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	<title>Planet Trapexit - Erlang/OTP News</title>
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	<description>Planet Trapexit - Erlang/OTP News - http://planet.trapexit.org</description>

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	<title>Erlang Training and Consulting &lt;br/&gt;- Jobs: Systems Engineers / Software Consultants, Stockholm, London, Krakow, East  and West coast USA</title>
	<guid>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/jobs/detail/49/</guid>
	<link>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/jobs/detail/49/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;With our portfolio of customer facing projects and consultancy assignments increasing in all of our offices, we are looking for talented individuals to join our young and dynamic team. We are looking for both experienced and junior developers with knowledge of functional programming languages such as Erlang, Clojure, Haskell, Scala and the imperative languages&amp;nbsp; like C, Java and Objective-C.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You may already be passionate about and experienced in Erlang, or if you are not already a skilled Erlang programmer, we will train you in the language. The right candidates will join small teams of highly skilled systems engineers developing software using Erlang/OTP. There will also be the opportunity to work with other languages as part of the end-to-end solutions we deliver to customers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You will gain valuable experience in exciting state-of-the-art systems within the Telecom, Financial Services, Banking, Messaging and Logistics sectors. As our clients are spread on six continents, there will be an opportunity to travel if you're up for it. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Responsibilities:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Design, code, test and support of Erlang and related software, including some research. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Develop solutions using distributed concurrent programming, software&amp;nbsp;packaging and release.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Interact well with our commercial customers and work constructively as part of customer-facing teams.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Write and test code in Erlang and occasionally in other languages such as C, Java, Clojure, Haskell, Scala &amp;amp; Objective-C. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Experienced programmers will be expected to mentor and coach junior staff.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Skills and experience required: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Good programming skills and experience with one or more language such as C, Java, Haskell and Erlang. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Knowledge of Distributed Computing.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Track record of being able to achieve project milestones and complete tasks.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Experience of implementation of soft, real time servers in a multicore environment would be a nice to have.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Experience with interconnection protocols (HTTP, XMPP, SMPP, ...)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Experience with Linux, OS X and Solaris operating systems.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Experience with Agile Methods, including Test Driven Development will be an advantage.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Problem-solving and thinking laterally as part of a team, to meet the needs of the project.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Good verbal and written communication in English. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Good customer facing and presentation skills.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3. Minimum Education, Certification, Training:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Degree or Masters in Computer Science, or an Erlang Foundation level certification.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4. Eligibility:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The right candidate will work in a rapidly expanding company and community, receive a competitive salary with full benefits and the ability to acquire stock options.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5. Equal opportunities:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Erlang Solutions Limited is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages  applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex,  race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Functional Jobs: OSBU SOFTWARE ENGINEER at Infoblox (Full-time)</title>
	<guid>urn:uuid:3b55ba9c-a3a0-322c-f271-2e36e860947b</guid>
	<link>http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/88/osbu-software-engineer-at-infoblox</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;Infoblox is an industry leading developer of network infrastructure automation and control solutions.  Infoblox&amp;rsquo;s unique technologies, including the Infoblox Grid&amp;trade;&amp;mdash;a real-time, data distribution technology&amp;mdash;increase network availability and control, while automating time-consuming manual tasks associated with network infrastructure services like domain name resolution (DNS), IP address management (IPAM), network change and configuration management (NCCM) and network discovery, among others.  Recognized by Gartner with back-to-back &amp;ldquo;Strong Positive&amp;rdquo; ratings, Infoblox solutions are used by over 4,750 organizations worldwide, including more than one third of the Fortune 500.  The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., and operates in more than 30 countries.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Infoblox is seeking a senior Erlang developer for a next-generation distributed data platform. This person will design and implement in Erlang language for this robust, distributed platform that can support real-time applications with super high scalability. He/she will work hand-in-hand with the senior architects, development leadership and product teams to provide advanced technology development for these new product initiatives.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A deep understanding of the fundamental challenges in building data intensive, distributed platforms including issues with databases, middleware, database sharing, authentication and persistence is highly valued. Proven expertise as an senior software developer/Lead having knowledge of distributed data storage system that scales to a very large size.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Key Responsibilities:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Help design a robust, highly scalable implementation of a data service based on Web 2.0 technologies
Work with architects to provide detailed design and efficient implementation
Work with GUI/client developers to provide end to end technical solutions
Work with testers on setting up highly scalable test environment to verify the scalability of the product
Serve as domain expert in scalable, data intensive applications.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Skills &amp;amp; Requirements:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;3+ years of software development role using Erlang.
