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Zyxware Technologies has developed and contributed CiviWCI (CiviCRM Widget Creation
Interface) to the Free Software Foundation to assist in the fund raising campaign that FSF is launching in Dec 2014. The extension is expected to help FSF create “Donate Now” and “Join Now” widgets (fund raising and newsletter subscription) that can be embedded on any site that wishes to support FSF. This extension will replace the earlier widget system used by FSF. Through this contribution, Zyxware once again reaffirms its commitment to Free Software and the community around Free Software.
Job Openings
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Zyxware Technologies is engaged in the business of web applications development services. Its chosen technology platform is Drupal, a Free Software. It is one of the largest code contributors to Drupal from India. It has set about an ambitious target of of Rs.100 crores in revenue by end of 2018-2019. Its current revenue stream is from USA and UK generated primarily through a strong on-line brand. As part of its expansion plans, it is pursuing off-line country specific strategies with a physical presence being a key element of the marketing strategy. The first foray will be into the Australian market. It currently owns a subsidiary in Australia. Over 2014-15, we are expecting a significant portion of our targeted revenues from Australia. While exploratory work will happen with USA and UK will happen in 2014-15, we expect focused business development activity only towards the latter half of 2015-16. Subsequently, it will also be entering the market in the middle east with a focus on U.A.E., Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Jordan.
Technical Solution
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If you are a GNU Linux user it is very likely that you would already know about the command top that allows you to see the memory and processor usage by each process in your system. However you would see multiple processes for applications like Chromium or Firefox for each of the tabs that are open in them. Similarly you could see apache run multiple processes if you have it configured to do so. What if you want to see the total memory usage for each application and not by each process. Here is a small bash script to help you do the same.
Technical Solution
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GIMP is a powerful tool for editing images but did you know that you could edit PDF files with GIMP? You can import a PDF document into GIMP as multiple layers. However the default export to PDF option would only allow you to export the document as a one page PDF as if it was an image. Here is a plugin that would allow you to export all the layers in your GIMP XCF file as a multi-page PDF document. You can use this not just for editing PDF documents but also for any xcf file where you want to export layers into a PDF document.
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Zyxware conducted a 2 day workshop on Requirement Analysis for its team members. As part of the workshop there was a session on how to manage digital communication. Digital communication is very important a business where the service provider and client could be in different continents and in different timezones. The session covered aspects that software engineers have to be aware about when it comes to digital communication.
Business Insight
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Fortune magazine publishes a list of the largest companies in the US by revenue every year. Here is the list of fortune 500 companies for the year 2014 and their websites. Check out the current list of fortune 500 companies and their websites.
Job Openings
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Zyxware Technologies is engaged in the business of web applications development services. Its chosen technology platform is Drupal, a Free Software. It is one of the largest code contributors to Drupal from India. We are looking for a Business Development Associates who can help us position ourselves in the web applications development services market, acquire projects from across the world and play a role in building sustained relationships with clients.
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International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS) and Free Software User Group, Trivandrum are hosting a Software Freedom Day celebration event on Saturday, 20th of September, 2014 at the Main Hall, Trivandrum Press Club between 3:00 PM and 6:00 PM. Zyxware Technologies is coordinating and sponsoring the event.
Job Openings
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We are looking for a creative Graphic Designer who will be responsible for creating compelling design solutions for our internal and external requirements. The person will be responsible for visualizing, conceptualizing and developing excellent graphics for web applications and web portals. The candidate will also support the development team and the corporate branding team by giving creative inputs.
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We are organizing a company wide blood donation drive at Zyxware to celebrate India's 68th Independence day. We will be going to Sree Chithira Thirunal hospital (SCTIMST) at around 11AM on 16th Aug, 2014. We invite people who are interested in donating blood to come and join us. We can meet in front of SCTIMST and then go to the blood bank from there. SCTIMST is a Government of India institute and is a prestigious educational institution. (Google Maps)