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Dave West Joins Tasktop as Chief Product Officer

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:54:02 +0000

West to realize his passion for optimizing the value stream of software delivery by driving Tasktopâ��s product vision and roadmap Vancouver, British Columbia â�� April 26, 2012 â�� Tasktop Technologies (tasktop.com),Â creator of Eclipse Mylyn and a leader in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Automation solutions, today announced that Dave West has joined the company as Chief Product Officer. As one of the foremost software development thought leaders and the most recognized analyst in Agile and ALM, West will lead the strategic direction of Tasktopâ��s product line and market position, and help strengthen Tasktopâ��s executive leadership team as it builds a transformative business that continues to drive major improvements in the software industry. â��Daveâ��s thought leadership has been a key driver in the adoption of Agile and in the ALM modernizations underway at large-scale software organizations,â�� said Mik Kersten, CEO of Tasktop Technologies and creator of the Eclipse Mylyn open source project. â��His insights on how cross-vendor integration have become the main bottleneck on the promised ROI, and the massive opportunity that Tasktop has to connect the software lifecycle across the software supply chain and open source ecosystem, will help drive our vision and product roadmap for overhauling the value chain of software delivery.â�� West has helped advance many modern software development processes, including Agile and Lean methodologies, process improvement, and project and requirements management. His experience includes hands-on development, executive consulting, project management and industry analysis. He led the development of the Rational Unified Process (RUP) for IBM/Rational, and also managed the development of IBM solutions for financial services, product development and government applications. Most recently, West served as vice president, research director at Forrester, where he worked with global IT organizations and solutions providers to define, drive and advance major Agile-based methodology breakthroughs. He is a frequent keynote speaker at industry conferences and is a widely published author of articles and research reports, along with his acclaimed book: Head First Object-Oriented Analysis and Design. â��Tasktop is a company that is making a major difference in the evolution and improvement of the software industry,â�� said West. â��Its Tasktop Sync and Dev product lines, as well as the Mylyn open source project and ecosystem of integrations, address some of the biggest issues IT organizations face as they move to automate ALM and improve collaboration across the enterprise. The type of integration, automation and synchronization that Tasktop offers is fostering true ALM success, and I look forward to building on the innovation the company offers to meet the infrastructure-level needs of software organizations.â�� Tasktop helps software organizations implement and automate enterprise-wide Agile and ALM modernization initiatives by connecting both developers, through Tasktop Dev, and cross-functional enterprise teams, through Tasktop Sync. As part of Tasktop Sync, Sync Studio extends the value of its Task Federationâ�¢ platform by making it dramatically easier for organizations to connect, configure and maintain medium- and large-scale ALM infrastructures. Together, all Tasktop products leverage the Eclipse Mylyn task-based integration framework to provide a more strategic and lightweight synchronization solution than standard REST API and pure data-store integrations. Its tools provide visibility into ALM work flow and frameworks, and the real-time data sharing of cross-function activities that IT organizations need to synchronize and automate development and deployment of quality software. West joins Kersten and Tasktop president and COO Neelan Choksi on Tasktopâ��s executive leadership team. He will work side-by-side with Kersten on the product vision, platform design and partner ecosystem strategies, and with Choksi on company growth and business development initiatives. West also will continue his work to advance Agile success at an industry level through thought leadership, and develop new ideas to further streamline and improve the software development and delivery lifecycle. Connect With Others About this Story: Tweet This: @Tasktop today announced @DavidJWest as new Chief Product Officer â�� Read why Dave joined the #Tasktop team at (http://tasktop.com/blog/tasktop/dave-west-joined-tasktop) #ALM Helpful Links â�¢ Tasktop Technologies â�¢ Tasktop Blog on Announcement â�¢ Tasktop Twitter About Tasktop Technologies Tasktop Technologies is the industryâ��s leading provider of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Automation and integration software. Thousands of IT organizations depend on Tasktopâ��s commercial and open source solutions to connect developers, testers, business analysts and project managers who use a wide variety of Agile and ALM tools hosted both on premise and in the cloud. By automating and connecting the software lifecycle, Tasktop is solving one of the biggest challenges facing large-scale software delivery organizations â�� the complete disconnect and brittle integrations of ALM tools. Its Task Federationâ�¢ technology delivers on the promise of a unified ALM stack through a partner ecosystem that integrates more than 70 disparate ALM tools with real-time connectivity and cross-repository workflow support. Tasktop created and leads the Eclipse Mylyn project, with more than 1 million downloads per month, upon which its commercial Tasktop Sync ALM middleware and Tasktop Dev IDE tools are based. All Tasktop tools are built to enable organizations to gain a competitive advantage in todayâ��s software-driven economy by providing the ALM Automationâ�¢ needed to gain visibility, predictability and productivity across the software development lifecycle. For more information, visit (http://tasktop.com). # # # Media Contact: Christie Denniston Catapult PR-IR cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com O: 303-581-7760, ext. 13 M: 303-827-5164

