Latest figures from the IT Job Board show the future is bright despite the double dip

London, UK (PRWEB UK) 1 June 2012

The IT workforce now employs 1 in 18* of the entire UK workforce. Employment in the IT industry is also set to grow at 2.19% per annum** nearly five times faster than the UK average, compared to other areas.

IT recruitment is showing signs that it will ride the recession. Figures from the IT Job Board show that permanent IT jobs advertised are rising a healthy 11% quarter on quarter, with demand for permanent JavaScript roles rising 27% year on year, and PHP 36% year on year. Pay is also good. The average salary for those skilled in PHP is rising at 7% quarter on quarter, and the average annual salary for those working in Oracle at an impressive

Latest figures from the IT Job Board show the future is bright despite the double dip

Apress Debuts their Latest .NET Titles at Microsofts TechEd Conferences!

New York, NY (PRWEB) June 01, 2012

Apress is pleased to announce their participation as an exhibitor at Microsofts TechEd America from June 11th-June 14th and TechEd Europe, which takes place in Amsterdam June 25th-June 29th. Apress will introduce tech professionals to their newest Microsoft titles, currently available via the Alpha program.

“Pro C# and the .NET 4.5 Framework, “Introducing .NET 4.5 and Illustrated C# 2012are just a few of the Apress books that developers will have a first look at. As Microsoft unveils its latest .NET technologies, the Apress Alpha Program gives readers access to a book before its official release providing the rare opportunity of reviewing cutting-edge content as its being written. Chapters are added and updated on a regular basis through the full completion of the book. Those that purchase the book in Alpha, will also receive the final eBook version when its available. This process gives tech professionals a head start in learning about the newest versions of Microsoft technologies.

During TechEd America, Apress will also be hosting two book signings at their booth #1941. Apress author Henry Lee will be signing copies of his book, Beginning Windows Phone App Development on Monday, June 11th from 11am-12pm for TechEd attendees. Danny Garber, author of Pro Windows Server AppFabric, who is also speaking at TechEd, will be signing copies of his book on Wednesday, June 13th from 11am-12pm. This will give TechEd attendees a chance to meet face-to-face with an expert in their field. Garber is presenting at TechEd America for PRC10, Real-World Cloud Computing on Windows Azure on Sunday, June 10th from 10am-6:00pm in S330C.

News of Apresss presence at TechEd and TechEd Europe follows their successful Metro Revealed free e-copy offering, where Apress was able to share the content of Metro Revealed: Building Windows 8 apps with HTML5 and JavaScript with thousands of Apress fans in just 24-hours.

For more information on Apresss involvement in TechEd America or TechEd Europe, please email stephaniecarino(at)apress(dot)com. For more information on Apresss Alpha titles, please visit http://www.apress.com/events/Microsoft_alpha.

About Henry Lee

Founder of ToeTapz.com and NewAgeSolution.net, Lee is passionate about technology. He works with various Fortune 500 companies, delivering mobile applications and rich Internet applications. He is focusing his energy on delivering mobile applications on Windows Phone 7, Android, and iPhone. In his spare time, he dedicates his efforts to helping his communities by delivering sessions at technology events. He enjoys speaking with other technologists about current trends in technology and sharing business insights with fellow colleagues.

About Danny Garber

Danny Garber is a Windows Azure Solution Architect within the Worldwide Windows Azure Center of Excellence (CoE) team at Microsoft Corporation and the US Windows Azure Technical Community lead. In his role, Danny is responsible for planning and execution of the Services Field Sales strategy for Windows Azure platform worldwide through Windows Azure discovery workshops, application assessments, architecture design sessions and technical POCs. He joined Microsoft in July 2006 as an SOA and BizTalk Server Integration subject matter expert. Danny has over 21 years of IT experience, 14 of them in the role of software architect. Danny is a Microsoft Certified Architect, an IBM Certified Architect, Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) and Certified Technical Specialist (MCTS) in BizTalk Server. He can be reached at dannyg(at)microsoft(dot)com or via his blog at: http://blogs.msdn.com/dannyg/

About Apress Media

Apress Media is a technical and business publisher devoted to meeting the needs of IT professionals, software developers, programmers, and business leaders with more than 1,000 books in print and electronic formats. Apress provides high-quality, no-fluff content that helps serious technology professionals build a comprehensive pathway to career success. For more information about the innovative approach Apress takes to publishing, please visit http://www.apress.com.

Apress Debuts their Latest .NET Titles at Microsofts TechEd Conferences!

