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SAP squashes any idea of a Salesforce bidHANA, Salesforce.com, SAP
Regardless of whether the reports of Salesforce possibly seeking a bidder represent only rumors, SAP stated something as a fact:
It won't buy Salesforce.
"We have zero interest in Salesforce.com," said Bill McDermott, SAP's CEO. McDermott spoke to reporters and other attendees during a Q&A at the SAP Sapphire conference today in Orlando.
Last week, Bloomberg Business reported on rumors that Salesforce had sought advice from bankers in reaction to a potential bid for the company. The issue is of interest to attendees at Sapphire because so many SAP customers also use Salesforce.
"You couldn't throw a rock in here without hitting a Salesforce customer," said Don Loden, principal consultant at Decision First Technologies in Atlanta.
Obvious suitors for Salesforce would include SAP, Oracle, IBM, and Microsoft. Salesforce is valued at around $42 billion, but has been losing market share, according to some high tech observers.
At Sapphire, SAP is pushing a "run simple" motto that boils down to SAP's HANA system, particulary on a cloud platform, pulling data from a company's core ERP system. McDermott envisions an automated supply chain using such data that gives customers the items or services they want within an e-commerce arrangement. The need for salesforce automation (SFA) to make those customer contacts is dwindling, McDermott said, terming Salesforce a "redundant system" in such cases.
"The cheese moved from SFA to external customer e-commerce," he said.
Scott Wallask is news director for the Business Applications and Health IT groups at TechTarget. Follow him on Twitter @Scott_HighTech.
For SAP workers with tumors, HANA becomes part of the treatment teamHANA, Healthcare, Human Resources, SAP
Heading into SAP Sapphire this week, I legitimately feel good about the company. It's not because of earnings or technology advancements or any of that business mumbo-jumbo; it's simply because SAP is offering new-found support for a small amount of its employee who are going through a big crisis.
Since last year, SAP has used HANA to help workers who are fighting solid-tumor cancers as a free healthcare benefit. I had a chance to sit down recently with Torsten Paul, who is involved with SAP's global health management programs, to discuss the initiative.
SAP's Corporate Oncology Program for Employees, or COPE, comes through a partnership with MolecularHealth, a German company that develops and produces software to analyze genomic data of patients. The company is financed through a firm associated with former SAP CEO and founded Dietmar Hopp.
Cancer treatment is at the forefront of precision medicine — a healthcare approach that aims to customize treatment using data and human genomics. Because cancers vary greatly person to person, it only makes sense that therapies should also tailor themselves to the patients.
MolecularHealth uses HANA to sequence a DNA sample of the patient's tumor and compare it to a sample of the person's normal tissue. In less than 20 minutes, that employee has a personalized treatment plan to bring to their oncologist or treating physician, Paul told me at the HIMSS 2015 conference in Chicago.
"It's a mandate to care for people," Paul said of the program. That might sound like corporate hype, but in talking to Paul after the interview ended and seeing the spark in his eyes, for him, the COPE initiative is an altruistic approach to employee wellness. "It makes work [relationships] even better, which is what we want."
Less than 100 SAP workers in the U.S. and Germany are part of COPE — Paul wouldn't give exact numbers — but he eventually expects from 2% to 5% of SAP's 74,500 employees will receive diagnoses of solid tumors.
So as we wander through Sapphire in Orlando and get caught up in the glitz of the trade show, anticipate J. Lo's concert, and maybe even visit Mickey Mouse in Fantasyland, remember that in some oncology ward somewhere, an employee has HANA results in hand that might — with medical science and a little bit of good fortune riding along — turn the tide of a cancer battle.
Scott Wallask is news director for the Business Applications and Health IT groups at TechTarget. Follow him on Twitter @Scott_HighTech.
SAP's long road to Run Simple on the BI frontSAP
SAP and its CEO, Bill McDermott, made a big point of saying at this year's Sapphire Now conference that the "new" SAP is focused on making enterprise software as simple as possible for customers, citing free Fiori apps and the new SAP Simple Finance applications as examples.
In a new blog post, Jayne Landry, global vice president and general manager of SAP business intelligence, spells out what that means for the SAP BI portfolio, as the company tries to address customers' demands for fewer, more integrated tools in the BusinessObjects (BOBJ) toolshed. It's an important read and covers the role that SAP BOBJ Design Studio and SAP Lumira will play going forward.
But how did SAP get to a point where it now has to do the hard work of consolidating these products? Shouldn't SAP have started on this project sooner? Users feeling confused by the number of BI tools doesn't seem like news.
When we spoke last week, Landry didn't provide a clear answer to that, merely pointing to the fact that it takes time to gather input, and many users aren't sure what they're using. But she did point to the fact that the number of tools has exploded as needs — and the very nature of BI — have evolved and matured.
"Customers want operational reporting, as a very first step in leveraging the data they have within an organization. Those reports lead to next questions. What we normally see happen next is the IT department will be asked for a more an executive-level view, and that's where we see the rise of dashboards within an organization," Landry said. "Once the executives get their dashboard views, there's always the next question, and that leads to more self-service and ad-hoc reporting, and BI use cases. There's this natural progression and journey as companies mature in their adoption of business intelligence."
SAP's answer to that, Landry contends, is simplifying some of those tools according to users and roles — much in the same way it is trying to do with its other applications and UIs.
"We focus in on three key [user types]," Landry said. "The first is the business analyst. These are the ones getting the one-off questions from the business. If those [same questions are] coming up time and time again, the analyst will then work with a developer to turn it into a solution that can be consumed by a broader audience across the business. That's the second persona, the developer. They're not answering ad-hoc questions, they want to solve the problem systematically," Landry said.
The third user type is the end users themselves. "They want not only the ability to consume the information that they're given, but, increasingly, want to answer that next question by themselves without having to go back to an analyst, or IT."
But as one analyst recently pointed out, running more simply isn't only about products. It's a lot of other things that relate to the customer experience, including pricing, which SAP says it is also trying to simplify and consolidate.
But running simply is also about names. SAP can and should do a better job of curtailing the ever-changing and ever-expanding list of product names that users have to track.
It will be interesting to see how well SAP executes on its strategy.
As one reader responded to Landry's post: "Do a few things, and do them very well. The challenge now is making customers love these tools rather than cramming them down their throats."
SAP announces new policy change to ease cloud migration
SAP today announced a policy change designed to make it easier for companies to move portions of their on-premises environments to SAP cloud applications..
"This is a way for us to enable our customers to access our cloud solutions in an easier way," said Augusto Abbarchi, global head of maintenance and premium engagements at SAP. "We know our customers have made big investments in our on-premises platforms. Sometimes this represents a barrier for our customers in investing in our cloud solutions. "
With the change, existing SAP customers can "reallocate" portions of their on-premises deployments to the SAP cloud version of the same software, the company said in the announcement released this morning. Customers can apply part of their current license and maintenance fees to the cloud subscription. The policy change applies to SAP's Ariba and SuccessFactors cloud applications as well.