SPARKFUN’S CEO NATHAN SEIDLE TO SPEAK AT PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE’S OH/DC EVENT: OPEN SOURCE HARDWARE COMES TO DC

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:04:36 +0000

Industry innovator to demonstrate the value of open source hardware in the creative process

WHO: Nathan Seidle CEO, SparkFun Electronics (www.sparkfun.com) Nathan Seidle is the CEO and Founder of SparkFun Electronics. While obtaining his degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Colorado, Nathan had the idea to create a company that made obtaining (and understanding) electronics parts easy for the average person. From this idea, SparkFun was born. When Nathan isn't working at SparkFun, you can find him tinkering with special projects for a local kidsâ�� museum, working on his latest Halloween costume or preparing large-scale art for Burning Man. He has spoken at MIT, Google, West Point and various IEEE events about electronics, open-source technology and the ins-and-outs of entrepreneurship. WHAT: Panel 2: Open Source Hardware for Fun and Profit Open source hardware is revolutionizing the way people approach technological projects. It promotes creativity through balanced copyright, and it upholds and protects the rights of consumers to use innovative technology lawfully. Furthermore, many open source products and resources make the world of electronics more accessible to the average person or even child. During the Open Source Hardware for Fun and Profit panel, Nathan Seidle will provide a general overview of what open source hardware is, as well as examine the people and companies that are making it work. The industry leader will be bringing a handful of demonstrations to illustrate the educational and mission-critical benefits of open source hardware. During the presentation, he will demo a self-installation kit with a flex sensor controlling speaker and assemble a Simon Says game. Seidle will be joined on this panel by David Mellis, co-founder of Arduino and a Ph.D. candidate at MIT, and Ayah Bdeir, founder of littleBits and a TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) fellow. The panel will be moderated by Michael Weinberg, senior staff attorney and innovation evangelist at Public Knowledge. WHERE: Rayburn House Office Building Independence Avenue and South Capitol St. Washington, D.C. 20003 WHEN: OH/DC: Open Source Hardware Comes to DC Friday, April 20 1-5 p.m. http://www.publicknowledge.org/event/ohdc-open-source-hardware-comes-dc CONTACT: For more information on SparkFun Electronics, or to set up an interview with Nathan Seidle, please contact Jeremy Douglas at Catapult PR-IR (303) 581-7760, ext. 16 or jdouglas@catapultpr-ir.com.

COLLABNET PROVIDES TEAMFORGE ALM PLATFORM FOR ALEMBIC FOUNDATION’S AURION OPEN SOURCE HEALTHCARE PROJECT

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:52:30 +0000

CollabNetâ��s TeamForge widely used to build software platforms for advancing the efficiency of national healthcare systems

