded World 2016 in Nuremberg, Germany, February 23-25

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS) today announced a collaboration with Cypherbridge Systems to optimize Cypherbridge's uSSL™ software development kit (SDK) for the Synopsys DesignWare® SSL/TLS/DTLS Security Protocol Accelerator (SPAcc). The joint solution enables the offload of cryptographic functions to dedicated hardware, giving system architects the ability to reallocate the CPU to other functions or use a smaller CPU. The combined SDK and DesignWare SPAcc accelerate the development of device software drivers for the transport layer security (TLS) protocol, which is used as the encryption layer in web browser, Internet of Things (IoT), payment terminal and industrial control applications.

The DesignWare SPAcc speeds the record processing of commonly used security protocols including secure socket layer (SSL), TLS and datagram transport layer security (DTLS) via a highly configurable architecture that provides the exact functionality and performance level required for a specific application. The SPAcc can also accelerate lower-level cipher, hash/MAC and public key operations, as well as several high-level functions used during the handshake protocol performed by SSL, TLS, or DTLS protocols.

SDKs that ely on a system heap can result in memory fragmentation, negatively impacting system performance. The Cypherbridge uSSL SDK is an ANSI C thread-free library with an integrated memory manager for a zero-heap solution. It is available with out-of-the-box support for the most widely used embedded operating systems, TCP stacks and target development kits. The SDK and SPAcc solution offloads TLS record processing to the SPAcc for optimized performance and design efficiency, reducing CPU load and improving power balancing.

"Designers are finding that a significant percentage of their development time is spent optimizing their software stack for the SoC hardware," said Steve DeLaney, founder at Cypherbridge Systems. "By leveraging our uSSL SDK with Synopsys' DesignWare Security Protocol Accelerator, designers can accelerate their software development and ultimately get their products to market faster."

"Connected devices ranging from routers to baby monitors increasingly require stringent security technology to prevent malicious attacks and data breaches," said John Koeter, vice president of marketing for IP and prototyping at Synopsys. "Our collaboration with Cypherbridge helps designers, who may not have deep security protocol knowledge, to implement the TLS protocol quickly and efficiently."

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Visit Synopsys in the Cypherbridge Systems booth (4-449) at Embedded World 2016 in Nuremberg, Germany to see how Synopsys' DesignWare Security Protocol Accelerators, with the Cypherbridge uSSL SDK, can increase the performance of IoT applications.

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The DesignWare SSL/TLS/DTLS SPAcc and Cypherbridge uSSL SDK are available now.

About DesignWare IP

Synopsys is a leading provider of high-quality, silicon-proven IP solutions for SoC designs. The broad DesignWare IP portfolio includes logic libraries, embedded memories, embedded test, analog IP, wired and wireless interface IP, security IP, embedded processors and subsystems. To accelerate prototyping, software development and integration of IP into SoCs, Synopsys' IP Accelerated initiative offers IP prototyping kits, IP software development kits and IP subsystems. Synopsys' extensive investment in IP quality, comprehensive technical support and robust IP development methodology enables designers to reduce integration risk and accelerate time-to-market. For more information on DesignWare IP, visit http://www.synopsys.com/designware.

About Synopsys

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS) is the Silicon to Software™ partner for innovative companies developing the electronic products and software applications we rely on every day. As the world's 16th largest software company, Synopsys has a long history of being a global leader in electronic design automation (EDA) and semiconductor IP and is also growing its leadership in software quality and security solutions. Whether you're a system-on-chip (SoC) designer creating advanced semiconductors, or a software developer writing applications that require the highest quality and security, Synopsys has the solutions needed to deliver innovative, high-quality, secure products. Learn more at www.synopsys.com.

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Web Design Company Shanghai China Introduces Effective Custom Web Design & E-commerce Solutions at Great Prices

February 17, 2016 --

PassionSource Co., Ltd is the China based web design company that announces to offer result-oriented custom web design and e-commerce solutions for businesses of all sizes at affordable prices.

The digital world is expanding significantly and this puts an emphasis on having a great online presence for businesses of all types and sizes. Sensing the urgency, China based PassionSource Co., Ltd has announced their web designing solutions, aimed at offering effective and affordable choices for a business to go online and promote their products or services in the internet world.

The Web Design Company offers services to build websites of all types, from a small introductory website to an enterprise class website. This is the reason why they serve all types of clients from small medium size companies to large enterprises. The company has a team of designers and developers who keep a track on the changing internet technologies and endeavor to offer the best web design services that bring considerable business results for clients.