SAP declined to specify how much customers could expect to save in on-premises licensing and support, saying only that it depends on the customer and factors including the size of deployment.
The program assumes that customers will not only be migrating a portion of their SAP environment to the cloud, but expanding on it as well.
In short, it means customers will be paying more overall, but that benefits in the form of newer technology and the lower total cost of ownership associated with on-demand software will be worth the added cost, according to SAP. "The value we can add with the cloud solutions is higher compared with higher fees paid to SAP," Abbarchi said.
Customers can also transition at their own pace, noted Rob Addy, an analyst with Stamford, Conn.-based research firm Gartner Inc.
"The ability to migrate to the cloud on an incremental basis means that SAP customers can make the transition at a pace that suits them, thereby lowering the migration-related risk and helping them to make the change," Addy said.
In a short video provided by SAP, analyst Joshua Greenbaum said the program is a response to customers who may otherwise feel trapped by limited options for migrating to the cloud.
"SAP is saying this is a complex marketplace where customers are going to need a lot of flexibility," said Greenbaum, president of Enterprise Applications Consulting, based in Berkeley, Calif.
SAP SapphireNow 2013: Could in-memory, biometrics have saved Korey Stringer?
ORLANDO — Could SAP — in conjunction with sports apparel makers like Under Armour, help prevent heatstroke that sidelines athletes every year — or in the case of Minnesota Vikings offensive tackle Korey Stringer, leads to their death?
At Tuesday's SapphireNow conference keynote speech in Orlando, SAP's big message was about how the confluence of big data, in-memory technology and software is changing the face of sports and sports entertainment.
The many interesting aspects of this were highlighted in a keynote panel discussion with SAP co-CEO Bill McDermott; Adam Silver, deputy commissioner and COO of the National Basketball Association; Jed York, CEO of the San Francisco 49ers football team; and Kevin Plank, CEO of Under Armour.
Much of the discussion revolved around using biometrics technology to create a better fan experience, from ticketless stadiums and the ability to order concessions from your seat, to being able to crunch reams of data. The speakers also covered how the technology can be used to draft better NFL teams.
But the more interesting discussion built off a comment by Plank about how Under Armour is developing clothes with biometric sensors that could help raise or lower an athlete's body temperature as needed.
The idea is that not only could the technology be used to regulate the athlete's body temperature, but the data could be pulled out of the sensors and analyzed in real-time using SAP HANA in-memory technology.
Coaches and trainers equipped with handheld devices could use the data on the practice or game field to determine who's in danger of overheating or over-exerting themselves and needs to be pulled for his or her own safety.
"You're going to have a healthier, safer game," York said.
While York focused mostly on organizations and fans not wanting to see team members hurt, you can imagine teams wanting to protect players given the vast sums of money they invest in them.
But could that data be used in other ways?
The NBA's Adam Silver predicted that biometric data will one day be provided, in real-time, to fans watching the game.
Imagine, for instance, watching Kobe Bryant standing at the free throw line, knowing not only how Bryant typically fares when there's less than two minutes left in an NBA championship game in which they trail, but what his pulse is doing at that very moment. Is he panicking, or is he calm?
Fans would love it, Silver said. "That's going to increase their level of engagement."
Would that make professional sports more interesting, or is it too creepy? Apart from the biometrics issue, will knowing performance benchmarks in any given situation add or take away from the game?
I guess we'll find out.
SAP SapphireNow 2013: Medical device company looks to SAP Afaria
Quentin Hurst knows all about the need for mobile device management software to get a grip on the explosion of mobile devices and applications in his company. After all, he's seen it firsthand.
Hurst, the director of business systems applications for NuVasive, a maker of medical devices used in spine surgery, said the company had seen a sharp increase in its roughly 1,500 employees wanting to work on their smartphones — the same "Bring Your Own Device" (BYOD) phenomenon so many other companies are experiencing.
At the same time, NuVasive was giving its sales teams Apple iPads and deploying them with custom-made apps as well as other third-party software.
The trick, Hurst said, was to secure all the devices, regardless of who bought them. Having a mobile device management solution would enable NuVasiveto deploy its own proprietary software directly to its sales staff, instead of having to go through Apple's iTunes store or similar portals where people outside the company could download the software, he said.
"I've seen a lot of internal applications that were only meant for corporate use," Hurst said of public download sites.
NuVasive began looking at options, including SAP Afaria, SAP's mobile device management software, in addition to other vendors like MobileIron and AirWatch.
But NuVasive, being an SAP ERP customer, decided on Afaria because of its tighter integration with SAP and the Sybase Unwired Platform, which NuVasive deployed at the same time.
But instead of trying to fight BYOD, NuVasive has decided to embraceng it — while getting a handle on it. Besides, Hurst added, BYOD gives employees control over the devices they use and saves the company money on devices.
Nuvasive counts on Afaria to wipe company-related data when a device is stolen or an employee moves on.
Just a few days ago, Hurst said he accidentally left his company-issued iPad on the plane. He called to let someone know but went through the process of wiping the device just in case. He eventually got the iPad back, with all the company-related data deleted.
"I felt good that it worked. We can protect the data in a real-life scenario," Hurst said.
SAP would like to give you a lift to work
OK, so SAP isn't literally offering everyone a ride to their jobs, but it has introduced a new app aimed at making it easier for people to share a ride, thereby saving money and cutting automobile emissions in the process — on top of other benefits.
The cloud-based application, called SAP TwoGo, is pretty simple: the employee answers a handful of questions about where they live, their destination, and other variables such as whether they can take a detour to pick someone up and how much, what time they need to arrive or depart, etc. Then the software matches people up. SAP has partnered with Nokia for the app's geocoding, routing and mapping technology. TwoGo is also available on the Apple iOS and Android mobile platforms, so that people can use the software on their smartphones.
A few weeks ago, Thomas Cook, Europe's second largest travel company, began a pilot project using TwoGo at its German headquarters in Frankfurt, according to Julian Clemenz, the head of business development for Thomas Cook's continental Europe division.
The company saw the application as a way to meet its environmental sustainability goals, as well as a way to get employees involved in those objectives.
"A big part of our employees commute every day from Frankfurt or the greater Frankfurt area. It was pretty obvious that many of them were driving alone in the morning, and then [returning to the same place] in the evening," Clemenz said. "It was pretty obvious that this might be a good idea."
Even in the program's early days, 100 of the branch's 1,200 employees have begun using the app, according to Clemenz.