BRISBANE, Calif., April 12, 2012 â�� CollabNet (www.collab.net), a global leader for enterprise cloud development and Agile ALM products and services, today announced that its TeamForge ALM solution is being used by the Alembic Foundation in support of Aurion, an open source project that enables the secure exchange of interoperable health information among diverse organizations using a wide variety of technologies. The Alembic Foundation (www.alembicfoundation.org), a nonprofit organization founded by former leaders of the Federal Health Architectureâ��s CONNECT project, is leading the development of open source applications that will expand information sharing capabilities industry-wide to improve the efficiency, openness and public value of the national healthcare system. â��CollabNet is pleased that TeamForge has been chosen by the Alembic Foundation to lead its effort of building a robust open community and development ecosystem around the Aurion healthcare platform,â�� said Bill Portelli, co-founder and CEO of CollabNet. â��TeamForge is used extensively by multiple governmental and commercial organizations in the development of HealthCare IT systems and national standards. It makes perfect sense for the Aurion community to use a platform consistent with many other national health initiatives to build a powerful, open source offering for developing common specifications, standards and governance that enable secure health information exchange.â�� In late 2008, federal agencies participating in Federal Health Architecture successfully demonstrated the ability to send information to each other as well as to regional hospital networks throughout the country through an initial system called CONNECT. While the CONNECT project was managed and able to take input from a select group of federal agencies, Aurion opens the platform to a broader range of organizations â�� bringing diverse and unique perspectives into a single line of software with widespread applicability. â��Organizations implementing Aurion as a part of their health information exchange strategy gain the benefits of implementing nationally-recognized standards that enable data exchange with federal agencies as well as with numerous other health IT stakeholders,â�� said David Riley, president of Alembic. â��CollabNet has and continues to play an integral role in ensuring our projects are successful and reach as many organizations as possible. We are very grateful for their support and the rich expertise they share in building advanced healthcare IT systems.â�� Aurion enables health professionals to request, send and receive medical records so critical information can follow patients as they navigate through the healthcare system. CollabNetâ��s TeamForge platform provides an integrated set of development, collaboration and project management tools with a secure, centralized on-demand delivery model to enable true collaborative development in an open, global environment â�� ideal for supporting a vibrant open source community.

To learn more about CollabNetâ��s work leading successful healthcare IT projects, download this white paper at (http://www.open.collab.net/media/pdfs/CollabNetWP_Agile%20ALM_HealthcareIT_2010.pdf?_=d).
For a guided tour of CollabNet TeamForge please visit: (http://www.open.collab.net/products/ctf).
To learn about Aurion, please visit: (http://development.aurionproject.org/sf/projects/aurion)

About the Aurion Project Aurion is an open source health information exchange platform that implements the Nationwide Health Information Network standard services and specifications. Aurion is the first project chartered through the Alembic Foundation. It builds upon Aurionâ��s direct ancestor, the multi-award winning CONNECT program built by FHA, to enable the secure exchange of interoperable health information among diverse organizations using a wide variety of technologies. About the Alembic Foundation The Alembic Foundation is a nonprofit organization (501(c)(3)) dedicated to promoting transformation through disruptive innovation using open processes in open communities to create open technologies that are contributed to the public commons. It aims to make those technologies readily available for use by any and all who want to improve their lives, creating a better future for themselves and others by becoming first class citizens in a services-driven, networked information economy. For more information, please visit (www.alembicfoundation.org). About CollabNet CollabNet is the recognized leader in enterprise cloud development and Agile ALM, with more than 7,000 global customers that range from single workgroups to large enterprises. Its deep open source roots include the creation of Subversion, the industry leading version control system with millions of users. CollabNet helps enterprise customers build and deploy better software through its focus on collaboration, enterprise Agile methods and cloud development and computing. Many CollabNet customers improve productivity by as much as 70 percent, while reducing costs by 80 percent. Its solutions include TeamForgeÂ®, the industry-leading Agile ALM platform for distributed development, ScrumWorksÂ® Pro for Agile project management, Subversion Edge for managed source code management, Codesionâ�¢ for cloud-based development and deployment, and a range of Agile-based training, consulting and transformation services. For more information, please visit (www.collab.net).

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SparkFun Promotes Electronics in Schools with East Coast Tour

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:26:50 +0000

Crew Will Travel From Massachusetts to South Carolina Spreading the Embedded Electronics Love