Their bouquet of services includes company introduction websites, product promotion websites, e-commerce websites, flash based website designs, customized enterprise-class websites, domain registration and web hosting. The Web Design China Company aims at providing the complete range of web design, development and hosting services for a business to enjoy a peace of mind and witness their growth in the digital world.

According to the spokesperson of the company, their web design services include project analysis, graphic designing, programming and database development, testing and deployment as well as internet marketing. They offer web designing from the scratch and allow a business to achieve their goals on the web world. Besides offering aesthetic appealing web designs, they help create functionalities that meet the business objectives of a client.

PassionSource Co., Ltd has now also started offering E-commerce Web Design services for companies to help set up online stores to sell their products to the global customers. With a simple and well-arranged product and content management systems (CMS), one can easily manage a host of products and can start selling for a successful online business.

To learn more about their web design services, one may visit the website www.PassionSource.com.cn

About PassionSource Co., Ltd

PassionSource was established in April 2005 by a group of young passionate IT people. PassionSource team has been providing customized web design and development services to a number of clients since 2001 and provides offshore software development and outsourcing services as well. At PassionSource, a professional team of business-minded people is driven by a clear vision and focuses for the success of the clients.

Media ContactCompany Name: PassionSource Co., LtdContact Person: Beyond TangEmail: beyond@passionsource.com.cnPhone: +86 21 51088150Country: ChinaWebsite: http://www.PassionSource.com.cn

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Metaswitch Adds Web and Video Conferencing to Accession Unified Communications Suite

Accession Integrates Zoom's Industry-Leading Collaboration Capabilities February 16, 2016 --

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwired - February 16, 2016) - Network software provider Metaswitch today announced significant enhancements to its Accession unified communications and collaboration solution. The offering now features tight integration of web and video conferencing capabilities from Zoom Video Communications, Inc., a leading provider of video communications services.

"Enterprises are seeking cloud-based web and video conferencing solutions that allow mobile and remote workers to collaborate more effectively," said Elka Popova, program director, information and communication technologies, Frost & Sullivan. "Accession's comprehensive feature set, enabled by integration with Zoom, allows service providers to take maximum advantage of the strong growth of the Unified Communications market."

Zoom Integration Zoom's platform unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings and group messaging. With Zoom, Metaswitch integrates video and web collaboration into Accession Communicator, its high quality unified communications client for mobile and desktops.

"Metaswitch is a global leader in delivering software solutions for service providers to drive new revenues,"said Eric S. Yuan, Founder and CEO of Zoom. "Through our integration, providers can now bring new levels of collaboration to their business customers."

Accession Communicator for Mobile and Desktop Accession Communicator meets the needs of the demanding, tech-savvy and always-on enterprise workforce. Its fully featured UC capabilities include voice, instant messaging, presence, application integration and now video and web conferencing for up to 50 attendees. Its user-centric design makes it easy for end users to install and use, and simple for providers to support.

"We chose to partner with Zoom for its solution's unequaled features, along with the company's commitment to technical excellence and industry-leading quality," said Chris Carabello, senior director of product marketing for Metaswitch. "We look forward to working closely with carriers to enable new revenue streams while increasing their customer satisfaction and retention."

Leading French telecommunications provider Serveurcom is among those deploying Accession as the basis of its own UC offering.

"Accession's powerful conferencing and collaboration capabilities significantly enhance our offering to business customers and channel partners," said Damien Watine, Serveurcom CEO. "Accession has been incredibly easy to deploy and support, and opens a number of new revenue streams for us. The ROI is rapid, and customer satisfaction with the product is extremely high."

For more information, register here for the Metaswitch webinar, "Opportunities for Service Providers to Grow with Cloud Unified Communications and Collaboration," being held on March 1, 2016.

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About Metaswitch Networks Metaswitch is powering the transition of communication networks into a cloud-based, software-centric, all-IP future. As the world's leading network software provider, we design, develop, deliver and support commercial and open source software solutions for network operators. Our high performance software runs on commercial, off-the-shelf hardware, as appliances or in the cloud. We package this software into solutions that are redefining consumer and business communications and enabling the interconnection between diverse network services and technologies. We also apply our software development expertise to removing network virtualization complexities in the data center, with a solution that easily scales and secures workload interconnection in support of mission-critical IT and real-time communication applications. For more information, please visit: http://www.metaswitch.com.