"So far, it's already a good start. Obviously we want to [raise awareness of the software] and motivate people to use it," he said. "If we can get 20 or 30% [of our employees to use it,] we'll be really happy."
Apart from saving employees' money and helping the environment, there are other benefits, according to Clemenz. For one, workers have more time to talk and to network, and the parking lot isn't as full.
"Maybe you meet people you never met before. With 1,200 people, you can't know everyone," Clemenz said. "That's part of the idea behind it."
SAP contends that companies with automotive fleets can reduce their fuel consumption costs and help preserve the value of vehicles by using the application to make more efficient use of their cars.
TwoGo is available in the U.S. and Germany, according to SAP. Plans are to roll it out soon to other countries, including France, Belgium and the United Kingdom.
UK and Ireland SAP User Group announces changes to customer feedback program
A little over a year and a half ago, the UK and Ireland SAP User Group announced it was participating in SAP's Customer Connection program for Continuous Improvement, aimed at giving SAP users more say in the company's product development and more influence over changes they want to see in SAP software.
How's it working out so far?
According to the group, the program has brought about roughly 300 improvements in a wide range of applications, including CRM, application performance management, and product lifecycle management, as well as vertical industries from banking to healthcare.
But there should have be more improvements, according to Craig Dale, the group's chief executive, who said that red tape in the registration process has limited the program's effectiveness. Those problems have recently been addressed, he said.
"It was overly complex. [It's] one of the main reasons why there haven't been more improvement requests put forward, and therefore delivered," Dale said. ""There's now less complexity in the registration process that will make the program more attractive for members to get involved."
Previously, users had to register with both the SAP Community Network (SCN) and SAP Idea Place websites before they could even get to the SAP Customer Connection portal to make change requests.
Now, customers can use their SCN registration to log in at SAP's new Customer Influence site and begin making requests as soon as their registration is approved and they are assigned to their respective geographical user group.
Under the format, new topics for companies to weigh in on are introduced every few months on a staggered, ongoing basis –instead of a more chaotic any-topic-at-any-time approach.
The current roadmap of focus topics includes Human Capital Management (e-recruiting), Global Trade Services and BusinessObjects Web Intelligence, all of which are currently collecting improvement requests. Other planned focus topics include retail, HCM (compensation) and CRM.
The full list of Focus Topics can be found on the Customer Influence portal, with information available on the SAP User Group website.
NBA debuts HANA-powered stats
SAP and the National Basketball Association (NBA) announced today that the league is finally rolling out a new and improved stats section on its flagship website NBA.com, giving hardcore fans more ways to crunch seemingly endless amounts of statistics. It's powered by SAP's HANA in-memory database technology.
The project was announced last July. "We know our fans are just super hungry for stats," Michael Gliedman, senior vice president and chief information officer for the NBA said at the time. "[The statistics section] is a very well-trafficked piece of NBA.com. They're always looking for new angles on stuff that's happening in the game."
Information now available on the NBA.com/stats section of the site includes:
- Every NBA box score: Dating back to the inaugural 1946-47 season, every NBA box score will be available, including memorable games such as Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game in 1962 and Kobe Bryant's 81-point game in 2006.
- Advanced shooting charts: Comprehensive diagrams illustrating offensive and defensive performance, where on the court players shot from, and more.
- Top lineup combinations: The best two- through five-man lineup combinations over the last six seasons. Combinations can be sorted based on a variety of statistics.
- In-depth statistical breakdowns: Per possession, player/team comparisons and additional in-depth statistics with many breakdown options.
- Pages for every NBA player: Complete individual statistical pages for every player in NBA history.
The box scores from 1946-1995 were initially paper-based, according to the NBA, so it undertook a year-long initiative to validate, digitize and enter each one into the database.
SAP to acquire ticketing software company
SAP announced today its plans to buy Ticket-Web GmbH & Co. KG, a German maker of customer relationship management (CRM) and ticketing software applications designed for the sports and entertainment industry. SAP would not say how much they were paying for the company.
The announcement to buy Ticket-Web is part of SAP's plan to begin offering new software that caters to promoters, venues and market events. SAP is also looking to support arena management operations.
SAP has a history of reaching out to the the event management industry. In 2011, SAP announced it was creating a sports and management version of its on-demand ERP Business ByDesign ERP for the parent company of the San Jose Sharks, as a part of its plan to spin out industry-specific versions of the application. At last year's TechEd conference, SAP announced it was developing a new mobile application for sports fans to follow their favorite teams and players. It also launched photoTribe, a mobile application that like-minded fans can use to share photos of those same teams and players.
SAP did not say what role those prior efforts might play in its future plans for Ticket-Web. However, SAP contends that the goal is to provide sports and entertainment management software that combines business intelligence, ERP, CRM, financials with ticketing software to help promoters boost attendance, deepen customer engagement and increase profitability.
While the goal is to use Ticket-Web as the foundation of a new integrated sports platform, companies will be able to integrate the new application to other back end systems, just as SAP can run with other ticketing systems.
Under the terms of the deal, Ticket-Web employees will become part of SAP. The deal is expected to close during the second quarter of 2013, according to SAP.


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ORANGE, Calif. – The Brandeis University tennis teams earned a sweep of Chapman University as part of their February break trip to California. On Wednesday afternoon, the 22nd-ranked women defeated the No. 23 Panthers, 7-2. On Thursday, the men edged CU, 5-4.
In the women's match, the Judges took a 2-1 lead after doubles action. Sophomore Carley Cooke (San Diego, Calif./Point Loma) and senior Faith Broderick (Washingtonville, N.Y./Washingtonville) took an 8-3 win at No. 1, while sophomore Simone Vandroff (Moss Beach, Calif. / Half Moon Bay) and junior Allyson Bernstein (Northbrook, Ill. / Glenbrook North) won 8-4 at No. 2. That duo rolled in singles action, as both earned 6-0, 6-0 victories at No. 3 and 4. Cooke had a similarly easy time at No. 1, dropping just one game in the first set and none in the second. Broderick and junior Roberta Bergstein (Hingham, Mass./Hingham) each won by a 6-2, 6-4 score at No. 2 and No. 5 singles, respectively to help the Judges improve to 2-1 on the season.
In the men's match, Brandeis trailed the Panthers, 2-1, after doubles action. The top duo of Steven Milo (Woodbury, N.Y./Syosset) and Josh Jordan (Northborough, Mass./Algonquin Regional) earned the Judges' lone point, 8-3. Brandeis rallied for four of the six singles matches, however, winning all four in straight sets. Milo was the day's only double winner with a 6-3, 6-3, victor at No. 1. Sophomore Alec Siegel (Deerfield, Ill. / Deerfield) won by the same score at No. 6, while the remaining points for the Judges came in the middle of the lineup, where senior Dave Yovanoff (Eden, N.Y./Eden) was a 6-4, 6-2, winner at No. 3, and rookie Mitch Krems (Thousand Oaks, Calif./Century Acad.) won 7-5, 6-3, at No. 4 to complete the victory.
