It’s that time of the month again when we round-up what has been keeping the tech world busy!

As web designers everywhere delight over Internet Explorer 6’s death, Microsoft gets a chance to redeem itself if all goes well for the up-coming launch of IE9. Recent speculations say that Microsoft will be demonstrating IE9 during the upcoming MIX10 Event scheduled on March 15-17, and could release its first beta build to attending developers. According to experts, the new IE9 is expected to have extensive support for vector graphics, CSS 3, and of course HTML5. Read the rest of this entry »

Every quarter, Adobe recognizes the efforts of solutions partners by giving out the Adobe Solution Partner Recognition Award to companies that were able to effectively contribute the most to the Adobe Community. The recognition is awarded every quarter to North America and EMEA solution partners while APAC partners are
awarded twice in a year, during the 2nd and 4th quarter. Candidates are judged based on sales and non-sales achievement and their significant contribution in solutions enablement, lead generation, effective marketing, and such categories. The winners receive marketing support from Adobe through article features in internal and external Adobe newsletters and websites. As the First and only Adobe Solutions Partner in the Philippines, it is definitely one of our goals for Key2Flex to receive that recognition ourselves. In the meantime, we would want to extend our best wishes to the recent winners for their excellent success:

Q4 (September 4 – December3) 2009 Winners

North America                  Universal Mind
EMEA                                    Dafolo
APAC                                     DDX

Congratulations guys, keep it up!

Over the past three years, companies have been more open to the dynamic and visual possibilities that Rich Internet Applications can offer to their business solutions. As a result, there is an obvious demand for RIAs Developers in the market, and especially Flex developers as Adobe took an early lead in the field. Looking at statistics from a number of Job and Career websites in the U.S., we’ve noticed that the influx of Flex developer requirements really began in mid-year of 2009.

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Key2Flex is happy to announce that we uploaded our first “Flex Know-How” video session on youtube and here, of course. Aimed at promoting Adobe Flex technology and the expert know-how of our developers, this first video is untitled “Flex Applications Interface and Ergonomics”.
In a little less than 7 minutes, Key2Flex highlights the many advantages brought by the Flex technology but also, and more strikingly, the in-house know-how of our developers in order to achieve productive and optimized Flex developments.
This first video focuses on user interface and ergonomics which showcase the user experience revolution led by Adobe Flex in the RIAs (Rich Internet Applications.) In promoting our UI (user interface) know-how, Key2Flex also makes a point in reminding that if we are a leading provider of Adobe Flex development it’s because we back our Front-end expertise by an even stronger experience in back-end with an extensive list of technology mastered such as BlazeDS, Oracle, MysSQL, JAVA, Hibernate, and others.
We are looking forward broadcasting more of our “know-how” video sessions in the future. And if you have any suggestion of what we could present to you, drop us a comment.

About Key2Flex™
Key2Flex, Philippines First and Only Adobe Flex Solution Partner, is an innovative and leading Flex development provider specializing in Rich Internet Applications dedicated to Business processes. Key2Flex strong expertise can build the business applications of today with the technology leading to an optimized future. Visit www.key2flex.com.
Contact: Key2Flex Marketing, contact@key2flex.com

A new month, a new technology round-up! Obvious from our last post, we at Key2Flex just like the entire IT world, blogged and tweeted about Apple’s anti-notebook tablet, iPad. A week later, this iPad buzz has been replaced by speculations that Google is creating a pro-netbook tablet that will rival iPad. Photos and a video of the Google Tablet mock-up said to be designed by Google Chrome’s designer Glen Murphy surfaced on the official Chromium site. Based on the website, Google Tablet’s sleek look very similar to iPad however one significant difference between the 2 is that the Google Tablet is multi-tasking.   Read the rest of this entry »

The newest member of the Apple family, iPad, is being marketed as “The     best way to experience the web, email, photos, and video. Hands down.”

Fact is, 70% of games and 75% of videos on the web [Reference: http://blogs.adobe.com.../] still runs on Flash. So, how does Apple propose to us users that we’ll get to experience the full range of the web with iPad? For us at Key2Flex, there is no other way around it. We believe that by not supporting Flash, Apple is restricting users’ web activity especially now that more and more applications are being built in Adobe’s Flex and AIR platform—both runs on Flash. Read the rest of this entry »

As we have posted on our previous blog, Looking Forward to It, one of the big events for the IT industry this year is the Cloud Computing Conference in New York on April. We’ve been hearing so much buzz about Cloud Computing AND Flash. Apparently, these terms are now being used in conjunction and have already generated so much interest in developer communities that it has also resulted to much confusion. Read the rest of this entry »

Web 2.0 and its enterprise-level derivative RIA (Rich Internet Application) are not new to the I.T. environment and many companies have integrated them to their strategies. The last quarter of 2009 pretty much showcased the real interest and the wide ambitions behind RIAs with multiple announcements from the makers and the doers across the economic spectrum: Adobe, Microsoft, MorganStanley, NetFlix, Cisco,… Actually, with Microsoft stepping up its Silverlight offer, there is much to bet that 2010 will be an ambitious year and it seems carried by brighter economic forecasts for 2010. In France for example, SYNTEC Informatique (French association of the software and computing services companies) sees a market boosted by the good sales for the car makers, but also with financial regulations, green economy and the multiple corporate fusions.

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First day of 2010 and last day of the week, this Friday we continue our summary of the Top 10 Adobe 2009 “things to remember” with the remaining 5 on the list. We have reviewed last week the good and the bad such as: Flash Becoming #1 Video Platform on the Web, the acquisition of Omniture by Adobe, the recognition of Adobe Founders with Honors from the U.S. Government, a downsizing by 680 Full-time Jobs Worldwide and the leadership of Adobe in the Open Screen Project. This week: Read the rest of this entry »

Key2Flex is the First and Only Adobe Solution Partner in the Philippines and it seemed natural we wrap up the year with a summary of the top news that came from Adobe during 2009. This Friday and the next, we will provide you with the Top 10 Adobe 2009 “things to remember”. Let’s start this week with the first five.

1. Flash Becomes #1 Video Platform on the Web
2. Adobe Acquires Omniture
3. Adobe Founders Honored by the U.S. Government
4. Adobe Cuts 680 Full-time Jobs Worldwide
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