Grandville RoboDawgs Host First VEX Robotics League in Michigan

Grandville, MI (PRWEB) December 19, 2012

Twenty-four teams from West Michigan schools have come together to form the state’s first VEX robotics league. In late November, the Grandville High School RoboDawgs hosted the first league play event for the newly formed West Michigan VEX League. Teams from Grandville, Belding, and Grand Rapids Schools competed at this event which was held at the Grandville Robotics & Engineering Center, located on the south campus of Grandville High School. Chuck Parks, president of Grandville-based Custom Electronics and manager of the West Michigan VEX League, said the kickoff of this new League marks a step-change in the way robotics integrate into the education of high school and middle school students.

The West Michigan VEX League has two competition dates each week, culminating in a league championship playoff to be held Saturday, January 5 in Grandville. This league-play format, operating much like any other varsity sport, features regular weekly play between area schools. This really changes the game, says Chuck Parks. Unlike any other robotic competition, these kids get to compete against other schools every week and then go home and upgrade their robots hardware and programming. This competition format supports a real-life model for continuous improvement.

Grandville RoboDawgs Host First VEX Robotics League in Michigan

Xsolla to Exhibit at E3 2012 in Los Angeles June 5-7; Will Be Unveiling New Products and Services

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) June 05, 2012

Xsolla, the leader in providing optimized in-game payment solutions worldwide, will be showcasing their award winning and industry leading payment solutions platform at this years Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, California.

During the event, the Xsolla team will be meeting with current and future partners, industry peers, and fellow innovators from the online payment field. They anticipate sharing the time and space with game publishers and developers to discuss and consult about the latest news and happenings in the online gaming industry.

E3 will be the first public display of Xsollas new, small scale pay interface: PayBar. A dynamic java-script installed payment library, the interface can fully customized to fit a game companys aesthetic. This allows it to fit right into publishers payment portals to show alternative, White Label payment options within a limited screen area. PayBar is especially designed to maximize conversions using minimal space to do so. In limited release with select test projects, PayBar is already producing dramatic increases in conversions and customer satisfaction. Xsolla will also be giving demonstrations of its redesigned and upgraded PayStation, now in version 2.0.

As in years past, the 2012 edition of expo will take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center. For these 3 days, the city of Los Angeles welcomes software developers, buyers and retailers, programmers, distributors, entertainment industry representatives, financiers and venture capitalists, importers and exporters, manufacturers, resellers, researchers, educators, financial and industry analysts and worldwide electronic and print media to participate in this premier trade show of the games industry.

Even before the company was founded, most of our employees dreamed of coming to E3, says Xsolla CEO and Founder Alexander Agapitov. E3 is the biggest event in Video Games; its our Cannes, our Super Bowl. We couldnt be more excited or proud to attend this conference as a large-scale exhibitor. The fact that it takes place in our backyard (downtown LA) definitely/certainly adds to the fun factor of the show.

Xsolla will be at booth #555 in the South Hall and will be attending many of the keynote speeches, exhibits, and press events that are offered during the expo.

About Xsolla

Xsolla is the worldwide leader in global, in-game payment optimization. The companys easily integrated products dramatically increase payment conversion by localizing and simplifying transactions for each unique user. Since its inception, the company has been innovating solutions to traditional publisher concerns such as tax law, currency conversion, piracy, and payment fraud. Xsolla collaborates with over 300 payment service providers to offer solutions via credit card, mobile payments, e-wallet, cash and e-cash, payment kiosks and more—all within one interface backed by 24/7 customer support.

Xsolla is partnered with many leading game publishers worldwide, such as Valve (Steam), Aeria Games, S2 Games, Gameforge, Bigpoint, Wargaming.net and more. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices worldwide. For more information or a free proposal, please email bizdev(at)xsolla(dot)com or visit Xsolla online at http://www.xsolla.com.

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X2CRM Brings Open Source Marketing Automation to Small Businesses

Santa Cruz, CA (PRWEB) December 19, 2012

X2Engine announced today the general availability of X2CRM Professional and Open Source Editions for small businesses. Designed for speed and flexibility, X2CRMs purpose built, compact design eliminates the complexity of older and more expensive CRM systems, allowing sales and marketing professionals to accelerate lead generation and sales force productivity, while lowering operational costs.

We built X2CRM after talking with small businesses about the need for a next-generation sales system with a built-in, easy-to-use, marketing automation capability. These capabilities coupled with a design goal of building a fast and friendly user experience continue to guide us today, said John Roberts, founder of X2Engine. And, with both cloud and on-premise / downloadable editions, X2CRM is a great value.