Both Judges teams are in action on Friday, Feb. 22, against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. The Stags are No. 5 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association men's rankings, while the Athenas are No. 8 in the ITA women's poll.
#22 Brandeis University 7, #23 Chapman University 2
Feb 20, 2013 at Orange, CA (Chapman Tennis Courts)
Singles competition
1. Carley Cooke (BR) def. Andrea Hammer (CHAP) 6-1, 6-0
2. Faith Broderick (BR) def. Sophia Duong (CHAP) 6-2, 6-4
3. Allyson Bernstein (BR) def. Arielle Kubetschek (CHAP) 6-0, 6-0
4. Simone Vandroff (BR) def. Anna Nelson (CHAP) 6-0, 6-0
5. Roberta Bergstein (BR) def. Genna Ford (CHAP) 6-2, 6-4
6. Kelley Klebenow (CHAP) def. Alexa Katz (BU) 6-4, 7-6
Doubles competition
1. Carley Cooke/Faith Broderick (BR) def. Andrea Hammer/Sophia Duong (CHAP) 8-3
2. Simone Vandroff/Allyson Bernstein (BR) def. Genna Ford/Madison Mathis (CHAP) 8-4
3. Arielle Kubetschek/Kelley Klebenow (CHAP) def. Maya Vasser/Roberta Bergstein (BR) 8-4
Match Notes
Brandeis University 2-1
Chapman University 0-2
Brandeis 5, Chapman 4
Feb 21, 2013 at Orange, Calif.
Singles competition
1. Steven Milo (BR) def. Kyle Coates (CHAP) 6-3, 6-3
2. Troy Akin (CHAP) def. Josh Jordan (BR) 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (9-7)
3. Dave Yovanoff (BR) def. Brett Buford (CHAP) 6-4, 6-2
4. Mitch Krems (BR) def. Nick Mulflur (CHAP) 7-5, 6-3
5. Chris Williams (CHAP) def. Michael Secular (BR) 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, (11-9)
6. Alec Siegel (BR) def. Sam Farzani (CHAP) 6-3, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. Steven Milo/Josh Jordan (BR) def. Troy Akin/Brett Buford (CHAP) 8-3
2. Kyle Coates/Chris Williams (CHAP) def. Alec Siegel/Mitch Krems (BR) 8-5
3. Nick Mulflur/Erik Williams (CHAP) def. Dave Yovanoff/Michael Secular (BR) 8-6
Brandeis 1-1. Chapman 2-2.

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Greg Sharpe Talks South Dakota State Win, Bye Week for Nebraska Cornhuskers
Things are pretty quiet around the Nebraska football program this week, as they enjoy a bye week before opening Big Ten play next week.
The Cornhuskers are 3-1 after beating South Dakota State, 59-20, last Saturday in Lincoln, but there are still plenty of question marks about this team after a month of the season.
The Husker defense gave up another big day to an opponent last week, as Jackrabbit running back Zach Zenner rolled up 202 yards on the ground.
There was plenty of offense in the quarter from both teams, with a combined 31 points, before Nebraska took over from there, outscoring SDSU 45-3 in the final three quarters.
The 'Voice of the Cornhuskers' Greg Sharpe told me he liked what he saw from both teams early on:
With starting quarterback Taylor Martinez sidelined with a turf toe injury, the Huskers rotated in Tommy Armstrong and Ron Kellogg at quarterback, and the offense didn't miss a beat, racking up 645 yards.
Both backups rose to the occasion last weekend:
Nebraska's defense continues to be far too generous this season, allowing 79 plays of ten yards or more (2nd worst in the nation) and a 63% pass completion rate from opponents (third worst in the Big Ten).
After the first quarter against SDSU, they increased the pressure up front, notching five sacks, while keeping the Jacks out of the end zone, but after the game, head coach Bo Pelini called it the worst performance of the season for the Nebraska defense:
So as the Huskers hit the 'pause' button on this season this week with the bye, it's time to reflect. I asked Greg who the big surprises are for this team so far after four games?
What a difference a week makes.
Last week there was plenty of angst and turmoil surrounding this team from on and off the field. This week things are very quiet in Lincoln:
Nebraska opens Big Ten play at home with Illinois, next Saturday at 11:00am, in a game you can hear live on your home for Cornhusker football in the Sioux Empire, ESPN 99.1.


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Deep Shade needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 94 designs submitted by 27 freelance designers.
The Shuui (yes with two u's)
We are a new company helping our clients find inner harmony with the methods and practices of the ancient Chinese art of Feng Shui. It is our purpose to help all people live healthy and enjoyable lives, naturally by becoming in tune with themselves. Harmony & Balance in every aspect of their lives can help with our health, and create happiness within.
Our wristbands focus on all these elements, helping to train the mind, body and soul.
Our target audience is everyone ages 16 and up. We intend to reach a global market. All people who seek balance in there lives.
The word Shuui, is the focus of the artwork. We were thinking we could play off the UU in the word Shuui, or even the S. We can have the word "The" involved as well, but roughly 1/8 the size. .
Color is also very important within Feng Shui. A lot of our products are influenced by the color blue, representing water and purity, and green representing renewal, fresh energy and new beginnings
Overall we are seeking something very professional and brandable.
I am excited to see what you come up with.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Sunday, 19 December 2010
We will be at Spitalfields Market on Tues 21st Dec
Spitalfields Market on Tues 21st Dec with all our lovely helmets, panniers and accessories. So if you still need to do some Christmas shopping and you're in the area, pop in and see us. Whether it's a Union Jack helmet for your brother, Dashing Tweed legwarmers for your girlfriend or a Frog strobe light for Uncle Derek, we've gos lots of treats that will go down well for your cycling nearest and dearest.
7 comments:
- MELI. said...
awesome, cant wait to see more pictures. happy holidays! =)))
- 19 December 2010 at 02:40
- Natalie said...
Oooh. Will you have Yakkay earwarmers?
- 19 December 2010 at 11:19
- Caz said...
Happy Holidays Meli! Hope all is well with you in lovely San Fran x
- 19 December 2010 at 20:07
- Caz said...
Hi Natalie, will make sure I bring some Yakkay earwarmers with me x
- 19 December 2010 at 20:08
- Pétronille Meneux said...
Will you be at Spitafields Market in January as well?
- 23 December 2010 at 07:15
- Caz said...
Hi Petronille, we may well do one at the end of Jan with all our sale items, I will announce the date on the blog!
