AT&T announced it is now accepting submissions for its Open Call–Apps for All developer contest, taking place at the CTIA Wireless 2010 convention in Las Vegas March 23 and 24. Updating the operator’s AT&T Fast Pitch contest, the Open Call competition is divided into four categories: BREW Mobile Platform, Android, Java & RIM, and an ‘Open’ category spanning applications and content across all platforms. Developers can enter only one contest category at http://attopencall.com through March 1; an AT&T representative will contact presenters soon after to schedule Open Call meetings, with developers invited to present given five minutes each to pitch their applications to a panel of judges. Developers can present their software on a working handset or simulator–a Q&A session will follow the demo.

AT&T will award $10,000 in cash to the winner in each of the four categories. For more details on the free AT&T Developer Program, including access to the AT&T SDK, technical whitepapers, webcasts, and more, click here.

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How to persuade senior management about the value of SCM Supplychainer Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) has published a book recently with this title: "COMMUNICATING THE VALUE OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT TO YOUR CEO". Actually, this is a …

Today VMware is proud to unveil the VMware Express during its inaugural stop at the 2010 VMware Partner Exchange in Las Vegas, NV.  This state of the art mobile datacenter, demo environment and briefing center has been built to bring VMware solutions directly to our customers across the USA and Canada during the 2010 Virtualization Tour. The VMware Express is sponsored by Cisco, EMC, Dell, MDS, NetApp, Xsigo, ChipPC, Amulet Hotkey and Teradici.

There are 5 demo stations covering both VMware desktop and server virtualization solutions. Customers will have the unique opportunity to get hands on and dig deep into solutions with VMware Experts. There are demos highlighting the following products and solutions:

VMware View

• Best User Experience – Highlighting the power of the PCoIP display protocol to deliver a rich user experience, perfectly adapted for the network connection and end-point device.

• Follow-Me Desktop – Enabling immediate access to desktops, applications and data while ensuring a consistent user experience across sessions and endpoint devices.

• Access Across Boundaries – Providing access to desktops, applications and data anytime, anywhere regardless of network availability.

• Windows 7 Migration – Reducing the costs and complexity associated with desktop and application migration.


VMware vSphere

• The industry’s most reliable platform for datacenter virtualization offering the highest levels of availability and responsiveness for all applications and services.  Optimize IT services and deliver the highest levels of application service agreements with the lowest total cost per application workload by decoupling your business-critical applications from the underlying hardware for unprecedented flexibility and reliability.

vCenter Server

• Learn about this scalable and extensible platform that forms the foundation for virtualization management with the family of vCenter products including CapacityIQ, AppSpeed, Chargeback and many more focused on providing advanced operational controls.

Customers will not only benefit from being able to see and interact with multiple VMware products in one place but can also take advantage of the conference room where they can have deep dive conversations with VMware solution experts. Leaving the VMware Express, visitors will have an improved understanding of the VMware Desktop partner eco-system, VMware solutions, and how they are positioned to address today’s technical and business requirements.

The VMware Express is letting us reach customers like never before and is ready to roll to industry and partner events as well as customer sites bringing VMware solutions directly to the customer.  Don’t miss your opportunity to catch the VMware Express on the 2010 Virtualization Tour as it crosses the U.S. and Canada coming to a location near you.  Learn more and keep up to date by going to http://www.vmware.com/tour

The tablet computer market will see 50 million units shipped in 2014, according to a new In-Stat report — and if Apple plays its cards right, a significant portion of them could be iPads. In-Stat took several factors into account as it made its calculations, said Jim McGregor, analyst and report author. “Right now, Apple can build these devices for $400 and still make a profit off of them. But the cost will eventually come down — and so will the price for consumers.”

Following a day’s delay due to cloudy weather, space shuttle Endeavour launched successfully early Monday morning from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle, which launched at 4:14 a.m. EST, is carrying a new module and an attached cupola for the International Space Station. “What a beautiful launch we had this morning… the orbiter performed extremely well,” said Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for space operations, during the postlaunch news conference. “This is a great start to a very complicated mission.”