X2CRM 2.0 Key Features:

Web 2.0 Speed Optimized User Interface

Web Activity Tracker

Web and Facebook Lead Capture Form Designer

Newsletter Generator

Lead Nurturing, Scoring and Intelligent Routing

Contact Activity Management

Sales Process Workflow Engine

Email Correspondence

Product and Sales Quotes

User Profile Pages and Activity Streams

Custom User Role Designer

Field Security, Roles and Sales Teams

Visual Form Editor for Admins

Reporting Dashboard

iPad and Mobile Apps

Run in the Cloud or on your Servers

Selected Features

Web Tracker

X2CRMs powerful new web tracker captures and records customer website visits, allowing you to create sales alerts when customers visit your website and also trigger automated lead nurturing workflows.

Web Lead Capture

X2CRM allows both sales and marketing professionals to easily create web lead capture forms in a graphical form editor. Web lead forms can be versioned, tagged with special attributes and customized with user specified colors and font styles. The editor generates special, embeddable HTML that users can paste into their website, similar to a Youtube video.

Email Marketing

X2CRMs Marketing module allows users to easily create contact lists, write an email promotion and send it to the selected contacts. All emails are trackable, showing if the recipient opened or unsubscribed the email. Campaigns work with X2CRMs email server or with third party email applications.

Newsletters

The Newsletter module is both a web lead capture and email newsletter generator. With a website newsletter sign-up widget, names and email addresses are collected. Newsletters can easily be written and sent to this newsletter list, and interested recipients can be converted into contacts. Newsletters are a great method for establishing relationships with hesitant prospects.

Contact Management

With X2CRMs ultra fast, Web 2.0 user interface design, sales professionals can quickly navigate larger contact lists, send emails, create product quotations and manage contacts through custom sales processes workflows.

Reporting

Included in the Professional edition is a custom report grid and chart builder. Sales and Marketing professionals can create, save and share custom reports from any module in the system, including everything from user activity and lead status to sales pipeline forecasting.

X2Studio

Special attention has been paid to keeping X2CRM compact in design. However, there are times when customizing the application to specific business requirements allows companies to create an internal advantage. X2Studio is a completely visual customization administration tool, that allows administrators to modify any module in the system. This includes adding or removing fields, changing page layouts and creating completely new modules from scratch, all without any programming knowledge.

Run Anywhere

X2CRM is designed for todays open cloud. Available in both cloud and on-premise / downloadable versions, X2CRM puts the customers in complete control of their data.

About X2EngineCRM

X2Engine, Inc. of Santa Cruz, California, was founded in 2011 by John Roberts, a SugarCRM co-founder and Customer Relationship Management software entrepreneur. The company provides software and cloud hosting services for X2CRM, a next generation open source, sales management system. X2CRM has been installed on over 3,000 public and private cloud servers across 120 countries.

X2CRM Brings Open Source Marketing Automation to Small Businesses

Cyber-Duck Produces Three Apps in 48 Hours

London (PRWEB UK) 8 June 2012

London based Award Winning Digital Agency Cyber-Duck conducted their very own hackathon named QuackHack, enabling their talented team of individuals to learn new skills, whilst building fully functional programmes, all of which can be used as practical business solutions.

Over the weekend of the 26th and 27th May 2012, Award Winning Digital Agency, Cyber-Duck compiled three teams consisting of programmers, designers and marketers who worked tirelessly round the clock to produce three unique and fully functional applications, all of which can be used as practical business solutions.

This is the first time a UX (User Experience) orientated UK digital agency has engaged its own staff in an official hackathon with generous prizes such as Sonos sound systems, HD LED monitors, Arduino kits and extra staff holiday.

Cyber-Duck specialise in producing bespoke software solutions for clients known as SaaS (Software as a Service), bespoke web portals and mobile/tablet apps based on superior UX and best-in-class design. The QuackHack, resulted in the successful production of the following products:

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Cyber-Duck Produces Three Apps in 48 Hours

XTERRA Integrates Social Media, HTML5 and GIS into this Year's Event

Richmond, Virginia (PRWEB) June 08, 2012

XTERRA returns to Browns Island Richmond, VA June 9-10, 2012 and Timmons Group will be part of the excitement! Timmons Group, a leader in geospatial solutions, created an integrated web mapping application for Luck Stone to support the event.

The application will be viewable on large-screen monitors throughout the event displaying fans tweets and photos in real-time. Fans tweeting from mobile devices will see their position on a full-screen map.

XTERRA Integrates Social Media, HTML5 and GIS into this Year's Event