DreamFace Interactions

It’s ready!   Just in case you haven’t seen the press, DreamFace-Fx for Adobe Flex, the first Mashup Kit from DreamFace Interactive was announced on June 24.  It is the first mashup kit to reach developers in a comprehensive roadmap which will extend the DreamFace Open Source Web 2.0 Framework to include a number of complementary technologies.

DreamFace-Fx for Flex provides full bi-directional integration between the DreamFace Framework and Flex applications. It sets Flex components and apps as first-class DataWidgets that can be personalized and shared and which can trigger and react to interactions and business rules like any other DreamFace DataWidget.

DreamFace-Fx has been described as “widget glue for Flex and Ajax” because of it’s unique capability to define widget interactions at both a developer and user levels.  This provides an easy way to connect Ajax and Flex components at a developer level but more importantly allows  power users to take on some of the responsibility of personalization, thus freeing developers for more important tasks that require more technical expertise and satisfying users at the same time.

Olivier Poupeney, DreamFace-Interactive CEO thinks DreamFace-Fx can bring value to both communities, “DreamFace-Fx is the best of both worlds, a win-win for Adobe users and developers and for the DreamFace Interactive Community with Flex providing one of the best RIA experiences on the market today, enhanced by DreamFace’s revolutionary Web 2.0 features, like user-profile driven personalization and user-defined DataWidget Interactions.”

DreamFace-Fx for Adobe Flex is open-source and free to download from our website.  Get DreamFace-Fx

We’re back from the Great Indian Developer Summit in Bangalore India where we spent an extraordinary week.  We’re still  completely under the charm of India, the sites, the food, the people and the tigers at the Bannerghatta Biological Park.  We arrived in Bangalore not really knowing what to expect, except for adventure, and we weren’t disappointed.  The Great Indian Developer Summit exceeded our expectations in terms of the quality of the contacts we made, the companies that attended, the organization and professionalism.  Dilip Thomas and the SaltMarch MEDIA team took very good care of us, showing us Bangalore nightlife and making us feel at home. 

Olivier Poupeney, CEO of DreamFace Interactive gave two sessions: “The Difference Between Mashups and Composite Applications” and ”Ajax Security”.  Both sessions were completely full, very interactive and the attendees showed great interest in Ajax and mashups.  There was real excitement from the crowd about these new technologies and they were eager to learn more.   We can highly recommend the Great Indian Developer Summit and after hearing Dilip’s plans for the next edition we feel confident it will only get better.  DreamFace will definitely return to India for a future conference with Saltmarch Media. 

The Press Announcement for DreamFace Mashup Kits in it’s entirety for the DreamFace community:

Dreamface Interactive launchs a suite of Mashup Kits for the DreamFace Web 2.0 Framework

At the Web 2.0 Expo & Conference 2008 in San Francisco, DreamFace Interactive launched a new addition to the DreamFace product family, DreamFace Mashup Kits, a comprehensive set of extensions to the DreamFace Open Source Web 2.0 Framework. DreamFace Mashup Kits will be used to extend the RIA user experience of DreamFace-based WebPrograms and WebChannels, as well as to integrate external services and APIs into Enterprise Web 2.0 applications and mashups built with DreamFace. DreamFace is also announcing availability of the first Mashup Kit, DreamFace Fx Mashup Kit for Adobe Flex, scheduled for mid-May 2008.

The DreamFace Mashup Kits Roadmap

The DreamFace Fx Mashup Kit for Flex is the first in a series of upcoming Mashup Kits planned by DreamFace Interactive, addressing the broad needs of integration with larger data access ecosystems. Olivier Poupeney, CEO and Cofounder of DreamFace Interactive, explains, “DreamFace Mashup Kits can bring tremendous value to developers who are already using the DreamFace Framework and who want to use other complementary technologies or external services.” Other DreamFace Mashup Kits on the roadmap are (availability to be announced):

• Rich Internet Application Mashup Kit - We are planning to integrate other RIA environments with the DreamFace Web 2.0 framework which will aim to enhance the user experience allowing developers to build applications using DreamFace DataWidgets as building blocks to bridge technologies into web 2.0 mashups.

