In the July 2011 issue The Dice Report, issued by leading career website Dice.com, the monthly analysis of job postings and other search activity related to the technology and engineering industries placed iRise at the top of the “5 new trends”. A Dice.com source noted: “The emergence of new trends often occurs first in our resume database, simply because 80 percent of employers search resumes before posting their job,” Hill said in her published remarks. “Based on our insights, it’s time to take notice of this group of five.”

iRise also made the top 10 most popular search term lists. As pointed out in the 5 surprising IT skills that hiring managers want now on Computerworld, this is further validation of iRise growth:

“Interestingly, iRise also made the list of most popular search terms overall -- an indication that it's emerging at a fast and furious clip. Dice.com's most popular search terms overall, ranked from 1 to 10, are: Java or Java developer or J2EE; .Net or .Net developer; business analyst; SharePoint or SharePoint developer; project manager; Oracle DBA; C#; QA or quality assurance; iRise; and PHP.”

A fast and furious clip indeed! With over 150 online job postings on the internet citing iRise expertise, honing your modeling skills is time well spent. Yet another great reason to download the free iRise trial and take advantage of our free online training. Don't be behind the curve, get in front of it.

We are pleased to announce that an updated version of the iRise Mobile for iPad application is now available in the iTunes App Store. The new usability enhancements, including an instructional screen explaining the application gestures and toolbars, make this already amazing app even better.

As the demand for mobile solutions has exploded, companies need an effective way to experience iRise visualizations on the mobile devices themselves. The new iRise app offers a great way to do just that. It allows you to log into your iRise Definition Center directly from your iPad and launch an iRise project. You can then interact with simulations in full-screen mode, using the native iOS functionality, giving you a true app experience.

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We've just released a set of new iPhone related iBlocs, making the creation of mobility simulations quicker, simpler, and much more true to life. Creating once complex functionality like an iPhone keyboard or value picker is now as easy as drag-drop-configure. This new set is added to an already long list of powerful iBlocs which greatly extend the power of the iRise platform. The new iBlocs include:

• iPhone Alert iBloc: This widget lets you easily simulate the standard iPhone alert dialog, including configurable title, buttons and more.

• iPhone Keyboard iBloc - Horizontal & Vertical: These widgets let you easily simulate an interactive iPhone keyboard that is used during simulation review to enter text into text inputs and text areas in the simulation.

• iPhone Date Picker - Horizontal & Vertical: These widgets let you easily simulate a spinning date picker commonly used on the iPhone. You can use it to collect a "date" input from the user in various formats.

• iPhone Value Picker - Horizontal & Vertical: These widgets let you easily simulate a spinning value picker commonly used on the iPhone. You can use it to collect user input in the simulation.

Along with these new iBlocs, the Number Formatter, Tree and Slider iBlocs were also updated with new versions.

The most exciting part of this news is that it's just the tip of the iceberg. Much more exciting mobility and iBloc related news is just around the corner. Stay tuned!

We are pleased to announce that a new version of iRise is now available. iRise 8.8.1 includes several enhancements and a few minor bug fixes. As a maintenance release, it is fully compatible with iRise 8.8.

You've spoken, and we've listened! A number of the enhancements included in this new release came directly from the iRise Community. Thanks to all those that have posted ideas, and we encourage those who haven't to get involved. Your feedback really makes a difference.

Some of the updates include the ability of iBlocs to control Dynamic Displays, easier Definition Center file sharing, and iRise Reader display enhancements. For more details on the updates in this release and to download: Click Here

The recently launched iRise Community's growth is accelerating and it now has over 400 topics posted! It’s been amazing to see how quickly it’s become such a great resource. We’d like to again give a big thanks to all those who have contributed so far, and encourage those of you who haven’t yet to head on over and share your knowledge. It's a great place to find answers, report issues, and suggest ideas.

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According to Ann Bednarz of Network World, in a ranking of IT hiring managers, iRise has been listed as the number 1 skill they are looking for in new hires. Bednarz based much of this article on a study conducted by Dice.com (see above article). iRise is used by many Fortune 500 companies to create dynamic and data-aware user interfaces. Companies like AT&T, FedEx,General Motors, JP Morgan Chase, and UPS use iRise every day to innovate new products and reduce project-related cost.

Universities are using iRise in the classrooms NOW
Accordingly, more and more universities are incorporating iRise into their class curriculum to prepare students with the skills demanded by the market. As an example, iRise is being used by DePaul University (Chicago) in Dr. Adam Steele’s Prototyping and Implementation class, a required course in the Human-Computer Interaction Masters degree program. As many as 40 in-class and distance-learning students will be collaborating on class projects involving in prototyping web and mobile applications.

“Our class emphasizes the process of prototyping as a way to provide a richer view of a project not only for users, but also for senior managers who must approve the project,” Dr. Steele noted. “It’s very rewarding for the students to leverage iRise as a way to create a multi-faceted simulation that allows all the stakeholders to buy-in quickly to the key aspects of a project.” – Dr. Adam Steele

Below is a list of several other universities that have incorporated iRise into their class curriculum
• American University, Kogod School of Business
• DePaul University
• Georgia Southern University
• Georgia State University
• National University of Singapore
• New York University
• University of Western Ontario
• Walsh College

Common reasons for incorporating iRise into the classroom include:
1. Business Innovation – NYU is using iRise in the Social Ventures/Entrepreneurship program. This program attracts angel investors from the NYC business community (AMEX and MTV were identified) to fund student ideas visualized in iRise.

2. Business Application Requirements and Design – Ontario Western University, Richard Ivey School of Business is using iRise in its Entrepreneurial Technology and Information Technology courses to teach requirements and design.

3. Information System Analysis – Georgia Southern University is using iRise to simulate various configurations of SAP modules and best practices for implementation

The iRise on Campus Program
iRise has implemented a program called iRise on Campus that provides qualified undergraduate and graduate university programs with the opportunity to use. iRise visualization software is provided at no cost. Join iRise on Campus today! – Go to http://www.irise.com/solutions/campus

Special Incentive to Join the iRise on Campus NOW
Eligible student of colleges and universities that join the iRise on Campus program before September 30th, 2011 will be entitled to receive FREE certification from iRise – which will provide a huge advantage during job interviews! For more information and program details, please contact Jason Muhammad at jmuhammad@iRise.com.

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