Proven expertise in design and implementation of scalable, data intensive applications using Web 2.0 technologies.
Strong understanding of cloud computing application development
Strong understanding of data intensive concepts and technologies including databases, middleware, federation, MapReduce, SOAP/REST, sharding, authentication and authorization.
Strong background in several programming languages including C, C++, Java, PERL, Python, PHP.
Experience with emerging platforms like Ruby, Clojure, and XACML is definite plus.
Knowledge of data storage systems such as Google&amp;rsquo;s Bigtable.
Hands on experience with data warehousing and analytics is definite plus. Experience with network security technologies also a plus.
Four year degree in CS, CE. MS CS/EE is desired.
Ability to work independently and in a team setting.
Ability to think analytically and create efficient solutions to complex problems.
Thrive in a fast paced environment and meet stretch goals&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hire.jobvite.com/j/?cj=oHM2Vfwa&amp;s=Erlangfuncjobs&quot;&gt;http://hire.jobvite.com/j/?cj=oHM2Vfwa&amp;amp;s=Erlangfuncjobs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Get information on &lt;a href=&quot;http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/88/osbu-software-engineer-at-infoblox&quot;&gt;how to apply&lt;/a&gt; for this position.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Erlang Training and Consulting &lt;br/&gt;- Jobs: Software Developer , Leicester</title>
	<guid>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/jobs/detail/48/</guid>
	<link>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/jobs/detail/48/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;A University in Leicester are going places. A commitment to high quality fused with an inclusive academic culture is their hallmark and led the Times Higher Education to describe them as &amp;ldquo;elite without being elitist&amp;rdquo;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BATS (Building Adequate Test Sets by Reverse Engineering) is an exciting project that will seek to develop a proof of concept for an AI-driven software testing framework.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The DSTL-funded project will last for 3.5 months (but is aiming for a longer-term extension), starting in February.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They seek a skilled and enthusiastic software developer who can turn what is currently an exciting idea into a practical, widely applicable automated software testing solution.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alongside your experience with software development, applicants should ideally possess a good degree in a Computer Science related discipline, and an interest in Machine Learning algorithms. Applicants who might lack industrial development experience but have a recent, high-quality Computer Science degree are also encouraged to apply.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The closing date for this post is midnight on 2nd January 2012.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We anticipate that interviews will take place on the 10th January 2012.&lt;/p&gt;
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	<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Functional Jobs: Functional Programmer at Brocade (Full-time)</title>
	<guid>urn:uuid:5badc9ce-5c2b-a04c-d7cb-37ab5b908362</guid>
	<link>http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/87/functional-programmer-at-brocade</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;Exciting opportunity for Functional programmers in a fast paced environment.
