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New ‘iRise In-depth’ Tutorial Webinar Series

May 8, 2012 / Leave a comment

Want to learn more about simulating mobile apps with iRise? Are there best practices in using simulation to accelerate software development? How do you extend the iRise platform? Then this six-part series is for you. Sign up for all six, or just one, and you’ll get a deeper understanding of...

Tagged Training, Webinars
Not sure user testing is important? Maybe $1 million will help convince you.

April 28, 2012 / Leave a comment

The May issue of Wired magazine has a great article on the power of A/B testing. In the print version of the article there is a fascinating case study on the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund website. It details how simple changes discovered through A/B user testing resulted in an extra...

Tagged Cool, Innovation, Testing, UX, Wired
Watch the two hour iBloc Expo in 233 seconds

April 28, 2012 / Leave a comment

If you missed the recent webinar where iRise partners from id8, GMG, RIIS and Square One showcased a few of their favorite iBlocs, it’s now online here. Don’t have the time right now to watch the full webinar? Here’s a recap of what you missed: The iBloc Expo in 233...

Tagged iBlocs, iPhone, Training, Video, Webinars
Designing a Mobile App? Don’t Make These 10 Mistakes

April 19, 2012 / 1 Comment

There’s a good article on Mashable by Ryan Matzner of mobile developer Sourcebits, discussing 10 mistakes you shouldn’t make while designing a mobile app. Ryan points out that mobile design is a tricky world to navigate through. You have a vision, but then the fun really begins: “It’s time to...

Tagged Android, iPad, iPhone, mashable, Mobile
The focus was on Innovation at FOSE

April 5, 2012 / Leave a comment

Our first time at Federal Open Systems Expo (FOSE) 2012—a key government show for IT—gave us the chance to have great conversations with IT representatives from the DOJ, DOD, and other federal agencies. The highlight of the event was VP Charles Sword, who was a featured FOSE session speaker! We...

Tagged Federal, FOSE, Government, Innovation, prototyping
iRise receives the 2012 SAP Pinnacle Award

April 2, 2012 / Leave a comment

We are very excited to announce that iRise has won the 2012 SAP Pinnacle Award in the Software Solution Newcomer of the Year category. Great news, and it also points out that the iRise platform doesn’t compete with SAP’s Blueprint, but complements it by speeding up the process. Everything goes...

Tagged Awards, SAP
Using iRise to empower the autistic

April 2, 2012 / Leave a comment

Chad Hahn of Square One has found an inspirational way to use iRise. The idea first dawned on Chad, principal and technologist at the consulting firm in Santa Monica, in conversations with his wife, Shannon, who works at Creative Support Systems in nearby Culver City. She expressed dismay at how...

Tagged Asperger's Syndrome, Autism, Square One
The original SAP headquarters and logo

March 29, 2012 / Leave a comment

We recently had a team out at SAP headquarters in Walldorf, Germany and they passed the first office building with the original SAP logo.

Tagged Cool, Germany, Photos, SAP
Now THIS is creative visualization

March 23, 2012 / Leave a comment

If you haven’t seen this amazing use of 360 degree projection mapping, check it out below. So you can’t decide whether to decorate your room as a distressed goth playroom or an upscale Manhattan loft? The choice will become clear once you can VISUALIZE it…

Tagged Cool, Video, Visualize
An evening at MoMA

March 14, 2012 / Leave a comment

Last night iRise hosted an exclusive evening event at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, which included a private tour of the Museum’s permanent collection. The group also enjoyed the amazing dining experience at the Modern Restaurant at MoMA, where some of the industry’s leading IT executives...

Tagged events, NYC