- 24 December 2010 at 09:40
- Pétronille Meneux said...
Great! I was thinking about going to London in Jannuary.
I'll keep reading your blog then.
Pétronille, from Paris.
- 31 December 2010 at 09:32
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The area of
Edinburgh known as Quartermile is so named because it is located one quarter of a mile from . Edinburgh Castle
We are about two blocks from Greyfriars Kirkyard and cemetery, made famous by the story of Greyfriar's Bobby.
Greyfriars Kirk is built on the site of an old Fransciscan Friary. The kirk was built in 1620 and there has been Christian worship held there ever since (nearly 400 years). The graveyard out back has some of the oldest stones in Edinburgh. The cemetery was created prior to the kirk. The older monuments are along the back wall of the adjacent tenements
and are a testament to some of the most important figures in Edinburgh's history
The graveyard is eerily serene given that it is located in a very busy section of a very busy city.
Around the western edge of the cemetery is the remnants of the old city Wall, known as the Flodden wall which was built in 1513 to keep the English at bay.
The kirk is also worth a visit. Not only is it nearly 400 years old, but it was the first kirk in Edinburgh to house a pipe organ.
Edinburgh is a vibrant city. It is rich in history. Greyfriars is just one small example.


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Can you find a way of counting the spheres in these arrangements?
Can you find a way of representing these arrangements of balls?
Can you find ways of joining cubes together so that 28 faces are visible?
Here you see the front and back views of a dodecahedron. Each vertex has been numbered so that the numbers around each pentagonal face add up to 65. Can you find all the missing numbers?
Exploring the structure of a number square: how quickly can you put the number tiles in the right place on the grid?
How could you arrange at least two dice in a stack so that the total of the visible spots is 18?
Looking at the 2012 Olympic Medal table, can you see how the data is organised? Could the results be presented differently to give another nation the top place?
This task looks at the different turns involved in different Olympic sports as a way of exploring the mathematics of turns and angles.
A simple visual exploration into halving and doubling.
Look at different ways of dividing things. What do they mean? How might you show them in a picture, with things, with numbers and symbols?
Can you make sense of the charts and diagrams that are created and used by sports competitors, trainers and statisticians?
Follow the journey taken by this bird and let us know for how long and in what direction it must fly to return to its starting point.
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A Minnesota couple build an Idaho vacation home that indulges their loves of cooking and the great outdoors
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Second-home kitchens often are little more than a place to heat up carryout food. Who wants to give up a minute of relaxation or outdoor play to go inside and cook a meal? Mary and Alan Hogg, however, love to do it all. Skiing, hiking, and other outdoor and cultural activities enticed the Minnesotans to build a second home in Sun Valley, Idaho. But they also enjoy cooking—even when vacationing. Working long-distance with a "dream team" that included architect Candace Tillotson-Miller, interior designer Jennifer Hoey Smith, and builder Chad Brown, the Hoggs created a house with a 15x24-foot kitchen where Mary and Alan work side by side after a day of hiking or skiing.
The log-cabin style house is nestled in a secluded wooded area, creating a sense of privacy. Large windows, upstairs dormers, and an outdoor sitting area offer views of the surrounding mountains.
Photography: John Granen
Produced by Linda Humphrey
Architect: Candace Tillotsen-Miller, Miller Architects, PC, 1203 N. Rouse, Suite 3B, P.O. Box 10790, Bozeman, MT 59719; 406/551-6950, ctmarchitects.com.
Interior designer: Jennifer Hoey Smith, Jennifer Hoey Interior Design, 300 N. Main St., Suite 202, P.O. Box 6409, Ketchum, ID 83340; 208/726-1561, jenniferhoey.com.
Builder: Chad Brown, Dembergh Brown Builders, 111 W. Sixth St., Ketchum, ID 83340; 208/726-2440, demberghbrown.com.
Rustic Kitchen
Two 8x3-foot parallel islands anchor the kitchen, which flows into the living room and two separate dining areas—a breakfast room next to the kitchen and a formal dining area off of the living room. "The two islands allow Mary and Alan each to have their own workstation," explains Smith.
The Hoggs, who have two daughters in their early 20s, frequently entertain guests, and placing the islands perpendicular to the living room encourages conversation and sociability between the spaces. "Often we'll set out appetizers at the ends of the islands closest to the living room. Then guests are part of the conversation, but they're not on top of our work space," Alan says.
Pietra Cardosa slab slate countertops accent a white Shaws "Fireclay" farmhouse sink from Rohl.
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While the islands are similar in size, their styles and functions differ. The slate-topped one houses the cooktop and is part of the primary work triangle, near the large farmhouse sink and refrigerator. The more rustically styled baking and prep island is slightly wider to accommodate counter-height seating.
"That island was inspired by an antique," says Smith. "We wanted to use a big antique chopping block, but the need for precision sizing in order to incorporate the undercounter refrigerator ruled out an actual antique." To replicate the look, the island was made with reclaimed barn boards and topped with a thick hand-planed top. Blocky feet and metal strapping at the corners add to the furniture look.
Elsewhere in the kitchen, cabinets are white oak accented with delicate beaded insets. "Mary wanted a little more European feel, so I was trying to blend the rustic architecture of the house with a slightly more finished feel," the designer says. The oak, sporting random knots, was stained and glazed a buckskin tone that complements the house's hewed-timber ceiling beams and log siding in adjoining rooms.
To maximize light and open sight lines, the Wolf cooktop in one island has a downdraft vent system rather than an overhead hood. The oak-topped island, which is closest to the Wolf wall ovens, is used for baking, prep, and as a casual eating and serving area.
Cabinetry (stained white oak): custom.
Cabinet pulls (cast silicon bronze with medium patina): Rocky Mountain Hardware, rockymountainhardware.com.
Sinks (Shaw Fireclay kitchen sinks); faucets (Country Kitchen Collection in Tuscan Brass): Rohl, rohlhome.com.
Range, cooktop, and double ovens: Wolf, subzero-wolf.com.
Refrigerators, including undercounter refrigerators: Sub-Zero, subzero-wolf.com.
Countertops on cook island and main sink island: Pietra Cardosa slab slate, honed.
Backsplash ("Grove Brickworks"): Waterworks, waterworks.com.
Pendant lighting ("Astrid" #8001): Ironware International, ironwareinternational.com.
Glassware; gold pitcher: owner's collection.
Rug runner: Dash & Albert, dashandalbert.com.
Bar stools: owner's collection.
Seat-cushion fabric ("Hops" #5629, by Rose Cumming): Dessin Fournir, dessinfournir.com.