Challenging problems to solve such as scalability, performance and usability in an embedded system environment for Brocade flagship VDX product line.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you have a passion for declarative languages and concurrent programming but are sick of mutex/semaphore/shared memory, you have your dream come true.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The ideal candidate will have strong passion for functional programming and have familiarity with Linux environment . Knowledge of Erlang/OTP is highly desirable. Knowledge of NetConf/configuration management in networking products is a plus&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Get information on &lt;a href=&quot;http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/87/functional-programmer-at-brocade&quot;&gt;how to apply&lt;/a&gt; for this position.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Functional Jobs: Senior Erlang Engineer at trueSEF (Full-time)</title>
	<guid>urn:uuid:1d19057e-c3d0-bdb1-ef53-82e625a63068</guid>
	<link>http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/86/senior-erlang-engineer-at-truesef</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;trueSEF is a dealer-to-dealer electronic execution venue for Interest Rate Swaps with a scalable, fault-tolerant proprietary API built atop the distributed and functional programming language Erlang. We are industry veterans in the financial services space that have successfully delivered many ventures from startup to a liquidity event. We are also a fast paced start-up that believes in leveraging the best cutting-edge technologies to deliver remarkable products in remarkably little time.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You are often referred to as a machine, executing quickly and smartly, while challenging yourself and your colleagues. You follow the latest technologies and paradigms &amp;ndash; heavily flavored with distributed computing concepts, functional programming, message queues, nosql data stores, and open source tools. You understand that change is a given and plan your designs accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Responsibilities&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You will be responsible for leading the development of components in a distributed infrastructure. As a senior engineer you will work closely with the Director of Engineering to define architectural requirements with a view of the complete system. This includes planning for growth and improving latency in components. You must be able to balance short term needs with a longer term goal and know how to get there in a clear and efficient way. You will mentor and guide other engineers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You must have&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Erlang and OTP experience&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Understanding of the functional paradigm &amp;ndash; and know that it&amp;#039;s more than map/reduce&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Expertise in another programming language (e.g. Java, Python, C++)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Experience in distributed computing with a clear understanding of asynchronous communication and process flow&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Message queues&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Distributed key-value data stores and working knowledge of the CAP theorem (Riak)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;RDBMS and when to use versus above&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Linux including bash, sed, awk, make as well as standard directory structures&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Proper communication skills, including UML&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;An engineering degree &amp;ndash; or similar experience that illustrates your ability to understand and make effective decisions when faced with design trade-offs&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You should&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Understand current web technologies like jQuery, REST, AJAX, Comet&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Have experience with one or more of the following: 1) FIX and/or XML-based messaging, 2) Post-trade and StP applications, 3) Front-end and UI development&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Be a startup junkie who wants to see a new idea (and company) succeed&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Get information on &lt;a href=&quot;http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/86/senior-erlang-engineer-at-truesef&quot;&gt;how to apply&lt;/a&gt; for this position.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Functional Jobs: Game server developer - Erlang at wooga (Full-time)</title>
	<guid>urn:uuid:7904a629-4a53-af2b-bfa5-76967d90a62f</guid>
	<link>http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/82/game-server-developer-erlang-at-wooga</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;Wooga is a European startup based in Berlin operating in the social game business.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Founded in 2009 it&amp;#039;s already the third largest social game developer by size on Facebook just after titans like Zynga and EA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Every day over 7 millions players play one of our games.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We have very interesting technical challenges to solve, some numbers from our live systems are 5 millions SQL + NoSQL queries per minute, 7000 http requests per second and a read/write balance close to 50/50.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Our first 100% erlang based game server was put in production 2 months ago and we want to expand our erlang usage and use the strength of erlang to bring new levels of interaction in social games.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We&amp;#039;re ideally looking for someone who already has experience in building OTP applications and in running distributed systems.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Our environment is informal and flexible, each game is made in a small multidisciplinary team with typically 2 to 3 backend developers. We have a strict no nonsense policy, we believe in good test coverage and we have the freedom to decide how to develop, host, deploy and operate our systems.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We are frequent speakers at conferences, you can find slides from our talks here &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.slideshare.net/wooga/tag/backend&quot;&gt;http://www.slideshare.net/wooga/tag/backend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you don&amp;rsquo;t have erlang specific experience but you have a strong technical background and an interest for functional languages you&amp;rsquo;re also very welcome to apply.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Telecommute is not an option so you&amp;#039;ll need to work in our nice office in the city center of Berlin.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Get information on &lt;a href=&quot;http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/82/game-server-developer-erlang-at-wooga&quot;&gt;how to apply&lt;/a&gt; for this position.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 08:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Functional Jobs: Principal Software Engineer at LonoCloud (Full-time)</title>