BOULDER, Colo. April 4, 2012 -- During the months of April and May, SparkFun Electronics (http://www.sparkfun.com), provider of parts, knowledge and passion for electronics creation, will send a team from its Education Department on what has been dubbed the â��East Coast Tour.â�� The East Coast Tour is part of an initiative by the SparkFun Department of Education to branch out into new areas of the U.S. to promote the adoption of engaging and relevant open source technologies in schools. The tour will include visits to universities and high schools, where the education team will lead workshops on physical computing, soldering, and more. During the extended trip, the team will travel throughout the eastern portion of the United States, visiting locations such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Washington D.C. and North Carolina. â��The East Coast Tour has been in the works for a long time and we are thrilled with how the trip is shaping up,â�� said SparkFun director of education Lindsay Levkoff. â��The tour not only will allow us to showcase SparkFunâ��s education program across the country, but helps us keep a pulse on the DIY electronics movement in other parts of the United States. While we are excited about teaching embedded electronics in new environments, we are also looking forward to the opportunity to network with and learn from like-minded individuals.â�� One of the most highly anticipated stops is USASEF, the second ever national science fair, at which SparkFun will be hosting soldering classes (http://www.usasciencefestival.org/2012festival/finale-expo/2012-exhibits?track=&age=&keyword=&category=&qexhibits=SparkFun&peek_friday=&no_page). The SparkFun team will also be stopping at ITP, part of the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU, where it will be giving a talk discussing the growing Open Source Education movement/model with an emphasis on an unbranded data/material repository and what Open Source looks like when it is instituted in schools. The tour also includes stops at MIT, the National School Board Association Conference in Boston, UMass Amherst and Hampshire, USASEF in Washington D.C., Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Virginia, East Carolina University, and IT-oLogy in South Carolina. About SparkFun Electronics Founded in 2003, SparkFun shares its passion by providing parts, knowledge, and innovation for those looking to explore the world of embedded electronics. It helps anyone discover their inner inventor and enables individuals to create their own electronics projects. SparkFun currently offers more than 1,800 products, ranging from simple components, like capacitors and resistors, to GPS units and Bluetooth modules. The company employs 140 people and is based in Boulder, Colorado. Find SparkFun on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/SparkFun), Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/SparkFun), Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/SparkFun), YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/SparkFun), Vimeo (http://www.vimeo.com/SparkFun), and Google+ (https://plus.google.com/106084846822083498483/posts). ###

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Catapult PR-IR

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SparkFun Electronics Goes to POSSCON to Present Ideas for Open Source Business and Technology

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:40:21 +0000

Lindsay Levkoff and Christopher Clark explain what it means to be an open source business and how to improve the adoption of open source technology into classrooms

BOULDER, Colo. March 23, 2012 -- SparkFun Electronics (http://www.sparkfun.com), provider of parts, knowledge and passion for electronics creation, today announced its participation at the 2012 Palmetto Open Source Software Conference (POSSCON) in Columbia, S.C. POSSCON continues to bring together innovators in the open source space (technologists and managers) and provides affordable access to quality information regarding the open source movement. Two of SparkFunâ��s Directors, Lindsay Levkoff (Education) and Christopher Clark (IT), will be presenting at the event. SparkFun Electronics is a rapidly growing provider of open source hardware that has prospered from a dorm room setting into a multi-million dollar company with no outside investment. â��An early reliance on open source technologies enabled this growth and has now developed into an undercurrent that permeates the culture here at SparkFun,â�� explained Christopher Clark, director of information technology at SparkFun. Now, with an infrastructure rich in open source technology and a custom-built ERP system being gradually opened for public use, SparkFun is facing the challenge of pushing further into open source technology while mitigating risk and pressing innovation. During Clarkâ��s presentation, he will elaborate on SparkFunâ��s open source business model and how the company will use open source technologies and practices to continue to innovate at many levels. â��The open source community continues to grow and it doesnâ��t show any signs of abating,â�� explains Lindsay Levkoff, director of education at SparkFun. â��Not only are we proud to support the open source community through events like POSSCON, but we are excited to see this movement gain momentum in other communities, such as education.â�� As an educator, Levkoff wants to improve the adoption of open source technology into the classroom. This is because the open source model allows educators to bring relevant and engaging technology into the classroom, despite budget and resource restrictions. Levkoffâ��s presentation will include a discussion of what the Department of Education at SparkFun Electronics learned during its first year with early adopters, students, parents, educators and administrations, and how the company plans to increase the affordability and accessibility of technology for all students across multiple geographical areas. â��We're leaders in the open source hardware movement,â�� continued Clark. â��It applies to our products as much as our software and even applies to how we interface with our community.â�� POSSCON is held at the Columbia Convention Center in downtown Columbia, S.C. from March 28-29, 2012. To learn more about Clark, Levkoff and their presentation topics at POSSCON 2012, please visit: (http://www.posscon.org/speaker/chris-clark/) and (http://www.posscon.org/speaker/lindsay-levkoff/). If you would like to learn more about SparkFun Electronics, please visit: (http://www.sparkfun.com). About SparkFun Electronics Founded in 2003, SparkFun shares its passion by providing parts, knowledge, and innovation for those looking to explore the world of embedded electronics. It helps anyone discover their inner inventor and enables individuals to create their own electronics projects. SparkFun currently offers more than 1,800 products, ranging from simple components, like capacitors and resistors, to GPS units and Bluetooth modules. The company employs 140 people and is based in Boulder, Colorado. Find SparkFun on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/SparkFun), Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/SparkFun), Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/SparkFun), YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/SparkFun), Vimeo (http://www.vimeo.com/SparkFun), and Google+ (https://plus.google.com/106084846822083498483/posts)

