VisionTEN Blog

Twitter is a new microblogging and communication service by Obvious Corp. that has been taking the Internet by storm. There are many channels (blog, web, SMS, PC, Mac, Browser, etc.) that Twitter can be used from but we found there was not yet a client for the Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS). We decided to build one. Today we are releasing the initial version of Vtwitter to the community. Vtwitter gives the ability for users of Zimbra email to send update messages to Twitter directly from their email in Zimbra. It is packaged in the Zimbra Zimlet format for ZCS administrators to be able to install it quickly and easily.

Vtwitter is released as open source software and the code will be available to anyone that wants it. We have set up a Vtwitter project page for more info, licenses, downloads, source code and documentation.

We will maintain the app / source code and provide periodic releases to the public but we encourage everyone to make suggestions, comments, report bugs and submit ideas (and code) to make it better. We have set up a dedicated Vtwitter discussion forum on the Twitter Community site over at TwitTown. Please direct any questions, comments or support issues there.

There are some screenshots in the Vtwitter User Tutorial for those interested.

Happy Twittering!!

Note: This is Beta software, do not install on production systems. Currently, Vtwitter is only working with Windows IE 6 and Windows Firefox 1.5 browsers. There is a problem in the Twitter API that, when we find a workaround, should enable all other Zimbra compliant browsers.

The TwitTown website brings together developers, users and fans of the Twitter communication platform. It allows community members to chat in the forums, read news on the blogs and also provides a repository for Twitter tools services and applications that are relevant to their community.

The site was designed in a simplistic but pleasing fashion while integrating web 2.0 features such as comments, linking, discussions, forums, bookmarking and blogs. The underlying platform is a a powerful Content Management system that has been customized by VisionTEN to suit the specific needs of TwitTown.

The site is already gaining traction and their community is growing quickly. We look forward to working with them to help the TwitTown site and community grow into the future.

We have been working with Aruna Labs on their new product called Aruna Send. It is a service for businesses to send large files easily. Their service has launched today and is in public beta. You can try out the basic service and send and recieve large files for free. See their blog for more info.

We are excited and look forward to helping Aruna Labs roll out more services and to build out their product portforlio.

VisionTEN is proud to have helped MiniMax launch a new web service called The MiniMax Review. MiniMax is a high end subscription based service which is the first research platform that fully integrates economic and market research with ongoing education about the counterintuitive behavior of the economy and the financial markets. Some of their previous clients are governments, heads of state, investment banks, portfolio managers and CEOs.

They wanted a bold style that was also traditional looking to fit the likes of their discerning clientele. The site has an enterprise class CMS system that is the foundation for the subscription management, members, e-commerce and content management.

We look forward to working with MiniMax to help grow their web platform and business. We wish MiniMax and their subsribers success!