Gizmox VWG Technology Now Available Through the Windows Azure Marketplace

PRLog (Press Release)– Mar 17, 2011– Tel Aviv - Gizmox, the developer of the award-winning Visual WebGui (VWG) and cloud Platform, announced today that the Visual WebGui Instant CloudMove solution will now be available through the Windows Azure Marketplace. The partnership highlights Gizmox's support of Windows Azure and provides enterprise customers with the shortest path to enabling their client/server applications on the cloud.

VWG enables the auto-transposition of application code that runs locally as a client/server application into an application that runs natively on Windows Azure as a rich Web application which can then be accessed in a secure-by-design mode from any plain browser including cross mobile and tablet devices and OSs. Instant CloudMove was designed to enable the transformation of client/server code to the Web or cloud. The solution targets the architectural gap between desktop and the Web/cloud by bridging that gap using a virtualization layer atop a Microsoft ASP.NET-based Web server.

Instant CloudMove supports the transformation of code from various client/server technologies such as Visual Basic 6, Oracle Forms, Power Builder, COBOL, Magic & others, as well as Microsoft .NET (Visual Basic.NET & C#), into rich Web or mobile secured-by-design browser based applications that run natively on Windows Azure. This means the application runs as native Web or cloud whilst maintaining its pure .NET code, and that the entire process can be done without disrupting the use of the application on the original platform. This was demonstrated in a joint webcast presented by Gizmox and the Windows Azure team. Get the webcast recording here: http://www.visualwebgui.com/OpenLink.aspx?linkid=348                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

"Microsoft is excited to feature Gizmox's Visual WebGui Instant CloudMove in the Windows Azure Marketplace," said Aashish Dhamdhere, senior product marketing manager for Windows Azure at Microsoft Corp. "Through VWG, customers can easily migrate applications to Windows Azure with minimal cost and disruption." Gizmox is one of the lead partners in Microsoft's Building Blocks Initiative- a new program to onboard technology and business partners to accelerate the adoption and penetration of Windows Azure with ISVs, Enterprise Developers and IT Pros. Under this initiative Microsoft supports partners who have developed Windows Azure applications that could catalyze and ease the adoption of Windows Azure for the end customers.

"We are delighted that Microsoft is featuring our technology in the Windows Azure Marketplace" commented Navot Peled, President of Gizmox. "Instant CloudMove is the native .NET to Web/cloud application move solution that addresses the tens of billions of client/server lines of code in the enterprises - particularly Visual Basic 6 and .NET, and offers the shortest path to Windows Azure. It also offers the shortest path from legacy systems such as COBOL, Oracle Forms, Power Builder and others to Windows Azure. The joint offering also includes special pricing to encourage enterprises to move to the cloud. We offer attractive proof of concept programs that lets enterprises build their confidence with Visual WebGui and Windows Azure.  Other alternatives such as desktop and application virtualization are very restrictive in terms of scalability, security and accessibility. Offering the VWG solution in the Windows Azure Marketplace will ensure that those enterprises wishing to migrate to the cloud can enjoy all the benefits that our solution offers."

The joint offering is available from the Windows Azure Marketplace:http://windowsazure.pinpoint.microsoft.com/en-US/applica ...

About Visual WebGui Visual WebGui, www.visualwebgui.com, is the first secured-by-design .NET open source Ajax empowered Web/Cloud and Mobile HTML and HTML5-based application platform. It reproduces uncompromised desktop functionality richness on the Web, Cloud and Mobile at commoditized costs. The Visual WebGui solution offers features that build, migrate, run and manage Web, Cloud and Mobile applications. It removes the Ajax complexities and limitations for business applications, as well as the web cloud and mobile's single most limiting factor – the network limitation. It enables applications of any size and weight to be used on desktop, web, cloud and mobile from the same codebase, essentially forever changing the way businesses use web, cloud and mobiles for their organizational needs. In 3 years, Visual WebGui has more than 700,000 downloads of its software and over 35,000 VWG applications that are already in production, at first tier organizations such as SAP, IBM, Israel Aerospace Industry, Visa, Texas Instruments, banks, medical, government and military institutions.

Media Contact: Aaron Godfrey NCSM Strategic Marketing T: +44 (208) 150 6940 or +972-545-346870 Skype: ncsm.strategic.marketing www.ncsm.co.il

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2e2 Selects MindTree as its Offshore Partner for Applications Outsourcing

PRLog (Press Release)– Mar 17, 2011– Bangalore, India March 15, 2011: MindTree Limited, a global IT Solutions and Product Engineering Service company today announced that it has secured its first major SAP support deal in the UK having been selected by 2e2, Europe's fastest growing ICT lifecycle services provider, as a long term applications outsourcing partner. MindTree will provide SAP helpdesk, support and development work for 2e2's clients.

The appointment of MindTree will allow 2e2 to redirect employees in the UK into more customer facing and consultative roles, providing a sharper focus for the business. A formal inauguration of the 2e2 offshore centre at MindTree Bangalore will take place in April.