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SPARKFUN ELECTRONICS ANNOUNCES NEW DEVELOPMENT HARDWARE FOR ANDROID

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:04:00 +0000

Electric Sheep Gives Customers USB Access to their Android-based Devices to Develop Their Own Accessories and Applications

BOULDER, Colo. Nov. 16, 2011 â�� SparkFun Electronics (www.sparkfun.com), a provider of parts knowledge and passion for electronics creation, today proudly announced a new product designed to help inventors create new custom Android accessories.

The new product, aptly named the Electric Sheep, is designed to take advantage of the Android systemâ��s open accessory protocol. By communicating via USB, Electric Sheep gives users complete dynamic access to the phoneâ��s systems and enables the easy creation of custom applications and accessories such as controls for an autonomous vehicle or coupling your phone with a microcontroller such as an Arduino. These boards are not restricted to only Android phones, but can be used on any platform with the Android operating system and a USB port.

â��The Electric Sheep is a product we are really excited to announce,â�� said SparkFun Director of Marketing AnnDrea Boe. â��This product represents months of prototyping and design by the SparkFun engineers and will give its users free reign to create accessories for the Android system.â��

On the technical side, the Electric Sheep is based on the ATMega2560 microcontroller and bootloader and features a USB-host connector on-board for quick connection to Android devices. The board allows for the creation of accessories for Android using the Arduino IDEA and HandBag and is Arduino-shield compatible. Even if you don't have an Android device, the Electric Sheep can double as a development platform with all the functionality of the host microcontroller and a USB shield. The Electric Sheep is priced at $79.95 per unit and is now available on SparkFunâ��s website (www.sparkfun.com).

About SparkFun Electronics

Founded in 2003, SparkFun shares its passion for electronics by providing parts, knowledge, and innovation for those looking to explore the world of embedded electronics. It helps anyone discover their inner inventor and enables individuals to create their own electronics projects. SparkFun currently offers more than 1,800 products, ranging from simple components, like capacitors and resistors to GPS units and Bluetooth modules. The company employs 130 people and is based in Boulder, Colorado.

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Jeremy Douglas

Catapult PR-IR

303-581-7760, ext. 16

jdouglas@catapultpr-ir.com

SPARKFUN HOLDS FIRST PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:27:23 +0000

More than 600 attendees flocked to Boulder HQ for first-ever event

BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 9, 2011 â�� On October 22, 2011, SparkFun Electronics (www.sparkfun.com), a provider of parts knowledge and passion for electronics creation, hosted the first-ever SparkFun Open House. The company invited fans of SparkFun, members of the community and individuals from the general public to come to its Boulder headquarters for a day of family-friendly fun and learning.

The event was originally conceived as a way to show the public the inner workings of SparkFun while also rewarding loyal members of the SparkFun community. For the event, SparkFun brought in a bouncy castle, an obstacle course, a circus artist and had activities and games led by the various departments of the company.

In addition, SparkFun offered tours of the facility and held workshops on basic electronics. Food was provided by Top of the Hill Grill West, cupcakes were brought in from The Tasterie Truck and Paws Off Bakery provided pastries and cookies. All activities, food and workshops were provided free of charge.