• Business Intelligence Mashup Kit - This kit will address the needs of analytics, reporting, data warehousing and data integration to allow users a wide selection of ready to use charts, graphs and gauges to use to constitute personalized analytic dashboards.

• Security Mashup Kit – This kit will link into enterprise identity and authentification services for DreamFace-based Enterprise 2.0 applications.

• Web Services Mashup Kit – This kit front-ends Web Services and SOA-based enterprise applications with DreamFace interactive mashups and WebPrograms.

• Metadata Mashup Kit - This kit will detail an open API which exposes the full set of DreamFace metadata information for enhanced interoperability with external applications and technologies.

The first Mashup Kit: DreamFace Fx Mashup Kit for Adobe Flex

The DreamFace Fx Mashup Kit for Adobe Flex brings Flex into full play within DreamFace interactive DataWidgets, mashups and applications. Flex is a highly productive, free open source environment for building and maintaining expressive web applications and widgets. Now, with the DreamFace Fx Mashup Kit for Flex, Flex-powered widgets may be freely mixed and mashed up with DreamFace DataWidgets, WebPrograms and mashups. The DreamFace Fx Mashup Kit provides full bi-directional integration with Flex applications. The Fx Mashup Kit sets Flex apps as first-class DataWidgets that can be personalized and shared like any other DreamFace DataWidget and can trigger and react to interactions and business rules in DreamFace Interactive applications.

DreamFace Mashup Kits extend the DreamFace Interactive Web 2.0 Framework to other technologies and solutions

The goal of DreamFace Interactive is to bring Web 2.0 concepts like Do IT Yourself, Personalization and Sharing to the enterprise. The DreamFace Web 2.0 Framework is already built on a totally open architecture, but we wanted to add even more value by allowing developers to leverage other technologies and services from the DreamFace Framework. With the addition of Mashup Kits, DreamFace not only provides a way for delevopers and business users to mashup diverse data sources but now also allows them to mashup different technologies into a seamless and coherent Web 2.0 experience. We believe that with our Mashup Kits, DreamFace Interactive is breaking new ground in Web 2.0 innovation and making our mark by taking Enterprise 2.0 mashups to the next level.”, remarks Olivier Poupeney.

We welcome partners who would like to make their technology available through a DreamFace Mashup Kit to contact us.

DreamFace, the DreamFace logo, DreamFace Interactive, WebPrograms, WebChannels and Persona are trademarks of DreamFace Interactive, SARL. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

If you’re looking for an exotic getaway, come join us at The Great Indian Developer Summit in Bangalore, India, May 19-23, 2008. DreamFace will be an exhibitor and Olivier Poupeney be speaker for two focused sessions:

• Developing Secured Ajax Applications
• Mashups vs Composite Applications

The partnership between DreamFace Interactive and Twinsoft, announced at Web 2.0 Expo & Conference 2008 in San Francisco in April, allows the two companies to offer an end-to-end Enterprise 2.0 solution. DreamFace Interactive brings their unique Interactive DataWidgets allowing the creation of sophisticated mashups with personalization and mashup sharing to round out the full Web 2.0 feature set. Twinsoft offers a complete set of legacy application connectors for (AS/400 Mainframe), relational databases (SQL), Web Services (SOAP, REST) and existing Web applications (HTML).

In total harmony with enterprise SOA migration strategies, using this solution, IT departments can create new dynamic applications with extremely agile interfaces, without re-writing all or part of their immense application infrastructure thus preserving application heritage, resources and personnel. They can also supply new kinds of applications to their users in a controlled and secure way, opening new revenue channels and providing an enhanced user experience. Tech-savvy users will be able to mashup DataWidgets, like building blocks, coming from back-end systems such as CRM, ERP, Business Intelligence tools or other Enterprise applications with information available on the web like Maps, RSS feeds or web services. This solution is already in production at a major telecom delivering value added information to the enterprise in a pay-per-view system.  Contact us for a demo or for more information.

