Design Concepts, Inc. Welcomes Curt Irwin, Ph.D., Human Factors Engineer
MADISON, Wis.----Design Concepts, Inc., a nationally-recognized innovation consultancy located in Madison, WI, has expanded its human factors expertise with the addition to the staff of Curt Irwin, Ph.D., human factors engineer.

Encore Software Buys Punch
Los Angeles-based Encore Software, a retail software publisher which is a subsidiary of Navarre Corporation, said yesterday that it has acquired the assets of Punch! Software, a Kansas City, Missouri-based developer of home design and CAD software. F

Hadoop Clusters Get A Monitoring Client With Cloudera Desktop (TechCrunch)
Cloudera has seen some pretty amazing growth for a year-old startup. Backed by an impressive list of investors and advisors and run by a team of experienced technology veterans, Cloudera commercially distributes and services Hadoop. Its similar in th

New software to simulate future financial crises (IST Results)
Can economics better predict how banks will react to future credit crunches and their impact on the wider economy? Breakthrough simulation software by European researchers could hold the answers to this question and more.

Open-Xchange Announces Agreement with Nexen - Alter Way Hosting to Offer Hosted Groupware (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
French Hosting Provider to Deliver Collaboration as Software-as-a-Service