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27 January 2012: Erlang Solutions embarks on an Erlang Embedded KTP

Erlang Solutions is proud to announce that Erlang Solutions and the University of Kent has embarked on another KTP project together. Previously Erlang Solutions has successfully been involved in three KTP projects with the University of Kent with whom a strong partnership has been formed.

The aim of this project is to bring the benefits of concurrent systems development using Erlang to the field of embedded systems; through investigation, analysis, software development and evaluation.

A major aim of the project is to create a version of ESL’s development tools for designing and developing ARM based embedded systems, which will support a variety of hardware devices and be readily accessible for industrial users.

To find out more on the Knowledge Transfer Partnership programme click here.

19 December 2011: Giving to Kiva this Christmas!

Erlang Solutions would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We have again decided that instead of sending Christmas cards, we would donate the money to a worthwhile cause, after the success of last year we will be continuing with our projects at Kiva.

Kiva's mission is to connect people, through lending, for the sake of alleviating poverty. Kiva empowers individuals to lend to an entrepreneur across the globe. By combining micro-finance with the internet, Kiva is creating a global community of people connected through lending. Lenders can choose which project they would like to donate to and can then track the progress of this project.

Over the next year we will track our projects and keep you all up to date with how they are going. You can find out more about Kiva and how you to can become a lender on their website.

Erlang Solutions wishes you happy holidays, a great rest, and we sincerely hope your software doesn't crash on you while you're gone (Well, if it is Erlang, it shouldn't)!! While we truly believe in the ideals of isolated processes under strict supervision, we nevertheless wish you holidays full of sharing and joy.

19 December 2011: Erlang Solutions launches Distro package for Erlang release R15B!

Today Erlang Solutions has launched a Distro package for the latest Erlang release R15B.

The Distro packages is designed to save you time by having all the sources you need already compiled into one package. The Erlang Solutions Distro is available for a wide range of operating systems and contains Erlang OTP applications, sources and documentation.

You can download the latest Distro here.

09 November 2011: Release Project Launch - Scaling Erlang to run on machines with hundreds of thousands of cores

While the Erlang User Conference might have been the big event last week, our Stockholm office hosted the kickoff of the Release project. This is a EU funded project whose aim is to scale Erlang to run on machines with hundreds of thousands of cores. The focus will be on the Erlang VM, tool sets and middle-ware needed to write software on these architectures. Erlang Solution's responsibility will include a scalable visualization infrastructure, the middle-ware needed for systems to scale up and down.

We are fortunate to be working with some of the best researchers in the field. The project is coordinated by Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. They will also be looking at high level programming patterns. Simon Thompson is leading the team from the University of Kent in Canterbury. They are looking at the tool set needed to manage such systems. The OTP team at Ericsson will be working together with Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (Athens) & Uppsala University and to extend the Erlang VM allowing it to run on such architectures. Finally, we have EDF who will be managing one of the case studies based on their Sim-Diasca simulation framework. They have access to a Blue Gene computer we will be porting Erlang to.

You can read more about the project on the official website.

04 November 2011: The Erlang User Conference 2011 - A Sell-Out Conference with Record Numbers

With well over 320 members of the Erlang community in attendance, this year's Erlang User Conference was not only the biggest but possibly the best ever! The 17th International Erlang User Conference welcomed delegates from across the globe with some traveling from as far as the USA.

The delegates were also given the choice of 3 tracks with a fantastic line up of speakers featuring

We would just like to thank everyone who attended and all of the speakers for making the conference not only enjoyable on the day, but also a real pleasure to organise.

November 2011 belonged to the Erlang User Conference!

June 2012 belongs to the Erlang User Conference!

06 October 2011: Erlang Solutions launches Distro package for Erlang release R14B04!

Today Erlang Solutions has launched a Distro package for the latest Erlang release R14B04.

You can download the latest Distro here.

04 October 2011: Erlang Solutions launches Erlang e-learning: the first of its kind

Erlang Solutions have announced the launch of their new Erlang e-learning platform. The e-learning platform is the first of its kind for the Erlang language and incorporates features that are unique to any e-learning platform. The e-learning offering allows people to be trained who, due to temporal, geographical or economical constraints, are not able to attend traditional face-to-face instruction.

