ColdFusion News Desk

The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, considered by many to have one of the best MBA programs anywhere, has been raising the interest of IT professionals for ten years. The student intranet created there - called "Spike" - has become one of the best known, and highly regarded. The latest version is dubbed Spike "X" and what has people excited are added features and interfaces that utilize very sophisticated technologies to provide students with access to customizable information. Spike X uses cutting-edge technology, like Macromedia's ColdFusion MX and Flash MX in addition to open standards like CSS, XML, and RSS. Since its inception, Spike has proved to be a truly useful tool allowing students access to such items as e-mails and course schedules. Spike's architecture has been able to grow according to the specific needs of its users. For exam... (more)

Macromedia Announces ColdFusion MX 7, The Most Significant Release In Ten Years - Live on SYS-CON.TV

CFMX 7 New Features Macromedia (Nasdaq: MACR) today announced the immediate availability of Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7, previously code-named "Blackstone," the fastest, easiest way to build and deploy powerful Internet applications. Developers are already embracing the latest version of the ColdFusion application server, and are now solving development challenges with new printable web content, rich forms, more flexible deployment options, and integrated, structured business reporting.  ColdFusion ... (more)

Hot Banana Sponsors Gilbane White Paper On Using Web CMS

Hot Banana Software, Inc. (www.hotbanana.com), a leader in Web content management for marketing, announces a new white paper from The Gilbane Group that explains how marketers benefit from utilizing a Web CMS-driven eMarketing platform to deliver tangible ROI on marketing investments. Click here to download the whitepaper View Hot Banana CEO Krista Lariviere Live on SYS-CON.TV Hot Banana made the announcement at The Gilbane Conference San Francisco, the industry's premier conference on content management technologies, held at the Palace Hotel through April 12. Hot Banana is exhibi... (more)

Hot Banana Uses ColdFusion to Drive Content

HotBanan, based in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, powers Corporate Web sites, Intranets, Extranets and Micro Marketing Sites for more than 200 companies worldwide in more than 14 languages. Designed for non-technical users, Hot Banana uses ColdFusion to create what the company calls "an easy-to-use, full-fledged Web Content Management system able to manage a Web site's content creation and publishing process." Company CEO Krista Lariviere recently asnwered some of our questions about the company in this exclusive interview. CFDJ:  What was the vision behind the founding of the company, a... (more)

It's Here! Adobe Ships ColdFusion 8

Adobe ColdFusion 8 is now moved past its final beta and is fully available. ColdFusion 8 Server Monitor lets developers swiftly identify bottlenecks and tune the server for better performance, according to Adobe. "The server monitoring capabilities in ColdFusion 8 are outstanding, offering granular-level access to identify slow requests and terminate runaway processes," said Nick Walters, programming manager, Lightyear Network Solutions. "We can now receive actual detail as to which requests are taking the longest and which objects within a page are performing poorly. Server mo... (more)