â��The SparkFun Open House was a great success,â�� said SparkFun Director of Marketing AnnDrea Boe. â��We wanted this to be a fun event for people of all ages and we really feel that we met that goal. It was outstanding to see so many smiling faces here at SparkFun.â��

The event attracted nearly 650 people to the SparkFun campus, far exceeding initial attendance estimates. All in all, the event was seen as a resounding success and SparkFun had a fantastic time meeting customers new and old and sharing a bit of what SparkFun is all about.

About SparkFun Electronics

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GORILLA LOGIC LAUNCHES FONEMONKEY FOR ANDROID, A NEW AUTOMATED OPEN SOURCE TESTING TOOL FOR ANDROID APPLICATIONS AND DEVICES

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:49:07 +0000

Latest open source-based automated testing tool fills gap in the Android development tool chain

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (AnDevCon Booth #605) Nov. 7, 2011 â�� Gorilla Logic, (www.gorillalogic.com), a leader in enterprise application development services and creators of open source test tools for mobile and Rich Internet Applications (RIA), today announced FoneMonkey (http://www.gorillalogic.com/fonemonkey) for Android, its latest open source automated testing tool for mobile applications.

The new Android testing capabilities complement the popular FoneMonkey for iOS (iPhone and iPad) automated testing tool and extends Gorilla Logicâ��s comprehensive open source automated testing solution set by bringing Android developers and QA testers the same recording/playback and test script generation already enjoyed by iOS developers. It benefits developers by providing rapid creation of functional testing scripts; allows testers without in-depth Android Software Developer Kit (SDK) knowledge to easily and quickly create testing scripts; and, offers increased application quality and faster time-to-market.

Specific features contained in FoneMonkey for Android include:

â�¢ Records and plays back user interface interactions with native Android applications

â�¢ Scripts are readable, maintainable and also can be created from scratch without recording

â�¢ An Eclipse-based control console provides easy creation and editing of automation scripts

â�¢ Scripts can be created and ran on an emulator or actual device

â�¢ Supports virtually all Android SDK UI components and gestures

â�¢ Is free and open source

â�¢ Provides automatic generation of extensible test scripts in either Java or JavaScript

â�¢ Offers ability to run tests in continuous integration environments

"With an explosion of mobile applications in the market and a number of automated software quality offerings existing (and more evolving) for performance testing for mobile applications, the manual effort involved in functional testing remains significant and very costly," said Melinda Ballou, project director for IDC's Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) service. "As companies increasingly put their brand out on mobile platforms and as business critical apps "go mobile," automation of functional testing across mobile platforms â�� including both iOS and Android â�� becomes key for business innovation and success."

Gorilla Logic's passion for delivering quality software applications for enterprise customers led to the creation of FoneMonkey. It is the only test tool for iOS and now Android that records all actions with the iPhone, iPad and Android phone while in use and plays them back as a test script at any time. It enables the interactive creation, editing and playback of automation scripts that exercise an application's user interface. Using FoneMonkey, developers and quality assurance team members can create suites of tests that automate and perform user operation sequences, and then verify results. FoneMonkey supports development as well as QA testing, and tests can easily be incorporated into continuous integration environments.

â��FoneMonkey for Android addresses a major gap in the Android development tool chain,â�� said Stu Stern, president and CEO of Gorilla Logic and co-creator of FoneMonkey. â��The FoneMonkey family of tools is the only record/playback functional testing tool for iOS and Android. With the addition of FoneMonkey for Android, Gorilla Logic has established its position as the pre-eminent provider of next generation functional testing tools for the mobile market.â��

Learn more about FoneMonkey for Android at (www.gorillalogic.com/fonemonkey4android).

About Gorilla Logic

Gorilla Logic provides custom enterprise application development services to many of the worldâ��s leading software-driven organizations. It has a rich history of applying software engineering best practices to reduce the time and cost of delivering high-quality, full-featured applications with advanced functionality. Its technical leadership in mobile, rich Internet and enterprise applications showcases its broad platform expertise and exemplifies its commitment to software development best practices and quality. Its innovative work with emerging development platforms led to the creation of industry leading open source tools for automated testing, FlexMonkey (Flex applications) and FoneMonkey (iPhone/iPad Apps/Android). To download Gorilla Logicâ��s open source tools, and to learn more about the company and its services, please visit (www.gorillalogic.com).

