Common Application Development Problems Now Solved Using Packts New Book and eBook on OGRE 3D


Birmingham, UK (PRWEB) June 22, 2012

Packt is pleased to announce the release of its new book OGRE 3D 1.7 Application Development Cookbook. Written by Ilya Grinblat and Alex Peterson, a cookbook with over 50 recipes, that will help solve common problems users face while developing 3D graphics applications using OGRE 3D, with explained sample code and screenshots.

OGRE (Object-Oriented Graphics Rendering Engine) is a scene-oriented, flexible 3D engine written in C++ designed to make it easier and more intuitive for developers to produce applications utilising hardware-accelerated 3D graphics. The class library abstracts all the details of using the underlying system libraries like Direct3D and OpenGL and provides an interface based on world objects and other intuitive classes.

OGRE 3D 1.7 Application Development Cookbook firstly covers creating various types of Windows applications available for the OGRE developer, creating plugins for customization, and OGRE resources management. Users will then learn to efficiently implement various input methods for OGRE applications followed by managing scenes and objects impressively. Lights, special effects, and materials that provide enhancing effects are covered further in the next few chapters.

The book also includes lessons to build character motions and collision detection followed by animations and multimedia, that add a professional look to the application. The book finally concludes with scene queries and views and helps users to deliver impressive results more quickly with greater ease.

This practical cookbook is apt for C++ programmers with basic knowledge of OGRE 3D and want to enhance their knowledge about it. The book is out now and available from Packt in print and popular eBook formats. To read more about it and download a sample chapter, please visit the Packt web-page.







Yong Nian Real Estate Development Company Limited has been Announced as a Winner of the Famous Platinum A’ Design Award


Como, Italy (PRWEB) July 10, 2012

A’ Award and Competitions are proud to announce that the work The Float by Kris Lin has became winner of the famed Platinum A’ Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category elected as the winner by the respected referees of the A’ Design Awards & Competitions amidst thousands of nominations.

More information on The Float

Kris Lin, the creative mind behind the awarded project The Float says We designed all the architecture, interior and landscape in this project. The project was about designing a real estate agency called Sky Villa. The name of the project became our initial starting point for development. The project is located in Xiamen downtown, the conditions around the base were unfavorable, i.e. there are many old apartments and a construction site is present.. In the end, with the concept of floating; we have pulled the sales center to a height of 2Floors, and thus we created our own landscape, a ground level pool. Finally the sales center looked liked as if it were floating in the water, and the visitors could enjoy the feeling of ascension while visiting the agency.. Learn more: http://www.adesignaward.com/design.php?ID=24062

Creative Team for The Float

The Float was realized by Kris Lin – Lead Design Director, and Jiayu Yang – Design Director.

The Platinum A’ Design Award

The Platinum A’ Design Award is a prestigious award given to top 1% percentile designs that has delivered an exemplary level of perfection in design. The designs are judged by a panel of three different jury which is composed of Academic, Professional and Focus Group Members. The designs are evaluated with score normalization to remove any biases and are voted on aspects such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, fun details, technology, and any other specific points that could be considered, each of these points are further weighted for different jury groups.

About A’ Design Award and Competitions

A’Design Award and Competitions, aims to highlight the excellent qualifications of best designs, design concepts and design oriented products. A’ Design Award and Competitions are organized and awarded annually and internationally in multiple categories to reach a wide, design-oriented audience. To learn more visit: http://www.whatisadesignaward.com







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Drupal Website Design and Development Firm, Project6 Design, Launches New Website For Litigation Graphics and Trial Strategy Firm


Berkeley, CA (PRWEB) June 27, 2012

San Francisco Bay Area branding and website design & development firm, Project6 Design, proudly announces the launch of a new website for Cogent Legal. The new website features a compelling home page design with an easy-to-use navigation. Additionally, the site boasts a customized portfolio review section that provides sample images and videos of their litigation graphics and trial strategy work, as well as compelling news items and testimonials. The site also includes a client login area for Cogents clients to login and view secure documents related to trials. Project6 built the new website with the Drupal content management system (CMS), which allows Cogent Legal to easily add new content to keep the site both relevant and engaging.

Even though Im an attorney and our clients are other attorneys and law firms, I didnt want Cogent Legals site to look like a law firm site, said Morgan C. Smith, Esq., president and founder of Cogent Legal. I wanted it to look more like an architecture firms site, with clean, modern lines and a visually engaging, easy-to-navigate portfolio of images. Searching for a web design and branding firm that could understand and implement this vision, I went outside the circle of design and marketing firms that have built sites for many law firms to find a design firm whose portfolio conveyed the look and feel I wanted to emulate: Project6 Design in Berkeley. They guided us through a process that dovetailed with my firms strategic planning insofar as it forced me to really think about and better understand the client base and their needs, as well as refine the firms goals.