Glass-Front Cabinet
A lighted glass-front cabinet with stained beadboard backing tucks between the wall ovens and a fully integrated side-by-side refrigerator/freezer. "I wanted to lighten up the space between those appliances because it can get a little blocky when you have deep cabinets," Smith says. The antique-style glass and lighted interior "draws you into the space when you look from the living room," she says.
Mary and Alan insisted on a walk-in pantry, which is off the breakfast room, where they keep small appliances. "You need to have those things easily accessible or you won't use them," says Mary.
Thanks to such planning, the couple can serve meals like lamb Marrakech after a day outdoors. "We do a lot of prep work, so there's not a huge delay getting dinner on the table," Mary says. "We enjoy the cooking process," Alan adds, "and we enjoy doing it together."
Decorative lighting
Pierced-metal pendants from Ironware International provide additional lighting but don't block outdoor views of the mountains.
Glazed Backsplash
Charcoal-colored "Grove Brickworks" tiles from Waterworks have a slightly pockmarked surface finished in a heavy, glossy glaze.
Vintage-Style Faucet
Rohl's cross-handle "Country Kitchen" faucet in Tuscan Brass complements the rugged styling of the log home.
Rustic Details
Thick oak boards were joined, hand-planed, and topped with a water-based sealer for the island top. Metal straps accent the corners.
Bronze Hardware
Rocky Mountain Hardware in a mix of styles—bin pulls, long bar handles, and round knobs—are bronze with a medium patina.
Breakfast Room
A custom pedestal table with a scalloped apron and antique chairs set a refined note in the intimate breakfast room.
Table; side table: custom.
Dining chairs: antique.
Seat-cushion fabric ("Napa Stripe" #1164, by Classic Cloth): Dessin Fournir, dessinfournir.com.
Chandelier: owner's collection.
Area rug: Dash & Albert, dashandalbert.com.
Homeowners Alan and Mary Hogg


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A number of years ago, My friend, vintage Halloween collector Bruce Elsass, shared his Halloween decor books from the 1920's with me. Looking through these books I was blown away by the creativity of earlier days. I decided crepe paper needed a revival.
Then, with simple rolls of crepe paper creativley cut, I made shaped ribbons, and festooned doilys to make a fantastic table skirt to show off the candy bowl elf! Double sided tape works wonders.
The mantle is an obvious place to play out some Halloween drama. Using Black crepe paper folds ( 2 packages for a bow this big), I fashioned a stylish funeralesque black bow.
You can buy crepe paper rolls and folds at any party store and also find larger rolls in different weights, and bigger quantities online.
With weeks ahead to plan your Halloween event you might want to include some good old fshioned crepe paper ideas in your festivities.
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I sometimes think I have spent years unlearning what I learned earlier in my life. For instance, it was not George A. Custer who was attacked at the Little Bighorn. It was Custer -- in a bad career move -- who attacked the Indians. Much more importantly, slavery was not a benign institution in which mostly benevolent whites owned innocent and grateful blacks. Slavery was a lifetime's condemnation to an often violent hell in which people were deprived of life, liberty and, too often, their own children. Happiness could not be pursued after that.
Steve McQueen's stunning movie "12 Years a Slave" is one of those unlearning experiences. I had to wonder why I could not recall another time when I was so shockingly confronted by the sheer barbarity of American slavery. Instead, beginning with school, I got a gauzy version. I learned that slavery was wrong, yes, that it was evil, no doubt, but really, that many blacks were sort of content. Slave owners were mostly nice people -- fellow Americans, after all -- and the sadistic Simon Legree was the concoction of that demented propagandist, Harriet Beecher Stowe. Her "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was a lie and she never -- and this I remember clearly being told -- had ventured south to see slavery for herself. I felt some relief at that because it meant that Tom had not been flogged to death.
But in the novel, he had. And of course, slavery was not only incomprehensibly cruel -- it had to have had consequences. You can see those consequences in this marvelous, harrowing and concussively powerful movie. Families are broken up -- not just like that, with a casual statement of fact, but with a rending of garments and an awful pain and a tearing of the soul. A mother cries for her children and the wife of the slave owner tells her, in effect, to get over it: Time heals all wounds. Not so. Generations later, the hurt lingers.
There is nothing of "12 Years a Slave" in "Gone with the Wind." It is not the fetching and lovely Scarlett who whips her slaves and sells their children off so she can buy a ball gown in nearby Atlanta. It is not her father who goes to the slave market and leeringly examines naked women. It is no one in that lying picture who insists that the slaves remain illiterate -- learning being, as we all know, a dangerous thing. "12 Years a Slave" has finally rendered "Gone with the Wind" irrevocably silly and utterly tasteless, a cinematic bodice ripper. McQueen's movie has more than a little unlearning in it.
It has been decades since the gauze was removed to show the horror of American slavery. I know more than I once did, maybe more than most and maybe more than I like. Still, McQueen does something daring. He doesn't focus on an institution or, as in Quentin Tarantino's somewhat cartoonish "Django Unchained," on cruel whites but on the effect of slavery on a single black man. In "12 Years a Slave" that man is Solomon Northup, the author of the best-selling book upon which this movie is based.
Northup was a musician living in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. He was a free man until, in 1841, he was lured to Washington, D.C., and -- with the Capitol looming in the background -- sold into slavery. The heightened poignancy of his tale comes from the fact that he was not a slave yearning for something he never had but a man deprived of what was once his -- his home, his wife, his children and, pertinently, his freedom. He goes from being a human being to a blotted entry on a ledger. We can all connect to that. At the same time, we connect less with the slaves he left behind when he was freed. He is restored to the life he once had. They remain with the life they have always had.
"12 Years a Slave" is art at its highest, not just on account of mastery or talent but because of what it makes yesterday say about today. We obscured, we covered up -- we made the past conform to the present and insisted that hurt or pain had no right to persist, as if family tales told at the kitchen table dissipate when the silverware is put away. As a nation, we like to look pretty, but sometimes we weren't. The grave obligation of art is to show us what we look like. McQueen, has held up a mirror. God, we look ugly.


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There is quiet exuberance to these prints; our collection include Degas' dancers as well as portraits of women and sporting scenes.
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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – update
On 12 and 13 June 2014, the National IHR Focal Point of Saudi Arabia notified WHO of 2 additional laboratory-confirmed cases of infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV).
Details of the cases are as follow:
- A 36-year-old resident of Almakhwah city, Baha Region. The patient works as a truck driver. He became ill on 4 June 2014, was diagnosed with mild pneumonia and was admitted to a hospital on 9 June 2014. The patient is currently in a stable condition. He has underlying medical conditions. He was tested positive to MERS-CoV on 11 June 2014. The patient frequently commutes to Qunfudah city, Qunfudah Region and Wadi Addawaser city, Riyadh Region. The patient has no other travel history. He is reported to have possible contacts with animals as he delivers hay to a mixed animal market. He has no contact with a known laboratory confirmed MERS-CoV case.
