BitNami Stacks Now Available as Amazon Machine Images

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) August 11, 2009

BitNami.org, a website that simplifies the deployment of popular open source web applications, announced today that it has released all of the BitNami Stacks as Amazon Machine Images, or “AMIs”. Now, users can deploy applications like Alfresco, WordPress, JasperSoft and Joomla! on the Amazon Elastic Compute (EC2). EC2 allows users to run applications on infrastructure rented from Amazon and pay only for the time and bandwidth they use.

Since 2007, BitNami has been providing pre-configured, ready to run software bundles, called “Stacks”, for wikis, blogs, customer relationship management, bug-tracking and other applications. Until now, the Stacks have been available in two formats: self-contained installers or virtual machines. The new BitNami AMIs offer users a third deployment option, Amazon’s EC2, so they only pay for the compute time that the application is actually running without any upfront cost. All three options options completely automate the installation and configuration of an application and its dependencies.

“Jaspersoft is very pleased that BitRock chose JasperServer as the basis for BitNami’s only BI Solution”, said Mike Moody, Sr. Vice President, Product Development and Customer Support, Jaspersoft. “BitRock’s extensive experience in creating installers for a variety of configurations, including Native, Virtual and Cloud environments, greatly simplifies the process of installing and deploying JasperServer. BitRock and Jaspersoft have maintained a strong partnership over the last 3 years and we continue to rely on BitRock’s installer technology in our own native product releases.”

“The cloud offers users a great way to run applications for testing, development, scaling and more,” shared Erica Brescia, CEO of BitRock, the company sponsoring BitNami. “The BitNami AMIs provide ready-to-run images that can be deployed on EC2 in an instant, with no set up or configuration required.”

To learn more, visit: http://bitnami.org/learn_more/cloud_images

About BitNami:

BitNami.org is dedicated to increasing the adoption of open source software. Each BitNami Stack contains an open source application and all the software it requires to run, which are wrapped in an easy to use installer, virtual appliance or cloud image. This allows users to get up and running with open source applications for blogging, content management, wikis and more in just a few minutes.

For additional information, downloads and more visit http://www.bitnami.org.

BitRock and BitNami are registered trademarks of BitRock Incorporated. Alfresco is a registered trademark of Alfresco Incorporated. JasperSoft and JasperServer are registered trademarks of JasperSoft Incorporated. Amazon is a registered trademark of Amazon Incorporated. Elastic Compute Cloud and EC2 are registered trademarks of Amazon Web Services LLC.

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BitNami Stacks Now Available as Amazon Machine Images

MailChimp Announces Ability to Include Signup Option Directly in Images

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) October 18, 2011

MailChimp today announced its integration with ThingLink, the leading provider of image engagement tools. ThingLink turns any image into a navigational platform for connecting people to services, products, information, entertainment, and each other. The addition of MailChimp to ThingLink lets users add a rich email newsletter sign-up tag to any image, anywhere on the internet.

ThingLink turns an image into an interactive experience, and this MailChimp integration allows people to transform images on their blog or website into an opportunity for email list sign-up. This feature removes seams, bringing companies and individuals closer to their followers. Published images with the ThingLink/MailChimp tag can boost subscription rates, expanding the reach of email campaigns and continuing conversations beyond the website.

ThingLink is a powerful new tool that extends brands and presents new revenue opportunities to individuals and enterprises alike. The platform currently supports a who’s who of leading content hosting and social media companies, bringing music, video, shopping experiences, and more directly into images everywhere. ThingLinks Rich Media Tags can be applied to any image and already allow the embedding of links from some of the worlds leading social content platforms such as YouTube, Spotify, Wikipedia, Twitter, Flickr, Facebook and many more.

It’s easy to get this new integration going after users sign up for ThingLink and MailChimp accounts. They’ll then get their MailChimp “signup form link code” from their “Lists” section on MailChimp, copy that, and head over to ThingLink. There users pick an image to tag, and paste their MailChimp “signup form link code” into ThingLink’s editor field. They’ll then get started tagging images with their MailChimp signup widget, or any other tags they see fit. Users can choose to tag all of the images on their blog or site with this, or can pick out the individual images they need.

ThingLink’s standard service is completely free, with no ads to clutter up its tags. It has its own real-time analytics, works on mobile devices and is compatible with any site. It’s also simple to install on blog platforms like WordPress, Blogger, and Tumblr.

Links

http://thinglinkblog.com/2011/10/18/mailchimp-users-can-now-add-a-signup-option-to-any-thinglink-image/

http://mailchimpthinglink.tumblr.com/

http://connect.mailchimp.com/integrations/signup-option-in-images

About MailChimp

MailChimp supports more than 1 million subscribers worldwide, sending 2 billion emails per month. MailChimp is designed for the do-it-yourself power user — someone looking for all of the power of the enterprise application, but built for anyone to use. MailChimp integrates with many third party applications including Facebook, Twitter, Eventbrite, Salesforce, WordPress, Magento, Joomla, Drupal and Google Analytics. And best of all, prices start at free.

About ThingLink:

ThingLink develops tools for image interaction that allow content sharing via online images. ThingLink technology changes the way people interact with photos by transforming them into a surface for advertising, commerce, entertainment, search and social connection. Brands, publishers and bloggers utilize ThingLink in their images to share links, drive traffic, and set up image-based advertising campaigns. ThingLink has offices in San Francisco, New York and Helsinki.

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Photopreneur"s New iFlickr Plugin Makes It Easy to Find and Add Free Images to Your Blog

New York, NY (PRWEB) June 18, 2008

Photopreneur, the blog that shares money-making opportunities for photographers on the Web, has released a new WordPress plugin called iFlickr.

iFlickr enables WordPress bloggers to search Creative Commons photos among Flickr’s 2.5 billion images, and then insert selected images into their blog posts. An attribution link for each image is automatically added under the photograph. All of this is achieved within the WordPress interface.

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Photopreneur"s New iFlickr Plugin Makes It Easy to Find and Add Free Images to Your Blog

Famed Photographer Steve McCurry Launches New Online Presence That Showcases Thousands of His Images

Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) February 07, 2012

Steve McCurry has teamed with interactive studio Bluecadet to launch a new website that reflects the beauty and breadth of his work. The galleries showcase over 2,000 of his images, more than most portfolio sites are able to maintain, while the biography, blog, and expedition sections keep his fans excited about his travels and adventures.

McCurry has been producing award-winning images for decades, many of which are universally recognizable, like his National Geographic cover of the Afghan Girl. He now has a portfolio that features his work in a comprehensive yet navigable way. Together with Bluecadet, he launched the new site at the end of 2011. Visit it at http://stevemccurry.com/

About the site: McCurrys images span 57 different countries, and the portfolio showcases 2,000 photographs in 55 easy-to-browse galleries. The site features gallery navigation that lets viewers explore in many different ways, including a grid view where users can filter images by place or theme.

The site is more than just images in navigable gallery views. There is a prominent biography of McCurry, including in-depth looks behind the scenes of some of his most famous images. Theres a new blog space to coalesce his heavily-followed WordPress blog into the main site, and a space to feature his famous Photo Expeditions.

Visit the site at http://stevemccurry.com/


Bluecadet is an interactive studio that creates engaging experiences with multimedia. They design and build dynamic websites, installations, and mobile applications for museums, non-profits, and universities. Since 2007, they have been using new media to create award-winning interactive experiences that capture audiences and imaginations. Located in Philadelphias Northern Liberties, they are storytellers for a digital age.

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