"This will increase MindTree's reach and ability to service local requirements in the UK and perfectly complements our experience of providing offshore expertise in SAP and other enterprise applications," said Tridip Saha, MindTree's UK Head. "Partnering with 2e2 also gives us the opportunity to work with clients in areas new to us such as the construction industry. The complementary nature of MindTree and 2e2's service offerings in the UK market should mean significant benefits will flow through to both companies."

"Partnering with MindTree will improve delivery of our SAP services and will also lead to increased customer satisfaction, said Nick Grossman, Business Development Director of 2e2. "Our experience of working with MindTree has been very positive and we are already looking at expanding the footprint of the offshore development centre into other areas of our business."

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Pharmacy OneSource Releases New Workflow Functionality for Sentri7

PRLog (Press Release)– Mar 07, 2011– Bellevue, WA – Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today several new improvements have been added to Sentri7, a web-based, enterprise-wide electronic surveillance application that helps hospital staff identify at-risk patients.

Pharmacy teams now have the option of a patient-by-patient workflow for use on rounds, and flow sheets to track medications and lab results over multiple days. Pharmacy users can also write rules against previous interventions and follow-up dates.

"These new workflow improvements in Sentri7 will make our anticoagulation monitoring process completely paperless," said Gerry Migaki, Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center. "This will be a big help to us, as we want to remove paper from the process as much as possible."

The Infection Prevention module now has an auto-populating antibiogram and NHSN uploading capabilities for BSIs, SSIs, Procedures and ICU summary data. Procedure forms can be pre-populated with clinical data from OR feeds. New reports include MDROs, device-associated infections and SSIs by location; NHSN benchmark reports; and a standardized infection ratio (SIR) report for CLABSIs.

Sentri7 by Pharmacy OneSource combines medication, laboratory, patient, radiology and surgery data to facilitate earlier, better, and more consistent interventions. Accelerating workflows can lead to shorter lengths of stay, lower costs, improved patient safety and reduced antibiotic resistance... in short: speed saves lives.

More information about Sentri7 can be found at www.sentri7.com.

About Pharmacy OneSource Pharmacy OneSource is healthcare's #1 Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider. Our more than 100 innovative team members provide best-in-class, SaaS solutions to current and future challenges within health-systems worldwide. Our SaaS solutions contribute to swift and safe healthcare through earlier, easier and better access to data. More than 1,300 healthcare organizations worldwide utilize our HIPAA compliant web-based services.

Pharmacy OneSource is part of Wolters Kluwer Health (Philadelphia, PA), a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health and pharmacy. Major brands include traditional publishers of medical and drug reference tools, journals, and textbooks, such as Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; and electronic information providers, such as Ovid®, UpToDate®, Medi-Span®, Facts & Comparisons® and ProVation® Medical.

Wolters Kluwer Health is part of Wolters Kluwer, a market-leading global information services company focused on professionals with annual revenues (2009) of £3.4 billion ($4.8 billion), approximately 19,300 employees worldwide and operations in over 40 countries across Europe, North America, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. Visit our website, YouTube or follow @Wolters_Kluwer on Twitter for more information about our market positions, customers, brands, and organization.

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Ruden McClosky Adds New Associate: Albert D. Gibson to join the firm’s Litigation Practice Group

PRLog (Press Release)– Mar 07, 2011– Ruden McClosky Adds New Associate Albert D. Gibson to join the firm's Litigation Practice Group

FT. LAUDERDALE, FLA – March 7, 2011 – Florida-based Ruden McClosky P.A. announces that Albert D. Gibson has joined the firm's Litigation Practice Group. In this capacity, Mr. Gibson will serve as an associate at the firm's Ft. Lauderdale office located at 200 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1500.

Gibson concentrates his practice on commercial litigation, representing clients in matters involving complex business litigation; collection; foreclosure prosecution and defense; corporate law; and insurance defense including newsmatic.com">automobile, medical malpractice and premises liability.  He has served as lead plaintiff's counsel and lead defense counsel on both bench and jury trials, and has practiced as an appellate attorney representing clients before the Florida District Court of Appeals.

Gibson is a member of The Florida Bar, Business Law Section and Young Lawyers Division. He is a former member of the board of directors of the South Miami-Kendall Bar Association (SMKBA) and is a founder and past president of the SMKBA Young Lawyers Section.

Gibson is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida.

Gibson earned his juris doctorate, cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law (2007); a master's degree in business administration from Villanova University (2005); and a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from the University of Delaware (2003).  

Ruden McClosky P.A., one of Florida's longest standing full-service law firms, represents regional, national, and international clients with business interests throughout the state. With offices across Florida, Ruden McClosky is fueled by strong client relationships, a roster of experienced attorneys, and a commitment to delivering superior client service with a focus on results. Among the most respected law firms in the state for more than 50 years, Ruden McClosky's culture is grounded in professionalism, diversity, and civic involvement. For more information please visit www.ruden.com.

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California ferret owners want their pets legalized

They live in the only U.S. state besides Hawaii that bans residents from keeping ferrets as pets, forcing an untold number of Californians to keep their beloved weasels hidden from the public.