- A 33-year-old man, resident of Qunfudah city, Qunfudah Region. He works as a national security guard. The patient is asymptomatic, and was detected through the screening of contacts of previously laboratory-confirmed MERS-CoV cases (reported between 11 April – 9 June 2014). He has no underlying medical condition. He was tested positive to MERS-CoV on 13 June 2014. The patient has a history of frequent travel to Jeddah. He has no history of contact with animals.
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Globally, 701 laboratory-confirmed cases of infection with MERS-CoV, including at least 249 related deaths have officially been reported to WHO.
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Based on the current situation and available information, WHO encourages all Member States to continue their surveillance for acute respiratory infections and to carefully review any unusual patterns.
Infection prevention and control measures are critical to prevent the possible spread of MERS-CoV in health care facilities. It is not always possible to identify patients with MERS-CoV early because like other respiratory infections, the early symptoms of MERS-CoV are non-specific. Therefore, health-care workers should always apply standard precautions consistently with all patients, regardless of their diagnosis. Droplet precautions should be added to the standard precautions when providing care to patients with symptoms of acute respiratory infection; contact precautions and eye protection should be added when caring for probable or confirmed cases of MERS-CoV infection; airborne precautions should be applied when performing aerosol generating procedures.
Until more is understood about MERS-CoV, people with diabetes, renal failure, chronic lung disease, and immunocompromised persons are considered to be at high risk of severe disease from MERS‐CoV infection. Therefore, these people should avoid close contact with animals, particularly camels, when visiting farms, markets, or barn areas where the virus is known to be potentially circulating. General hygiene measures such as regular hand washing before and after touching animals and avoiding contact with sick animals, should be adhered to.
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Jason Reynolds reads from his YA verse novel, Long Way Down, beautifully illustrated by Chris Priestley.
Excerpted from the audiobook: Long Way Down.
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After Will's brother is shot in a gang crime, he knows the next steps. Don't cry. Don't snitch. Get revenge. So he gets in the lift with Shawn's gun, determined to follow The Rules. Only when the lift door opens, Buck walks in, Will's friend who died years ago. And Dani, who was shot years before that. As more people from his past arrive, Will has to ask himself if he really knows what he's doing.


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Ladies, I got it! I debated for a while is this palette was worth £60!
I don't think any palette is necessarily worth that but…well the economy is depressed, and I spend only to help me follow citizens.
Here it is!:
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Quick Eye I did:
The camera was a bit sorry so the colours are a tiny bit off. The green is more vivd than on here.
AQ is a very expensive make up brand – clearly – and I have owned one of their semi circle eyeshadow palettes which I think are rubbish considering the price.
These new ones are much much much better.
They are nicely pigmented and the colour combination is really stunning. You can wear the green on its own for a emerald look, but when blended with the sparkly black, you get quite a smoked eye (which is what I did on the picture above). It lasted all day too.
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Brian Niemuth, who has led the women's basketball team at Simpson College to unparalleled success, has been chosen to guide the entire athletic department.
Simpson President Jay Simmons has named Niemuth the College's athletic director, a position Niemuth had held on an interim basis since January.
"This is one of my first acts as Simpson's president, and I couldn't be more excited about it," Simmons said. "Brian Niemuth is the right person to build on Simpson's tradition of athletic success and student-athlete development and to move us forward. He'll do a great job. He already has."
Niemuth replaces John Sirianni, who held the job for 29 years. He is now a special assistant to the college president, focusing on special projects, including a $6 million, comprehensive renovation of the college's fitness complex.
"I'd like to thank Jay Simmons and John Sirianni for this opportunity," Niemuth said. "I'm excited about the future of Simpson athletics. As a veteran of the staff here, I know what we are capable of and I'm excited about the new leadership in the president's role."
Niemuth will continue to coach the women's basketball team, as he has for the past 26 seasons. This past season was one of the most successful in school history, as the Storm reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship.
It was also a momentous season for Niemuth, who became the 20th coach in NCAA Division III history to reach 500 wins. He already was the most successful women's basketball coach in Simpson College history, winning 11 Iowa Conference Championships and leading the team to 11 trips to the NCAA tournament.
A seven-time Iowa Conference Coach of the Year, Niemuth hopes to build on the recent improvements made to the athletic department.
"We have great momentum right now, and I want to help us grow the progress we've already made," he said.
Before arriving at Simpson, Niemuth served as an assistant basketball coach at Park College in Kansas City, Mo., for two years; one with the men's team and one with the women's team. He was an assistant coach at Dallas Center-Grimes (Iowa) High School.
He also served as an assistant baseball coach for Simpson from 1991-97.
Niemuth grew up in Kansas City, and was an all-conference player and team co-captain at Park for two years. He also earned All-American honors in baseball for Park.
He received his bachelor's degree in 1988 from Grand View College in Des Moines and earned his master's degree in sports management at Iowa State University during the summer of 1997. He is a member of Simpson's faculty and teaches physical education classes.
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|Vitesse - the original Montrail, and basically, the original trail runner in the US.
|My last pair of Leona Divides - I've been milking 'em for a few years, only using them in the winter as they're retro-fitted with screws ala-Bronco Billy style.
|Quite possibly the most recognizable trail running shoe outsole pattern in history. Photo courtesy Glenn Tachiyama
Future Montrails: okay, I really can't say anything specific here, but I can say the Rogue was just a start in the new wave of lighter and faster Montrails.
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Season 44
Experts drill into the impact crater of an asteroid that created a worldwide cataclysm.
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The flat has its own front door to the rear of the house with access via an external staircase. The windows overlook terraced gardens with views that sweep up to the Hill of Tarvit monument.
Accommodation details
- First floor
- Sleeps 4 - 1 double, 1 twin
- Sitting room with open fire
- Dining kitchen
- Bathroom with bath and shower
- Central heating with backup convector heaters
- EPC rating: D56
About Hill of Tarvit
French Chippendale-style furniture and paintings by Raeburn line the family rooms of this Edwardian mansion house, completed in 1906 by the architect Sir Robert Lorimer. 'Below stairs', the kitchen and pantry have been perfectly preserved to give an insight into the work of the servants who kept the household running.
The estate lies among a patchwork of rolling farmland, and has its own superbly kept sunken rose and kitchen gardens, as well as a restored Edwardian hickory-club golf course.
About the area
Hill of Tarvit lies just outside Cupar, ten miles from St Andrews, home to Scotland's oldest university and the world's most famous golf course. Fife's East Neuk is a short drive away, offering pristine beaches, picture-perfect harbours and delicious fresh seafood.