	<guid>urn:uuid:18e5fd62-21a1-05d9-9f5c-d6202ae30212</guid>
	<link>http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/80/principal-software-engineer-at-lonocloud</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;LonoCloud is a fast-paced new startup located in southern California. LonoCloud is looking for a highly motivated, goal-oriented, passionate individual who will be responsible for designing and developing the LonoCloud software stack and customer-defined applications. We are seeking an innovative candidate with experience in distributed computing, multi-threading, concurrency, and ideally Clojure, Erlang or other functional programming languages. This position does not require that you live in, or be willing to relocate to, San Diego. Be part of a progressive new company culture that includes pair programming, office meetups, and a community of Cloud OS innovation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Responsibilities:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Passion to design and deliver highly scalable software architectures that focus on the business requirements of our customers and enable industry leadership in Cloud OS platforms&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ability to creatively solve problems and be part of an agile team to deliver fault tolerant, highly available, and secure cloud PaaS systems&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Demonstrate best practice software development expertise, and develop/maintain cloud applications, tools, and re-usable components&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Willingness and ability to adapt to new technologies&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Motivated to deliver exceptional customer experience and solving real problems for real users&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Willingness and ability to represent LonoCloud and its software stack at customer meetings, workshops, conferences, and in social media&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Desired Qualifications:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Minimum of 8 years of experience with commercial software development in building distributed application systems, including familiarity with Java, Ruby, and Clojure (or another functional programming language)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ability to work on remote agile teams, self-motivated, work independently&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;3+ years of experience in technologies used in the cloud computing space including Amazon AWS, Rackspace, or related IaaS offering, map/reduce algorithms, virtualized server compute units, scalable architectures&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;2+ years of experience with SOA based integration techniques using web services, XML/HTTPS, or REST.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hands-on experience with Git&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Specific experience with agile methodologies (Kanban, SCRUM, XP) and modern software development environments&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Proven experience with complete product life cycle in a production services environment, including design, implementation, load and scale testing, deployment and maintenance&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Get information on &lt;a href=&quot;http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/80/principal-software-engineer-at-lonocloud&quot;&gt;how to apply&lt;/a&gt; for this position.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 15:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Functional Jobs: Senior Software Developer with passion for Erlang at Klarna AB (Full-time)</title>
	<guid>urn:uuid:2e60f044-7085-a5ec-6ea0-7264deaf7f1e</guid>
	<link>http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/77/senior-software-developer-with-passion-for-erlang-at-klarna-ab</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Klarna have continuously been growing at a very fast rate since the start in 2005 and is today the Nordic market leader within the e-commerce business. During these 6 years we have gone from three founders to over 500 employees. At the R&amp;amp;D department we are about 100 technicians, and this is only the beginning of our journey of building the best R&amp;amp;D department in the world. We are therefore always keeping an eye out for talented and highly motivated developers who are passionate about creating game changing products within online payments.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;At Klarna we process transactions from millions of users, serve more than 10.000 merchants, and handle hundreds of millions of Euros. Our system is mainly written in Erlang and it is excellent if you have experience in Erlang or other functional languages, but it is not a requirement for joining us. Great developers are great regardless of programming language and we expect you to be a top-notch developer and a fast learner. At Klarna you will have the opportunity to take on challenges in areas ranging from risk analysis, process optimization to large-scale web development.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We believe in empowering our developers. Our R&amp;amp;D department is divided in multiple small start-ups. As a member of one of these start-ups you will be involved in the complete product development cycle - from concept to execution. We are a fast paced organization with a strong commitment to quality and agile methodologies.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As a &lt;strong&gt;Senior Developer&lt;/strong&gt;, we expect you to be able to handle systems having high demands on performance and scalability. Experience from banking systems or other transaction intensive systems is a plus.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There is a lot of energy at Klarna and a willingness to create something great.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are you up for the challenge?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Get information on &lt;a href=&quot;http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/77/senior-software-developer-with-passion-for-erlang-at-klarna-ab&quot;&gt;how to apply&lt;/a&gt; for this position.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Erlang Training and Consulting &lt;br/&gt;- Jobs: Conference Sales and Marketing Assistant, Krakow, Poland</title>