Our team was just the right size for Cogent. Small enough to have excellent customer service and attention to detail, yet large enough to have the experience and expertise that really fit with their vision, said Esten Sesto, Founder and President of Project6 Design. Its really fulfilling when we can help a business in their efforts to grow and evolve. Cogents new website will serve as a marketing vehicle as well as a communication tool thats customized for their unique needs. Cogent Legal was a great partner in this project and we are really proud of the new website we have created for them.

About Cogent Legal

Cogent Legal designs persuasive, engaging, accurate and legally admissible demonstrative graphics for litigation. Cogent Legal also provides strategic case consulting and trial support. They help attorneys prepare and present their cases for maximum results with minimum stress. Morgan C. Smith, is a longtime litigator who successfully tried complex, high-value cases. His in-depth understanding of litigation, combined with the firm’s talented design team, enable Cogent Legal to offer clients unparalleled and invaluable collaboration. For more information, visit http://www.cogentlegal.com

About Project6 Design, Inc.

Project6 Design, established in 2001, is an award-winning San Francisco Bay Area (Berkeley, CA) based graphic design firm that specializes in strategic brand, print, and web design and development services. Project6 Design is unique because of its strong emphasis on design and usability while still having the ability to implement web projects in-house (leveraging several years of expertise in the Drupal CMS). From non-profit to Fortune 500, clients include the University of California – San Francisco, eBay, CA Technologies, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Gap, United Way, Serena Software, and Old Navy. For more information, call (510) 540-8005, email info[at]project6[dot]com, or visit http://www.project6.com.

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Esten Sesto, Founder & President

(510) 540-8005 ext. 100

esten[at]project6[dot]com







Stevens to Guide Development of Engineering Education in Brunei

Hoboken, NJ (PRWEB) June 19, 2012

Through a new educational relationship with Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), the national university of Brunei, Stevens is enhancing efforts to diversify the economy of the small, oil-producing Southeast Asian nation.

The government of Brunei is looking to advance new sectors of the economy in order to drive growth. Technological education is instrumental to this effort, said Stevens Provost George Korfiatis.

In the past few months, officials from UBD have turned to Stevens to guide them in the development of the broad-based engineering curriculum for which Stevens is renowned. UBD hopes to introduce a bachelors-level curriculum based on Stevens model in Fall 2013 in a new school called the Faculty of Integrated Technologies.

Stevens engineering education can lead UBD students to expertise and specialization in major technology sectors important to enhancing Bruneis economy over the long-term, such as energy, health, information technologies, and many others, said Korfiatis.

This month, Korfiatis delivered a seminar at UBD that described to officials how to build the foundation for the Faculty of Integrated Technologies, what major issues might be encountered, and other key considerations. The relationship between the two universities will evolve this summer and fall, as Stevens hosts a number of UBD faculty members for workshops that introduce the Stevens Design Spine architecture and aid in the development of engineering course content.

Stevens and UBD are also considering further future partnerships, such as student exchange programs and collaboration on energy research.

For many years, Stevens has been advocating for the importance and uniqueness of a broad-based undergraduate engineering education, said Korfiatis. We are excited to be able to spread our principles globally.

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation University, lives at the intersection of industry, academics and research. The University’s students, faculty and partners leverage their collective real-world experience and culture of innovation, research and entrepreneurship to confront global challenges in engineering, science, systems and technology management.

Based in Hoboken, N.J. and with a location in Washington, D.C., Stevens offers baccalaureate, masters, certificates and doctoral degrees in engineering, the sciences and management, in addition to baccalaureate degrees in business and liberal arts. Stevens has been recognized by both the US Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security as a National Center of Excellence in the areas of systems engineering and port security research. The University has a total enrollment of more than 2,350 undergraduate and 3,600 graduate students with almost 450 faculty. Stevens graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America as well as strategic partnerships with industry leaders, governments and other universities around the world. Additional information may be obtained at http://www.stevens.edu and http://www.stevens.edu/news.







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3rdKind Inc. and D2C Inc., Are Now Accepting Leading Development Partners For MatchBox A Turn-Based Games Platform On App Store And Google Play


Tokyo (PRWEB) June 11, 2012

3rdKind Inc. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director & CEO: Taro Hosotani; Representative Director & COO: Frederic Nouel; hereinafter referred to as 3rdKind) and D2C Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Takayuki Hoshuyama; hereinafter referred to as D2C) jointly announce the launch of the MatchBox specialty game platform for turn-based games. Before opening up the platform, the two companies are recruiting 20 leading edge development partners starting on June 8, 2012 (Fri.).

