ILOG Elixir Changing the rules of business

It has turned into a beta Elixir, a new set of components that Ilog being developed for Adobe and that will come out once in Flex 3 at the beginning of 2008.
Por lo que veo, mayoritariamente son componentes que ofrecen soluciones a funcionalidades muy concretas: For what I see, most are components that offer solutions to very specific features:

• Planning and scheduling displays, such as Gantt charts Planning and scheduling displays, such as Gantt charts
• Organizational charts Organizational charts
• Maps for creating interactive dashboards Maps for creating interactive dashboards
• Among others ...

More information and download the beta: http://www.ilog.com/products/elixir/

What is Flash Media Server (Flash Media Server 3 will be officially released)

Firstly I describe Flash Media Server as a powerful web media streaming operator that is compatible with Flash Player which becomes a web standard. With the same manner wikipedia's description may help me to understand what it is ;

"Flash Media Server (previously named Flash Communication Server) is an enterprise-grade data and media server from Adobe Systems Inc. (originally a Macromedia product). This server works together with the Flash Player runtime to create media driven, multiuser RIA’s (Rich Internet Applications). The server uses actionscript 1, an ECMAScript based scripting language, for server-side logic." from wikipedia description.

Flash Media Server 3 will be released officially (around February 8) with the approved features like high-performance live streaming, double streaming performance, approved industry standards, new plug-in architecture and etc.. Although free developer edition can be downloaded first below link.

see links below:

• Free Developer Edition --> https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=flashmediaserver
  
• http://www.adobe.com/products/flashmediainteractive/features/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_Media_Server
• Data Sheet of Flash Media Server 3
• Download Free Developer Edition
  

An Experience with Adobe Media Player on Labs

Adobe released a media player application which can be run on Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) environment. I liked this appication

You can simply downlad AIR from (for Windows 9MB)
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/air/air_b1_win_061107.exe

or (for Macintosh 8MB)
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/air/air_b1_mac_061107.dmg

After AIR setup , you will download Adobe Media Player .air setup file from
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/mediaplayer/amp_p1_100107.air

After all setups, we can look some benefits and properties of that application. When I was downloading Adobe Media Player, I guess to see an application like windows media player. But it’s so different from Windows Media Player. Firstly, it is an application for watching videos from internet. Saying ”videos” is so simple for Adobe Media Player. After opening application, you can see the catalog button at the middle of the screen.



I call this application as “internet TV” :) because you can spend so much time with this application. All media can be chosen from catalog link or can be added by entering the feed file url. When you watch a video from your genre or show, the application automatically link it to downloads tab and you can archive your viewed videos and easily watch without downloading. Have Fun!

Why ColdFusion?

More than 300,000 developers at over 10,000 companies worldwide rely on ColdFusion® software to quickly build and deploy powerful web applications. And with more than 125,000 ColdFusion servers deployed, ColdFusion is one of the most widely adopted web technologies in the industry.

Who’s using ColdFusion?

ColdFusion is in use at 75 of the Fortune 100 companies. Here's a partial list of customers (with links to case studies) that rely on ColdFusion today.

• 192.com
• ACD Direct
• Allied Office Products
• America First Credit Union
• American Power Conversion
• Amkor Technology
• Aspen Skiing Company
• AT&T Wireless
• Bank of America
• Bertelsmann
• BMW USA
• Boeing
• Casio USA
• Caterpillar
• Chicago Bears
• City of Davis, California
• County of San Diego, Department of Child Support Services
• Crayola
• Dallas Stars
• DHL
• Dial Corporation
• East Carolina University
• eBags
• Eli Lilly
• eMCSaatchi
• FAO Schwarz
• First Union
• Foot Locker
• George Washington University
• Georgetown University
• GlobalSpec.com
• Goodyear
• Half.com
• Hasbro
• iHotelier
• Inmarkets Training, Ltd.
• International Speedway Corporation
• InvestEdge
• Jaguar Australia
• Legato
• The Limited
• Mayo Clinic
• Mayo Health Systems
• Michelin
• Moen
• MySwitzerland.com
• NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
• New York Giants
• New Era Cap Company

• New York State Office for Technology
• One World Alliance
• Peace Corps
• Pepsi
• PGA of America
• Pottery Barn
• Prometheus
• Quaker Oats
• Roche Pharmaceuticals
• Rugby Football Union
• Schlumberger
• Scott's Corporation
• Seattle Times
• United States Senate
• Siemens
• Simon & Schuster
• SmartMoney.com
• Sprint
• State of New York
• Symantec
• Travelers
• United States Olympic Committee
• US Bank
• The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

For more information see ColdFusion customers

Max Speakers & Their Places on Internet

It might be useful for everybody, either join Adobe Max 2007 or not, to know the speakers on internet. The speakers are appreciated experts of Adobe world so all of us may learn lots of things at speakers' places with those links.

Ben Forta is the Adobe senior product evangelist and the author of numerous books, including ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit and its sequel Advanced ColdFusion Application Development, as well as books on SQL, JavaServer Pages, WAP, Windows development, and more.

• http://www.forta.com/

Grant Skinner is the CEO and chief architect of gskinner.com, a Flash development and consulting company.

• http://www.gskinner.com/

Mike Chambers has been creating applications integrating Flash with server-side technologies (ColdFusion, Java, ASP, and PHP) for a number of years.

• http://www.mikechambers.com/
  

Erik Natzke is an interactive designer who is constantly trying to blur the lines between design and technology.

• http://jot.eriknatzke.com/
• www.natzke.com/

Duane Nickull works as Senior Technology Evangelist for Adobe.

• http://www.nickull.net/

Raymond Camden is an independant contractor providing ColdFusion, AJAX, and Flex development.

• http://www.coldfusionjedi.com/
  
• http://www.fullasagoog.com/index.cfm?blogid=65

For detailed information about the speakers please visit Max 2007.