Erlang Solutions have developed a system that delivers at a distance, the same high-quality interactive experience that is delivered face-to-face.   Stuart Whitfield, Erlang Solutions CEO explains, "I'm delighted that we have today launched our first e-learning course, Erlang Express. Not only will this enable students and practitioners to learn about Erlang remotely and at their own pace, but it will help to spread further the growth of Erlang globally. We plan to follow this with other courses and to provide bespoke e-learning solutions to many of our major customers".

For more information please see the press release.

30 September 2011: Basho Technologies, Erlang Solutions and Trifork AS Announce Big Data and NoSQL Road Show

Basho Technologies, the provider of distributed database and storage management solutions; Erlang Solutions Ltd., the driver behind the worldwide uptake of the Erlang development environment; and Trifork AS, a leading IT solutions provider to the financial and public sectors, have announced the initial dates of a multi-city road show series of events. These intensive, one-day events are designed to educate CIOs and other IT leaders tackling "Big Data" and NoSQL projects about the benefits and tradeoffs necessary for success.

Keynoting the events will be Matthew Aslett, senior analyst with industry research firm The 451 Group and expert on emerging data technologies. Aslett will kick off the day's events with an overview of trends in the data space, as well as provide insights into where the market is going. In addition, all attendees of the event will receive a complimentary 451 Group report, a $3,000 value.

For more information please see the press release.

22 September 2011: Erlang Solutions Sponsors the 10th OSDN.Org.UA Conference

We are proud to announce that we are sponsoring the 10th OSDN.Org.UA Conference, the meeting for the users and developers of Free Software, will be held in Kiev, Ukraine on October 1, 2011

We will also be holding an additional event: a four hour long seminar on Erlang held on October 2nd.

This hands on tutorial will give you an introduction to the Erlang programming language. You will learn the basics of how to read, write and structure Erlang programs. We start with an insight into the theory and concepts behind sequential and concurrent Erlang, allowing you to get acquainted with the Erlang syntax and semantics. We conclude with an overview of the error handling mechanisms used to build fault tolerant systems with five nines availability.

The tutorial is free of charge. Participants would need to bring their laptops with them with Erlang/OTP installed. An installation package can be found here.

06 September 2011: First QuickCheck Lounge - 21 Sep 2011, Tokyo Japan

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011. 18:00 - 20:00.
Gemini Mobile Technologies
1-10-5 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Shibuya Place 7F, Tokyo

Quviq and Gemini Mobile Technologies are pleased to announce the first QuickCheck lounge in Japan in which people interest in the testing tool QuickCheck can meet in an informal way listening to seminars and discussing software testing with QuickCheck. Presentations will be in English.

18:00 - 18:45 Introduction to QuickCheck by Thomas Arts, CTO of Quviq

19:00 - 19:30 Finding race conditions with your data by Joseph Wayne Norton, Gemini Mobile Technologies

19:30 - 20:00 How I found five lurking race conditions in mnesia with 200 lines of QuickCheck code by John Hughes, CEO of Quviq

The event is free of charge but please register online since seating is limited.

If you'd like to join the nomikai afterwards, please register online. The location and cost of the nomikai will be decided later.

Bios:

Prof Thomas Arts is the co-founder and CTO of Quviq, the company producing QuickCheck as testing tool for Erlang. Thomas was one of the members of Ericsson's computer science lab where he worked on program verification and the development of the Erlang programming language. He has also worked in the broad spectrum theoretical computer science, formal methods and industrial case-study research, mainly applying all kind of techniques to systems written in Erlang. Thomas views QuickCheck as the way forward when it comes to guaranteeing software quality; it is the perfect mix between formal specifications and a pragmatic approach to testing.

Joseph Wayne Norton is a technical director, system architect, developer, and Erlang enthusiast active in the mobile industry and nosql community. Based out of Tokyo, Japan, he works for Gemini Mobile Technologies.

Prof John Hughes is co-founder and CEO of Quviq AB. John has ledseveral research projects in the area of functional languages and software testing. Within Quviq the best of these research results are made available in supported tools of high quality. Before John's involvement with Erlang, he was deeply involved with the design of Haskell from the start, and co-chaired the committee that defined the current language standard.