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Electronic Product Design Leader Stratus Engineering Revamps Website

February 16, 2016 --

San Diego, CA, February 16, 2016 --(PR.com)-- Stratus Engineering, a best-in-class engineering design services firm that delivers high-quality electronics and software for embedded systems, has launched a redesigned website to help customers during all phases of product development.

The new website makes it simple to discover the benefits of Stratus Engineering's wide range of application expertise and extensive hardware and software engineering experience. From system architecture to hardware prototyping, software development and production testing, Stratus Engineering ensures online visitors can learn about its products and services quickly and easily.

Stratus Engineering's revamped website features comprehensive information about its vast array of products, including:

· EZ-Tap™ RS-232 Passive Tap Module – Serves as a low-cost hardware bus analyzer and protocol analyzer solution that uses a traditional dual COM port approach to RS-232 interface monitoring.

· EZ-Tap™ Pro RS-232 Passive Tap Module – Bus Analyzer/Protocol Analyzer – Offers a sophisticated protocol analyzer and bus analyzer hardware solution that is designed to overcome latency and time-tagging problems associated with traditional dual COM port monitoring solutions.

· Versa-Tap™ HDLC RS-232/RS-422/RS-485 Passive Tap Module – USB Port – Features state-of-the art electronics and provides exceptional data-logging/analyzer capabilities.

Stratus Engineering's website also includes in-depth user guides that are available at any time. Each quick-access user guide includes easy-to-follow instructions to ensure customers will have no troub le making the most of EZ-Tap, EZ-Tap Pro and Versa-Tap.

In addition, the website offers customer insights from many of Stratus Engineering's globally recognized clients. Stratus Engineering serves customers of all sizes from the semiconductor, communications, instrumentation, industrial and consumer electronics and design services industries, and its website boasts customer testimonials that highlight the design services firm's commitment to delivering high-caliber results with reduced product design cycle times to both big and small businesses.

The new website empowers online visitors to find out how Stratus Engineering's experienced professionals can help a business achieve its embedded systems design goals. These professionals deliver everything from turnkey design and manufacturing to supplemental engineering support and have helped Stratus Engineering become one of San Diego's top engineering design services firms.

With a combination of technical expertise, ex perience and creativity, Stratus Engineering offers top-of-the-line embedded solutions for various industries with state-of-the-art design and development. Stratus Engineering provides hardware development, software development and firmware development as well as migration and integration services for embedded software, including quality assurance and testing services, and continues to explore new, innovative ways to fulfill its customers' electronic product design and embedded system development needs.

Check out Stratus Engineering's revamped website to discover the benefits of its electronic product design and embedded system development services. Contact Stratus Engineering today for more information about Stratus Engineering's design services or to obtain a quote for a current project.

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Stratus Engineering serves as a leading provider of consulting and design services for electronic product design and embedded system development. It is based out of San Diego, California and provides hardware development, software development and firmware development as well as migration and integration services for embedded software, including quality assurance and testing services. To learn more about Stratus Engineering's products and services, please visit our website or contact us at (858) 663-1841.

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The stark contrast between UI design software and manual coding

The first, and often last, impression for client applications -- whether on Windows, the Web or a mobile device -- is the user interface. Yet designing an effective one is far more complex than tying some actions to a button or menu pick. That might have worked in the era of Visual Basic, but not for today's Web and mobile app UIs. Fortunately, the nexus of cloud back-end services, application frameworks and UI design software tools allows app developers more time to focus on designing the user experience by providing efficient ways of translating ideas into contextual, visual expressions.

The design process can easily get complex; however, the essential steps involve planning an application's various screens; defining the relationships and navigation flows between them; picking a visual design pattern, such as tabbed or modal, among others; and designing the elements of each screen.

The exact workflow will vary depending on the type of project, but upon choosing a fundamental application architecture or design pattern, the process starts by prototyping the UI as a wireframe diagram using a graphical editor before translating design elements to code. The code conversion process can either be manual and laborious, if starting from scratch, or assisted and iterative when using an application framework with templates such as Bootstrap; Foundation; or Apache Cordova, formerly PhoneGap, for HTML5, CSS and JavaScript apps. Our goal here isn't to provide a step-by-step starter guide for a particular workflow and platform, but an overview of the tool chain used to create attractive and engaging apps.

