flex in news
RSS flex in newsCredit crunch turns techies to second jobs
News It's a different story for Sachdev, as freelancing also enables him to flex IT skills that are not required by his day job. Economic gloom and the rising cost of living in the UK is making IT workers in full time employment take on extra work... [22 Jul 2008]
Adobe gives Linux breath of fresh AIR
News As part of the AIR-on-Linux release, Adobe is making an update to the alpha version of its Flex Builder framework for Linux. It has open source development tools, including its Flex development framework, and contributed a scripting engine to the... [01 Apr 2008]
Government flexes its shared service muscle
News The service - Flex - was originally set up for the Cabinet Office and will cost Cafcass £25m over the next seven years.silicon.com Public Sector Flex is also used by the Department of Innovation, Universities and Schools and the Office for National... [20 Mar 2008]
Cabinet Office flexes its shared services
News It's understood that up to 70 public sector organisations are making serious enquiries about Flex, now that they have seen Dius and ONS make their move. Earlier this year, the Cabinet Office announced a deal with Fujitsu Services for a managed... [25 Oct 2007]
Adobe buys web word processor
News The programs were written using its Flex development tool. Treitman said: "Flex and Flash were the means to where we want to go. Adobe Systems has officially entered the "web office" game. The company is expected to announce it has acquired an 11... [01 Oct 2007]
Adobe: 'We're not making Office killer'
News Adobe is an investor in Virtual Ubiquity, a company that is writing a sophisticated online word processor built with Adobe's Flex development tools. Adobe has quashed rumours that it will create an office productivity suite to rival Microsoft Office. [21 Aug 2007]
Cabinet Office flexes £32m contract muscle
News The service, called Public Sector Flex, will enable the Cabinet Office to act as a purchasing authority and offer a shared service to multiple public sector organisations. For example, the Flex service will allow staff to adopt more flexible... [21 Jun 2007]
Adobe gets AIR-headed over web apps
News Adobe also plans to release the beta of Flex 3, its software development tool that can now be used for writing AIR applications in addition to Flash and HTML-based web applications. Adobe Systems is set to release a beta version of AIR, a software... [11 Jun 2007]
Microsoft plotting to steal Adobe's thunder
News Brightcove will continue to build all its software, including tools that enable content providers to upload video to the Brightcove service, using Adobe's Flash and Flex development tools, Berrey said. [16 Apr 2007]
Big boys to flex security muscle at RSA
News The annual RSA Conference this week is expected to show evidence of a maturing security industry with an increasing role for big-name companies. The event has long moved far beyond its origins as a get-together for cryptogeeks. [06 Feb 2007]
Adobe unleashes Flash for Linux beta
News People can develop applications using Adobe's Flex 2 software developer kit, and those Flash programs will run on systems using Microsoft Windows, Apple's Mac OS or Linux, Adobe said. Adobe Systems has released a beta of a Flash Player 9 for Linux... [20 Oct 2006]
Oracle to launch retail brand for business apps
News Last month, Oracle took a $650m stake in Indian banking software maker I-flex Solutions. Oracle, which has spent much of the past year buying up rivals, will take further steps next week towards reorganising its product line-up. [19 Sep 2005]
Oracle snaps up Siebel for $5.8bn
News And last month, Oracle took a $650m stake in Indian banking software maker I-flex Solutions. Software maker Oracle has agreed to acquire competitor Siebel Systems in a deal worth around $5.8bn, the companies said on Monday. [12 Sep 2005]
Oracle looks ahead with I-flex deal
News Oracle has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Indian banking software company I-flex Solutions, the database giant said on Tuesday. California-based Oracle said it is acquiring Citigroup Venture Capital International's 41 per cent ownership... [02 Aug 2005]
Microsoft launches into search
News With the ads and the new site, Microsoft will begin to flex its powerful marketing muscle in the competition to woo web searchers and advertisers away from reigning champ Google. Microsoft on Monday replaced Yahoo! [01 Feb 2005]
