Franz Tech Corner News: Support for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

The Franz Tech Corner, December 11, 2008

In this issue:

1. New support for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
2. Enhancements to the IDE Project System
3. We're moving our offices to a new location
4. Recorded Webinar: Selecting the RIGHT Database for your Project
5. International Lisp Conference 2009, at MIT, March 22-25
6. Training Schedule

1. New support for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

There is a new Allegro CL module which provides an interface to the
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) API. Available to supported
Enterprise Edition customers, the new interface works on all platforms
that support SSH (only 64-bit Mac OS X does not support SSH at this
time). For Express or Professional Edition users interested in an
evaluation, please send a request to info@franz.com.

You'll need the just released update to use the functionality.

The interface and the new functionality are described in:
http://franz.com/support/documentation/10.1/doc/ec2.htm

For information on getting and installing updates, see:
http://franz.com/support/patches/

2. Enhancements to the IDE Project System

A number of enhancements to the Integrated Development Environment
project system, particularly to the handling of subprojects, were
provided in an updated release in late Fall, 2008. These enhancements
are documented in Appendix C of the Common Graphics and the Integrated
Development Environment guide.

See here:
http://franz.com/support/documentation/10.1/doc/
cgide.htm#project-update-1

3. We're moving our offices to a new location

We will be moving our offices on December 20th, please update your
contact information to the new address:

Franz Inc.
2201 Broadway, Suite 715
Oakland, CA 94612

All phone numbers and extensions, (510-452-2000 is the main line) will
remain the same. We anticipate minimal impact for the websites on the
moving day, but please plan around the possibility the license file
server and download server may be temporarily unavailable on the
morning of the 20th from around 8:00 until around noon, Pacific time.

4. Recorded Webinar: Selecting the RIGHT Database for your Project

This seminar discusses the similarities and differences between
relational databases, object oriented databases and RDF triple
stores. We cover several topics for consideration when trying to
decide which type of database to use for development of an
application. Franz Inc. has been in the business of supporting
relational databases for over 20 years, object oriented databases for
over 10 years and RDF triple stores now for 4 years. During this
presentation we look at a number of customer use cases and offer our
informed perspective on data storage technologies.

View the recording here:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/907092380

5. International Lisp Conference 2009, at MIT, March 22-25

The emphasis will be on present and future applications of
technologies that have been or might soon be associated with the Lisp
programming language and/or related languages and software.

For further information:
http://www.international-lisp-conference.org/2009/index

6. Training Schedule

Allegro CL Certification Program - Basic and Intermediate courses
available. Next 3-day sessions in 2008:

- Basic, January 7, 14 and 21
- Intermediate, February 4, 11 and 18

Ask us about previously recorded programs that are available if you
are unable to attend the live course.

http://franz.com/services/classes

Make the most of your Allegro CL application by utilizing our
consulting services,

http://franz.com/services/consulting/

Lisp Jobs - http://lispjobs.wordpress.com/

For more information about other Franz products and services, please
contact your product application manager or email sales@franz.com.

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Steve Sears Internet: ssears@franz.com
Product Marketing Manager http: //franz.com/
555 12th St #1450, Phone: (510) 452-2000, ext. 154
Oakland, CA 94607 FAX: (510) 452 0182