‘Press Releases’ Archive

June 5th, 2008

Former JBoss Chief Operating Officer Joins Appcelerator

New Advisor Rob Bearden is Sixth Person With JBoss Ties to Join Rich Internet Application Upstart

ATLANTA―June 4, 2008―Rob Bearden, the former chief operating officer of JBoss, has joined the advisory board of Appcelerator, strengthening the company’s aggressive charge into the rich Internet application market. Bearden is the sixth person with JBoss ties to join Appcelerator, whose platform helps companies quickly build Web-based applications with more functionality and less code. read more »

April 14th, 2008

XAware Partners with Active Endpoints and Appcelerator

XAware Ecosystem offers integrated open source SOA solutions

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (MySQL Conference & Expo 2008) —April 14, 2008— XAware, Inc. today announced that Active Endpoints and Appcelerator have joined the XAware Ecosystem. Together, these three technology leaders offer customers a unique combination of open, standards-based systems that provide broad, enterprise-class solutions. XAware, Active Endpoints and Appcelerator will provide demonstrations of their integrated solutions in booth 301 at the MySQL Conference & Expo this week in Santa Clara. read more »

April 11th, 2008

Appcelerator Integrates Rich Internet Application Platform with Google App Engine

 Open source provider gives software developers a fast way to create sophisticated rich Internet applications and then deploy directly to new Google platform

ATLANTA―April 11, 2008―Appcelerator, the leader in open source rich Internet applications (RIA), today announced that it has updated its platform to allow applications built using Appcelerator to be seamlessly deployed to the free new Google App Engine. Used together, the offerings give developers a fast route to developing, deploying, managing and scaling their applications. read more »

March 19th, 2008

Appcelerator Revamps Open Source Development Community

Appcelerator Developer Network Welcomes Users of Different Programming Languages and Creates the First Cross-Language RIA Widget Exchange

NEW YORK (AJAXWorld Conference & Expo) — March 19, 2008 Appcelerator, the leader in open source rich Internet application (RIA) development, today announced the launch of its new open source developer community, the Appcelerator Developer Network. “The response to our revamped developer community has been overwhelming,” said Jeff Haynie, CEO of Appcelerator. “In just a few days, over 500 new community members have signed on to the developer network, started making significant contributions and engaging in active collaboration around the development of rich Internet applications with Appcelerator. We expect this excitement to build through our outreach to attendees of AJAXWorld East this week.” read more »

March 19th, 2008

Appcelerator Unites Rich Internet Applications (RIA) and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) with Latest Software Releases

Open source Eclipse-based development environment and updated platform enable rapid development of service-oriented rich Internet applications 

NEW YORK (AJAXWorld Conference & Expo)―March 19, 2008―Appcelerator, the leader in open source rich Internet application development, today announced substantial updates to its software that furthers its ability to bring together RIA and service-oriented architecture (SOA). The company has created Appcelerator RIA Developer, an Eclipse plug-in that makes it easy for developers who prefer an Eclipse environment to create Appcelerator projects. It is also releasing an updated version of the Appcelerator SDK platform that includes powerful new features that streamline the use of third-party software with Appcelerator to quickly create RIAs. read more »

February 20th, 2008

Two More Software Industry Veterans Join Appcelerator

Matt Quinlan Joins Appcelerator as VP of Marketing and Joe Mazzola as VP of Sales

ATLANTA — February 20, 2007 — Appcelerator, the innovator behind the only pure open source rich Internet application (RIA) platform on the market, today announced the hiring of Matt Quinlan as vice president of marketing and Joe Mazzola as vice president of sales. The two seasoned software industry executives are the latest to join upstart Appcelerator’s aggressive charge into the RIA market. read more »

February 12th, 2008

Open Source Pioneer Larry Augustin Joins Appcelerator Board of Advisors

Larry Augustin, one of the most respected figures in open source and the creator of SourceForge.net, the world’s largest open source software development community, has joined the advisory board of Appcelerator, Inc. The company is ramping up operations and product development to help companies quickly build Web-based applications with more functionality and less code. read more »

December 21st, 2007

Appcelerator Adds New Widgets, Ruby and .NET Improvements in 2.0.2 Maintenance Release

Appcelerator has just released its latest update to all versions of its open-source RIA SDKs. The 2.0.2 Maintenance Release adds several new widgets to Appcelerator’s extensible widget framework, along with enhancements to both Ruby and .NET language-specific SDKs.

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December 12th, 2007

JBoss Founder Marc Fleury Joins Appcelerator Board of Advisors

ATLANTA―December 12, 2007―Marc Fleury, founder and former chief executive of open source middleware leader JBoss, Inc., has joined the advisory board of Appcelerator, Inc. The company, which provides open source software for rapid rich Internet application (RIA) development, is quickly scaling up operations and product development to support the growing demand for next-generation Web development solutions. read more »

December 5th, 2007

Appcelerator Names Ben Sabrin Vice President of Strategy and Business Development

JBoss Veteran to Build Strategic Partnerships and Further Develop Open Source Rich Internet Application Company’s Strong Management and Technical team

ATLANTA — December 5, 2007 — Appcelerator, Inc., a provider of software products and solutions for rapid rich Internet application (RIA) development, today announced the appointment of open source industry veteran Ben Sabrin as vice president of strategy and business development. Sabrin joins an experienced management team whose goal is to make service-oriented architecture (SOA) a reality by providing a faster, easier and open standards-based platform to build service-oriented user interfaces. read more »