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SPARKFUN’S CHRIS TAYLOR TO GIVE KEYNOTE SPEECH ON OPEN SOURCE DEVELOPMENT AT CREATE. ART & TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE IN BERLIN

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:49:08 +0000

Taylor to present his thoughts on new technologies, ideas and channels of information that are enabling creative progress at a rate unheard of until now

Â WHO: Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Chris Taylor

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Project Manager, Engineering

SparkFun Electronics

(www.sparkfun.com)

Chris Taylor is a project manager at SparkFun Electronics. Taylor started working at SparkFun Electronics in 2006 and received his Electrical and Computer Engineering degrees from the University of Colorado in 2007.

Founded in 2003, SparkFun shares its passion for electronics by providing parts, knowledge, and innovation for those looking to explore the world of embedded electronics. The company helps anyone discover their inner inventor and enables individuals to create their own electronics projects.

Â WHAT:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Keynote Presentation: Open Hardware, Arduino and the Future

We find ourselves living in an incredibly exciting time for innovation and creation. New technologies, ideas and channels of information are enabling creative progress at a rate unheard of until now. Today, people have new ways to access information that allows them to create important, tangible works on an individual scale. We have created whole new communities, new art media, new markets, and new business models in a short few years. With this kind of explosive growth in open hardware development, it's important to remember where it all came from, understand the current state of open design in all its forms, and make steps to protect it while still allowing for true freedom of innovation.

Live Demonstration: Creating a Breakout Board

Even with the existing popularity of D.I.Y. Electronics, many are still intimidated by the idea of creating their own circuit boards for home projects. There is a perceived overhead of information and cost that discourages the non-technically trained from tackling their own designs. This demonstration will prove that this perception is false, and that anyone can create a professional-quality circuit board with a minor amount of practice and a few free programs. We will start with just a chip and an idea, and then walk through the process of going from datasheet to finished circuit board in about a half an hour.

WHERE:Â Â Â Â Â Â Create. Art & Technology Conference

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â November 4-6, 2011

Planet Modulor,

PrinzenstraÃ�e 85,

10969 Berlin, Germany

WHEN:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Keynote Presentation: Friday, November 4, 2011 at 7 p.m.

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Live Demonstration: Sunday, November 6, 2011 at 10 a.m.

CONTACT:Â For more information on SparkFun Electronics, or to set up an interview with Chris Taylor, please contact Jeremy Douglas at Catapult PR-IR

(303) 581-7760 or jdouglas@catapultpr-ir.com.

TASKTOP’S MIK KERSTEN TO OUTLINE OPEN SOURCE APPROACHES TO ENTERPRISE AGILE AT AGILE BEST PRACTICES CONFERENCE EAST

Many facets of open source development that align with dynamics and challenges of enterprise Agile processes can be leveraged by development teams

WHO:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Mik Kersten â�� CEO and founder of Tasktop Technologies (www.tasktop.com)

Kersten is the creator of the Eclipse Mylyn open source project and inventor of the task-focused interface. At Tasktop he provides the technical vision behind Tasktop Dev for developer productivity and tool integration and Tasktop Sync for enterprise ALM synchronization.

WHAT:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â â��Ten Great Practices Learned from Open Source Projectsâ��

Open source development combines distributed teams, resource constraints and an overload of end-user input. Despite these challenges, the velocity of many popular open source projects is measurably higher than that of their enterprise counterparts. The time has come to take the lessons learned from open source and adapt them to enterprise Agile. Kersten begins with an examination of successful open source projects and their approaches to Agile delivery. He will then outline the overlap of open source approaches and Agile methods, identifying 10 great practices that Agile practitioners can apply to improve their collaboration and productivity. Each practice is grounded in empirical data that Kersten collected from public open source websites. To provide an intuitive appreciation for the open style of Agile delivery, he will illustrate with graphics and visual aids how open source collaboration evolves and grows over time. Attendees will learn novel strategies for connecting the Lean/Agile methodologies and open source development for large-scale enterprise projects.

WHEN:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011, 2:30 p.m. Eastern

WHERE:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Agile Development Practices Conference East

Rosen Centre Hotel, Orlando, FL

INFO:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â For more information or to arrange an interview with Mik Kersten please contact Christie Denniston at 303-581-7760 or by email at (cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com).