Adeptia releases XML Mapper
Chicago-based Adeptia Inc., which offers business process management
technologies, released Adeptia XML Mapper version 1.0, a data mapping
software designed to ease the task of enterprise-wide data integration.
Adeptia XML Mapper is a Web-based product for managing data
transformation rules, and a graphical tool that enables visual data
mapping for automatic generation of mapping code in XSLT. This allows
for rapid specification of complex business rules inEnglish rather than
code. It auto-generates data transformation code in less time than
custom manual coding.
The XML Mapper is intended for use by software developers who develop
customized XML-based integration to automate transformation and exchange
of enterprise data.
Petcare Software earns industry award
Petcare Software, from Chicago-based Orgit Software Corp. earned an
Editor's Choice Awards from Pet Product News. Petcare was recognized as
one of the outstanding pet products for 2004-05.
Petcare Software helps pet owners organize, manage, locate, and
consolidate all of their pets? important information in one place. The
software product is available through a variety of authorized
distributors, retailers, and Web outlets.
Midway Games buys designer
Chicago-based Midway Games Inc. acquired Paradox Development, the studio
now developing Midway's upcoming "Mortal Kombat points: Shaolin Monks"
video game. Paradox will receive 333,334 Midway common shares.
Based in Moorpark, Calif., Paradox Development was founded in 1994 and
has developed 13 titles, including seven fighting games.
MicroTek among fastest-growing tech companies
Oakbrook Terrace-based MicroTek it ranked 449th on the 2004 Deloitte
Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology
companies in North America.
Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over five years, from
1999-2003. MicroTek grew 368 percent during this period.
In addition to ranking on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500, MicroTek
ranked ninth on the Chicagoland Technology Fast 50, a ranking of the 50
fastest-growing technology firms in Chicago. Winners of the 18 regional
Technology Fast 50 programs in the United States and Canada are
automatically entered in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 program, which
ranks North America's top 500 fastest growing technology companies.
TLC debuts NextArcade game line
Schaumburg-based TLC Industries launched its NextArcade line of
authentic arcade hardware.
These range from simple joystick control panels that can be connected to
a standard desktop PC, to full-sized 27-inch arcade cabinets.
Nonprofits gain IT funds
Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer said the computer giant will be
donating $126,000 in cash and software to the IT Resource Center and
$234,000 in software to the Chicago Urban League.
Donations were made on behalf of Microsoft's Unlimited Potential
program, which focuses on ?digital inclusion? and increased access to
technology training in underserved communities.
The IT Resource Center, which provides IT training for non-profits, will
use its grant to bolster its technology support staff.
Microsoft has awarded grants to 900 Illinois nonprofits and has since
2002 contributed $14 million in cash and software to Chicago-area
nonprofits.
Governor considers software tax
Gov. Rod Blagojevich recently tried to resurrect a failed tax proposa by
offering it as a way to prevent deep service cuts at the Chicago Transit
Authority.
Blagojevich said the state should begin collecting sales tax when
businesses lease large amounts of standardized computer software. He
said the proposal, which lawmakers rejected in the spring when they were
struggling to balance the state budget, would generate $65 million a
year.
Blagojevich maintains that since individuals and small businesses that
buy computer programs at a local store must pay sales taxes, larger
businesses also should pay it when they lease massive quantities of
software.
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