“MatchBox” is a specialty application platform for popular “Turn-Based Games” on App Store, Google Play, and other game distribution sites. The platforms biggest feature is the ability to play games at your leisure during idle time by logging in with an ID having a real social graph on Facebook, Twitter

SD Elements and Veracode’s Partnership will Enable Customers to Code Securely from the Early Stages of Software Development


Boston, MA (PRWEB) June 12, 2012

SD Elements and Veracode announced a partnership today offering organizations the capability to have securely coded mobile, web, and client applications from the earliest stages of software development.

The partnership will grow from a business arrangement to include two way technical integration with each companys solution. The Secure Application Lifecycle Management (SALM) needs of organizations are increasingly inherent in their everyday life. Compliance (PCI, HIPAA), secure coding, best practices in the software development lifecycle are continually at the forefront of companies mind. This partnership will help our mutual clients create and validate a secure method of eCommerce functions while providing compliance checkmarks.

Our clients consistently tell us that Veracode is a leader in the verification space, which made them a natural fit for partnership said Rohit Sethi, VP of Product Development for SD Elements. Veracodes unique ability to quantify security quality ties in nicely with SD Elements visibility into an applications preventative controls. Together, our clients can make data-driven decisions on application security while integrating security in every phase of software development with unparalleled scalability.

SD Elements recognizes the critical importance of incorporating security as part of application lifecycle management, and its track record for integrating security into the software development process makes the company an attractive partner, said Ed Jennings, executive vice president of sales and marketing of Veracode. Our cloud-based delivery model makes it simple for deployment professionals to upload applications to our service for analysis and we can easily support SD Elements ability to map security to your software development life cycle by providing organizations with a more comprehensive, on-demand application security testing platform.

SD Elements and Veracode have mutual clients who have used both solutions to phenomenal success making the partnership even more compelling and exciting for the future of secure software development.

About SD Elements

SD Elements is a Secure Application Lifecycle Management solution (SALM) that gathers customized, secure application coding knowledge in one place. It is the only Software and Software as a Service of its kind. Development, Architecture, and Security Teams get guidance through contextual code snippets, videos, tutorials and external security industry references before the first key stroke of code is typed. SD Elements prescriptively tells you how to code securely based on your project’s application stack by providing an interactive checklist of secure coding task recommendations, so that by the time your application is ready to be tested for secure coding errors, the testing turns into a validation of already implemented secure coding practices. Scalability and consistency in secure coding practice is realized from design to implementation. SD Elements prescriptively tells you how to implement security controls and transforms your Application Lifecycle Management into Secure Application Lifecycle Management.

For more information, visit http://www.sdelements.com or follow us on Twitter: @sdelements.

About Veracode

Veracode is the only independent provider of cloud-based application intelligence and security verification services. The Veracode platform provides the fastest, most comprehensive solution to improve the security of internally developed, purchased or outsourced software applications and third-party components. By combining patented static, dynamic and manual testing, extensive eLearning capabilities, and advanced application analytics, Veracode enables scalable, policy-driven application risk management programs that help identify and eradicate numerous vulnerabilities by leveraging best-in-class technologies from vulnerability scanning to penetration testing and static code analysis. Veracode delivers unbiased proof of application security to stakeholders across the software supply chain while supporting independent audit and compliance requirements for all applications no matter how they are deployed, via the web, mobile or in the cloud. Veracode works with customers in more than 80 countries worldwide representing Global 2000 brands.

For more information, visit http://www.veracode.com, follow on Twitter: @Veracode or read the Veracode Blog.







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#1 Web Development Company, India Profit By Outsourcing Announces Dating Website Development Services


Delhi/NCR (PRWEB) June 14, 2012

Profit By Outsourcing, #1 Web Design Company in India announces dating website development services by the best minds in the country. The best thing about their services is that they are developed to be very low maintenance and cost efficient. Profit By Outsourcing will also provide a person with the best graphics and highly user friendly interface which will in turn help a person in touching the lives of millions. Their expertise will make the Matrimonial site/dating Website a should and a must register for singles.

Profit By Outsourcing with their highly skilled manpower can develop a one of a kind software for any Matrimonial site/dating Website which will filter and identify potential partners and also keep the privacy and security of the users in mind. Profit By Outsourcing will also eliminate all the threats and risks related to a Matrimonial site/ dating Website. Their professionals can clone top Matrimonial site / dating websites such as shaadi, nikah, arabLounge, eHarmony, perfectmatch, chemistry and so on.

Some of the features of Profit By Outsourcing’s dating website design services are: