Software Industry Announcements and News


Intuit Unveils Next Generation of the Intuit Partner Platform

[ Comments Off ] Posted on 06.07.11 under Development

Intuit Anywhere Lets Developers Integrate QuickBooks Data Directly Into Small Business Web and Mobile Apps

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU) today introduced Intuit Anywhere, a new way for developers to reach millions of small business customers and build QuickBooks® data integration directly into their Web and mobile applications. Made possible by the Intuit Partner Platform (IPP), Intuit Anywhere is a set of widgets and data services that make it easier than ever for developers to offer their customers a seamless, secure and personalized experience between QuickBooks and the apps they use to run their small businesses.

Intuit Anywhere is the latest option for developers to connect their apps to the Intuit Partner Platform, providing the benefits of data integration and single sign-on, requiring less coding and expanding the ecosystem to include mobile applications.
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Dr.Explain 4.2 Enables Rapid Creation of Help Systems

[ Comments Off ] Posted on 05.30.11 under ASP Member Companies, Development

Speeds up Software Product Releases

The new version of the popular software documentation tool produces top-notch online manuals and help files, provides powerful import & editing capabilities for better user assistance.

Indigo Byte Systems today announces Dr.Explain 4.2, which brings more features and enhancements to the popular software documentation tool. Among many enhancements Dr.Explain 4.2 features improved content editor, better management of text styles and enhanced import of HTML, CHM, RTF & DOC (DOCX) formats. The latest version supports 9 languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Sweden, Russian, and Dutch. It´s available as a free download from the Dr.Explain´s website: http://www.drexplain.com
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Avangate Affiliate Network Five Year Anniversary

[ Comments Off ] Posted on 03.31.11 under ASP Member Companies, Development

23,000 niche affiliates, 10,000 software products and up to 25% revenue contribution

AMSTELVEEN, The Netherlands–Avangate, full service provider of eCommerce and partner management solutions for software vendors, announced today the fifth anniversary of its Affiliate Network, which has reached more than 23,000 niche software affiliates amongst which players such as BitsDuJour, TopTenReveiws, 01Net, SiliconAction or BrotherSoft.

“We are specialists in software and work with both vendors and affiliates and support them to grow their revenue. For this we also provide a smart platform that allows customization, collaboration tools, multiple rewarding and marketing capabilities to increase conversions plus, of course, real time reporting”

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Tabs Studio Add-In Saves Time

[ Comments Off ] Posted on 03.16.11 under ASP Member Companies, Development

Tabs Studio Eliminates Frustration with Visual Studio Tabs

Sergey Vlasov has released Tabs Studio v. 2.3, a Visual Studio and SQL Server Management Studio add-in that organizes document tabs and cuts software development time. Tabs Studio lets you group your document tabs intelligently, and makes all of your document tabs visible by creating multiple rows of tabs.

When working on large solutions with 20 or even 30 tabs open at the same time, it can be frustrating finding documents that are already open. Tabs Studio lets you immediately switch to another tab with a single mouse click or a few keyboard shortcuts.
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Better ListView – a new .NET component to replace the standard list view control

[ Comments Off ] Posted on 01.28.11 under ASP Member Companies, Development

ComponentOwl.com announces release of Better ListView, a component designed to replace the standard list view control included with .NET.

Better ListView is written from scratch in pure managed C# code and does not inherit from the regular .NET list view control. It has no dependencies. It is very easy to deploy – it is a single DLL binary that is smaller than 200kB hen compressed.

It is very light-weight and lightning fast, as it has been optimized for 100 000+ items.
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Microsoft Survey Highlights Cloud Movement Across the US

[ Comments Off ] Posted on 01.25.11 under Business, Development

REDMOND, Wash. – Jan. 12, 2011 – The forecast for cloud computing across key U.S. cities calls for new lines of business, more need for IT services, and potential job growth, according to a new survey released today by Microsoft.

Microsoft released the results of the study this week after interviewing more than 2,000 IT decision-makers in 10 U.S. cities.

The cities are ranked based on how local businesses are adopting and using cloud computing solutions – including hiring vendors to migrate to the cloud, seeking IT professionals with cloud computing experience, and creating new lines of business based on cloud platforms. The survey indicates that cloud computing is not only a growing sector of the IT services community, but helping to create new businesses and jobs locally.
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