App navigation. Choose a design pattern and back-end services, then prototype UI

Most UIs -- whether for PC, Web or mobile apps -- still use the model-view-controller (MVC) design pattern originally introduced way back in the '80s with the Smalltalk language. Condensing a CompSci textbook's worth of material into a paragraph, the three main components of an MVC app are the model, which manages data and app behavior; the view handling the display of information; and the controller to capture user input and send commands to the model. When using cloud back ends, particularly platform as a service (PaaS) tools, like the Azure Mobile App and Web services or AWS Mobile Hub, the model runs on the cloud while the client UI handles user input and display, using application program interfaces to remotely execute application logic, store data and user state, authenticate users, and pull information from remote databases. Such a cloud-based back-end design obviates the need to build server applications and infrastructure, allowing developers to focus on the client code and UI design software.

Mobile and Web apps typically use pages or screens as the UI paradigm with app logic and controls to allow navigation between them and to trigger back-end processing. Here, each screen represents a logical portion of app functionality that contains information, controls and navigation elements. The first step in UI design software is planning the navigation flow using something like a flow chart to illustrate screens and transitions.

UI screen navigation.

Detailing each screen is where wireframes come in. Wireframes are simple graphical blueprints of the screen design, including the text and image layout, controls, and other graphical elements. Although wireframes can still be drawn on the back of a napkin, most developers now prefer using a graphical editor. Sophisticated software like Photoshop is often used by professional UI designers, however DIY developers should stick with a vector drawing tool like Visio for Windows, Omnigraffle for Mac OS X and iOS, or even slide software like PowerPoint or Keynote. Indeed, Microsoft has a Visual Studio add-in providing PowerPoint integration. One nice trick is using the hyperlink feature in slide software to indicate navigation between pages. As app designer Luke Wroblewski points out, presentation software is great for showing an app's narrative flow:

Because Keynote is a presentation tool, it's suited for designing Web apps where you need to show process flows and interactions. And, the animation tools make it easy to show how things like transitions and rich interactions might actually work. Combine all these and you've got a tool that allows you to quickly communicate how something will look and work!

Translating drawings to code

Translating wireframe mockups and navigation flows to actual code -- whether HTML5, Javascript (e.g. AngularJS), or Java and Objective-C for native mobile device SDKs -- is typically a manual process of using interface templates that implement the various UI features of your prototype. Although there are UI design tools with integrated code generators like App Builder, Kony Studio, Dreamweaver and others, these can be expensive -- both money and time, having their own learning curve -- and limiting -- they only support certain types of apps and languages, plus your design may not fit into something from their template library.

A more common approach is to use code templates from an application framework. For example, the Bootstrap framework for Web apps has an extensive template library with a wide variety of layouts. Choose one that best resembles a particular wireframe and you'll have all the code, including base HTML, CSS, fonts and Javascript, for a complex page that's ready to tweak into the exact form required. The coding itself is made even easier by using an IDE like Eclipse; Visual Studio; Webstorm/IntelliJ IDEA; Xcode; and others that includes a syntax-aware editor with code hinting and completion, real-time code inspection and error correction, hierarchical project, file and class navigation and integration with build repositories (GitHub) and tools.

Wrapping up: Testing the UI and linking back-end services

Debugging and refining the UI design software requires an emulation environment, either a browser with development tools like the Chrome Developer tools for browser-based apps, along with the Ripple Emulator for mobile Web emulation, or a mobile OS emulator for native iOS and Android app testing. From there, it's a matter of repeating the standard code-build-test-debug cycle until you're satisfied with the results.

Chrome development tools

The details of wiring in back-end cloud services are specific to the PaaS of choice. For example, when using the Azure App Service, it starts by using Azure's management portal to create the necessary services (e.g. database, server and others) and then downloading a customized code bundle for your platform of choice. If building an iOS app, you'll get an Xcode project with all the code and modules preconfigured to connect to your back end and ready to run in the Xcode iOS simulator. The sample code provides the necessary hooks to the relevant Azure services, platform-specific service calls that can be easily integrated into the client UI.

The combination of graphical UI prototyping software; code frameworks; intelligent, framework-aware IDEs; and cloud back-end app services have greatly simplified the process of building elegant, innovative and effective Web and mobile apps. These apps exploit the nexus powerful client GUIs and cloud services to enable clients lightweight enough to work on a smartphone with application logic sophisticated enough to tackle real world problems.

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