But these renegade ferret lovers have no plans to abandon their long, furry friends. Instead, they're ramping up their campaign to persuade lawmakers, wildlife regulators and the public that it's time to overturn a ban that's been in place for nearly 80 years.

"There is no reason the ownership of the domesticated ferret should be illegal in California," said Pat Wright, who heads the Legalize Ferrets campaign, told the California Fish and Game Commission in February. "These guys are part of our family. The pet-human bond is a strong one, and you're stepping on it."

State wildlife regulators say escaped or disnewsmatic.com">carded ferrets could establish feral populations and threaten native wildlife, such as nesting birds, rabbits and squirrels.

"We are already overrun with nonnative species in the state of California," said Jim Kellogg, the commission's president. "There's no reason for us to legalize one more animal that could come into California and do damage to our native species."

Wildlife officials say ferrets also pose a threat to small children, pointing to reports that a four-month-old baby in Missouri had several fingers chewed off by his family's pet ferret in January.

Despite the ban, California is believed to have more ferrets than any other state. The pet industry estimates that about a quarter of the nation's ferret newsmatic.com">care supplies are sold in California, where ferret owners can have their pets confiscated and be prosecuted for a criminal misdemeanor.

Kellogg says the state should enforce the ban on ferrets and even the sale of ferret supplies, but the Department of Fish and Game just doesn't have the resources for strong enforcement.

"We know they're here," Kellogg said, but the state's overstretched game wardens "have way more important issues than cracking down on ferrets."

A member of the weasel family, ferrets are playful newsmatic.com">carnivores that are believed to have been domesticated more than 2,000 years ago. Until recently, they were mainly used for hunting and pest control.

Many U.S. states used to prohibit ferrets, but most of those bans were lifted over the past 25 years as the slinky-like creatures became increasingly popular pets.

California's community of underground ferret owners is fighting to changing that. They say they're tired of having to keep their pets secret and live with the constant fear that their weasels could be taken away.

Many owners have had their ferrets confiscated by law enforcement after an angry neighbor, co-worker or family member reported them to state authorities, said Debby Greatbanks, a member of Sacramento-based West Coast Ferrets.

"All it takes is one phone call to ruin a ferret owner's day," said Greatbanks, who has a permit to house confiscated or disnewsmatic.com">carded ferrets and transport them out of state. "Just going through your routine day, you have to keep your ferrets underground. You don't know who to tell."

California ferret owners have been pushing for legalization for more than 20 years, but so far have failed to convince state wildlife regulators and lawmakers to take ferrets off the list of prohibited wild animals.

In 2004, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed legislation that would have decriminalized ferret ownership in California.

At the request of wildlife officials, the legalization campaign commissioned a recent California State University, Sacramento study, which concluded ferrets pose little danger to the state's wildlife, environment or people, except infants and small children. The 177-page report found that domesticated ferrets can only survive in the wild a few days, no feral colony has been found in the U.S. and ferrets are much less dangerous that dogs.

But the fish and game commission said the study did not meet the standards for triggering a formal review of legalization.

Advocates are arguing that legalizing ferrets could give an economic boost to cash-strapped California by providing tax revenues from sales of ferrets, which cost about $150 each. They say the vast majority of ferrets sold in neighboring states end up in California, which loses out on those sales.

"I don't think there's any doubt that the sale of pet ferrets would generate an economic benefit for the state," said Michael Maddox, vice president of government affairs for the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council.

But even if they can't overturn the ban, California ferret owners say they have no plans to give up their beloved pets.

Jeremy Trimm said he's been fascinated with ferrets since he saw the 1982 film "The Beastmaster" as a kid. He got his first ones when he lived in Indiana several years ago and couldn't give them up when he moved back to his native California. He currently keeps six of them at his home near Sacramento.

"They come into your life and you can't get rid of them," Trimm said. "They are the most incredible, happy creatures that you'll ever meet."

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'Slumdog' star says home lost in Mumbai fire

Most of the awards that she received for her role as a poverty-stricken child in the Osnewsmatic.com">car-winning film were destroyed in the blaze that erupted in the Garib Nagar slum late Friday, the 12-year-old said.

She said that she and other members of her family were watching television when they heard shouts of a fire and ran out of their tin-roofed shanty.

"We just grabbed what we could and dashed out. The fire spread so fast we couldn't get back in," said Rafiq Ali, Rubina's father.

Rubina said she had lost all her awards and her collection of newspaper clippings and photographs from the success of the 2008 film.

"It's all gone. Even my best clothes, everything," a tearful-sounding Rubina said over the telephone.

The child star said the family was yet to move into a new apartment paid for by a trust set up by the film's director, Danny Boyle.

Rubina played the young Latika in "Slumdog Millionaire," the rags-to-riches blockbuster that won eight Osnewsmatic.com">cars.

Po lice were investigating the cause of the fire, which left 21 people injured and 2,000 homeless.

Fires often break out in Mumbai's sprawling slums, usually sparked by electrical short circuits from the many thousands of illegal power connections.

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