DreamFace, the DreamFace logo, DreamFace Interactive, WebPrograms, WebChannels and Persona are trademarks of DreamFace Interactive, SARL. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

We just returned from San Francisco where DreamFace was an exhibitor at the Web 2.0 Expo & Conference. A big thank you to all the people who stopped by our booth and showed an interest in DreamFace.  We were amazed by the mix of people we met; there were DreamFace users, companies researching ways to move to Enterprise 2.0, entrepreneurs with specific and original questions, potential partners, technology companies, developers, journalists, bloggers and investors.  We were busy non-stop answering all your questions and showing you the latest DreamFace features.  Stay tuned for pictures.

We made two exciting announcements at the conference:

• DreamFace Interactive announces a Suite of Mashup Kits - This announcement is about a major new additon to the DreamFace product family; DreamFace Mashup Kits. DreamFace Mashup Kits, are a comprehensive set of extensions to the DreamFace Open Source Web 2.0 Framework, which will extend the RIA user experience, as well as integrate external services and APIs into Enterprise Web 2.0 applications and mashups built with DreamFace. The first Mashup Kit: DreamFace FX for Adobe Flex is announced for availability mid-May 2008 (see dedicated post for details).

•  DreamFace Interactive and Twinsoft partner to provide Enterprise 2.0 solutions -This announcement formalizes our partnership with Twinsoft.  Twinsoft has integrated the DreamFace Web 2.0 Framework into their Convertigo Enterprise Mashup Server and they have already deployed real Enterprise 2.0 applications for  (again see dedicated post for details).

DreamFace DataWidgets have gotten a lot of press lately, but what are Woodgets?  DreamFace Interactive CEO, Olivier Poupeney gets specific about woodgets while presenting key differentiators of DreamFace’s Web 2.0 Open Source Framework in his interview with Jeremy Geelan for Sys-Con TV at AjaxWorld 2008 East in New York.   Woodgets exposed!

DreamFace Interactive will announce a major new product line at Web 2.0 Expo & Conference in San Francisco to complement our already popular DreamFace Open Source Web 2.0 Framework. If you’re a journalist, blogger or just really, really curious, click here. Otherwise, visit our blog daily for hints until the official announcement on Wednesday April 23, 2008.

Hint #1: It will make Ajax applications more attractive.
Hint #2: It will extend DreamFace to another technology.
Hint #3: It’s really cool and flashy.

We are happy to announce that you can now check out Olivier Poupeney’s standing room only DreamFace presentation at AjaxWorld East 2008 on Sys-Con TV.

The DreamFace Interactive webcast will run on the SYS-CON TV for one week. After that the webcast link will be available to SYS-CON website visitors by clicking the DreamFace Link in the AJAXWorld East Webcast portal located in the first column of our main page.

View the DreamFace Presentation.

The DreamFace team is busy preparing for the Web 2.0 Expo & Conference which will take place in the Moscone Center in San Francisco from April 22-25. DreamFace Interactive will be exhibiting at stand 1020 where we will demo DreamFace, the Ultimate Open Source Web 2.0 Framework for creating Enterprise Composite Applications, Mashups and Analytic Dashboards for Business Intelligence.

We have a great demo in store for you, with our partner Twinsoft, we will be showcasing DreamFace “Outsider” and Twinsoft Convertigo products by building an end-to-end Entreprise 2.0 Mashup in real-time, right before your eyes. If you will be attending or exhibiting at Web 2.0, please stop by and say hello. We’d love to show you all the great new features in DreamFace. If you can’t attend, don’t worry, just check out this blog where we’ll be posting pictures and news from the expo.