The nearest shops are 1 mile away in Ceres and 2.5 miles away in Cupar.
Things to do
- Head to Anstruther for a stroll along the harbour. After taking in the views across to the Isle of May and the pastel and white cottages lining the shore, grab some award-winning fish and chips at the Anstruther Fish Bar.
- For a day at the beach, St Andrews's West Sands, Elie's Harbour Beach, Burntisland and Aberdour's Silver Sands all have Blue Flags, meaning they are clean, safe and offer good facilities.
- Spend a day in Renaissance paradise at nearby Falkland Palace. The country retreat of the Stuart Kings was a favourite of Mary Queen of Scots and is filled with elaborate antique furnishings.
Getting there
Hill of Tarvit lies off the A916, 2 miles south of Cupar and 1 mile from Ceres. Cupar Railway station offers the closest train links.
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Thursday, September 9, 2010
iOS Development in REAL Studio
26 comments:
- Unknown said...
One word: SWEET!!!
- September 9, 2010 at 9:33 AM
- Eduo said...
I'm speechless. I'm without speech. I think I almost started salivating.
Native Desktop Apps.
Web Apps.
Mobile Apps.
The circle is closed. This would be a huge selling point for corporations, no doubt about it. And the amount of reuse of common code instead of reinventing the wheel each time is enormous.
- September 9, 2010 at 9:43 AM
- Pat St. Jean said...
You just made me a customer for life. :)
I'll be keeping up with the support renewals and singing your praises.
Thank you for not taking "no" for an answer.
- September 9, 2010 at 9:58 AM
- Franck said...
This news makes my day.
I would be happy to pre-buy a RB-Studio-iOs version if it would help RB to put more resources on the project.
- September 9, 2010 at 10:21 AM
- Unknown said...
Seems like Real Software is really taking flight!
Congrats on your hard work.
- September 9, 2010 at 10:25 AM
- Unknown said...
Fantastic. But then also you can support other ARM based devices, Nokia and Android ?
- September 9, 2010 at 10:31 AM
- GTGeek88 said...
With the announcement regarding developing for the Web in Real Studio and this change by Apple, which makes iOS development possible, I believe RS will gain momentum. Now, as if you didn't have enough to do, cross-platform development for mobile devices would be awesome! ;~)
- September 9, 2010 at 10:41 AM
- Joseph Claeys said...
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- September 9, 2010 at 10:55 AM
- Joseph Claeys said...
I appears I may have finally hitched my trailer to the right horse for once. I'm pretty excited to see how the web apps work out. I spent a summer working on RAILS and really got to like the Ruby language. What I hated more than anything was getting RAILS up and running on a server. In fact, I dropped it because of the hassle. I hope REAL comes up with a easier way to handle that process.
- September 9, 2010 at 10:55 AM
- Joseph Claeys said...
It's funny to recall that this product started out as "cross-basic." I don't mean to start up the whole naming debate again but it's sure living up to the original name. But I guess they're also "keeping it real."
- September 9, 2010 at 11:25 AM
- Geoff Perlman said...
Way back when (1998) we couldn't continue to use the name CrossBasic because Seimens Corporation owned the US trademark for that name.
- September 9, 2010 at 11:57 AM
I have Real Basic (now Real Studio) under my radar for the last couple of years.
I am impressed with the improvements this tool has been.
It is time to switch my applications from 4D to Real Studio.
I am very excited with the news ahead: iOS (maybe) Web (definitely)
You guys are making history with the amount of platforms you support with only one development environment, and the native support you are providing for each platform.
A recommendation from a guy that has 28 years on the Software Engineering industry and works for one of the biggest IT Consulting companies in the world:
- Review your marketing strategy. You are too low profile for the amazing tool you have...
- September 9, 2010 at 12:13 PM
- Unknown said...
I hope with the change in backend compiler it maybe possible to reduce the size of the executable by only including what is actually used in the app. That way the downloads to mobile devices etc. will be smaller and faster. Sometimes I use PureBasic just because RealBasic apps are too large for some scenarios.
- September 9, 2010 at 1:20 PM
- Geoff Perlman said...
Dead code stripping (removing parts of the framework your app doesn't use) is part of the benefit of our switch to LLVM. How much benefit remains to be seen in terms of that.
- September 9, 2010 at 2:04 PM
- bowerbird said...
happy happy happy happy happy happy happy!
- September 9, 2010 at 2:26 PM
- datadebrief said...
Brilliant! as Eduo says "the circle is closed". I can just imagine the difficulties in switching to LLVM, well done, keep up the great work.
- September 9, 2010 at 4:27 PM
This is incredible news. I was going to spend my winter break diving deep into objective C so I could program for the iFamily of devices. This is making me think twice about how to use my time. You had me at "we are over the hump". Time to renew my RB license. Thank you for your excellent talents. Now what to do with my time in waiting. I know exactly what to do, develop the desktop side of my app in RB.
- September 9, 2010 at 6:34 PM
- Hardy said...
Focus on making your Windows and Mac support stronger first. I released my first major app which was the desktop version of my iPhone app, and it's embarrassing how poor the windows speed is on the app, and things like using checkboxes that don't have a transparent background make for ugly UIs.. You need to get this stuff working first before iPhone apps because iPhone users are pickier than windows users when it comes to pretty apps and these minor things make a huge difference.
I'm using RB for cross platform Mac/Windows and it's subpar. Not sure why you are spreading yourselves so thin.
- October 6, 2010 at 7:02 PM
- Mandini said...
This will definitely re-invigorate a lot of people's interest in REAL Studio.
There really isn't anything like REAL that can compile for the iPhone and iPad.
We are REALLY looking forward to this.
- November 27, 2010 at 8:25 AM
- aronnelson said...
I cannot wait for Real Studio/Realbasic to work on iOS. Fantastic!
- December 7, 2010 at 8:41 PM
I can't wait to see iOS Support in REAL Studio.
- March 23, 2011 at 9:04 AM
I think it's time for a news update on the LLVM conversion and compiling for iOS.
- April 9, 2011 at 8:58 AM
- Alyssa said...
@DMyers, Actually, Geoff touched on LLVM in this post in March: http://www.realsoftwareblog.com/2011/03/i-want-my-ipadtv.html
LLVM must be finished to support iOS.
- April 12, 2011 at 4:33 PM
- Paucus3d said...
any news?
- December 31, 2011 at 10:27 AM
- Alyssa said...
@RLMFan Development is moving nicely towards iOS. This post from October has more current info http://www.realsoftwareblog.com/search?q=llvm and we will posting new updates shortly.
- January 3, 2012 at 8:18 AM
- Fabrizio said...
have we any chance to see a "realstudio for ios", before the end of second quarter 2013 ?
- April 27, 2013 at 2:27 AM


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