	<guid>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/jobs/detail/46/</guid>
	<link>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/jobs/detail/46/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;An exciting opportunity to work for a class-leading international IT conference provider.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Erlang Solutions' Krakow office is part of the Trifork group of companies which operate successful IT conferences worldwide. It is looking for a sales and marketing assistant to help in growing this part of its business. The group organises the already very successful GOTO, QCON, YOW, Erlang User Conferences and Factories.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The role will be principally based in Erlang Solutions' Krakow office located in the very heart of the old town and will involve:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sales and marketing of various IT conferences on behalf of the Trifork group. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The successful candidate will possess:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Flair and drive&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Great communication skills (including fluent English), particularly by telephone and Skype&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Enjoy meeting people and business networking&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Strong organisational and planning skills&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Strong IT skills and an understanding (in high level terms) of the subject matter of the conferences&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A desire to make a difference and be success focussed&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A willingness to work irregular hours as the role demands&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A willingness to travel internationally&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remuneration will be competitive with a possible commission-based element. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Full training and induction will be provided.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Erlang Training and Consulting &lt;br/&gt;- Jobs: Embedded Erlang in the Energy Sector, Cambridge, UK</title>
	<guid>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/jobs/detail/45/</guid>
	<link>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/jobs/detail/45/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;This is an opportunity to join a rapidly expanding company based in Cambridge, UK. They have started to use Erlang for smart metering, energy conservation and wireless control of public lighting with primary markets in India and China. This is a fast moving company listed on AIM, working in a start-up environment. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you have two years of experience with production systems with Erlang or other concurrent, functional programming languages, have effective communication skills and are able to interface with other organisations?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Experience and knowledge of working in an agile environment, with test driven development, continuous integration and automation. You should have an active interest in improving the software process, be capable to design and architecture end to end systems, and know when to pick the right tool for the right job. That means having an active interest in new languages, frameworks and technologies. Protocols and protocol design experience comes as a plus!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So if you live in Cambridge or are interested in moving here, we are looking forward to hear from you! Note that to apply for this job, you have to be eligible to work in the EU. Our client will not be sponsoring any visas.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please register your CV onto the website, entering relevant information,  that you think we should know about (such as a sample of your code,  GitHub account, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;
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	<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Erlang Training and Consulting &lt;br/&gt;- Jobs: Senior Platform Engineer (Erlang), Los Angeles, CA</title>
	<guid>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/jobs/detail/44/</guid>
	<link>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/jobs/detail/44/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;A great opportunity for a &lt;strong&gt;Senior Platform Engineer&lt;/strong&gt; based in Los Angeles, CA. If you want to work in a fun, fast-paced  and creatively challenging environment, this is the place for you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The ideal candidate will need to be able to manage their time wisely  as they solve programming challenges with smart and efficient solutions.  Applicants must be able to work effectively and efficiently to meet  deadlines in a self-directed manner.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for the  technical soundness, scalability and operational effectiveness of our  messaging and presence system based on ejabberd. While our interview  process will emphasize problem solving, design and programming ability,  it will equally focus on your ability to provide technical leadership  and guidance to a team of high-caliber engineers. This represents a  unique opportunity to help drive the evolution of our messaging  platform.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Responsibilities:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As a software engineer with experience in Erlang and ejabberd, you  would be responsible for evolving the core messaging and presence  platform in a large scale distributed environment. Your responsibilities  will include designing and developing new features and capabilities in  the Erlang based components with a focus on aggressive growth and scale.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Research, design, development, test and support of Erlang based software and ejabberd&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Architect and develop scalable, distributed solutions for emerging platform features &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Develop solutions using distributed concurrent programming, software&amp;nbsp; packaging and release&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Write code in Erlang and occasionally in other languages such as Java&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Evaluation of open source Erlang killer apps&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mentoring and coaching junior staff&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Requirements: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Several years of experience developing software, preferably in an agile environment&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;BS in engineering, preferably Computer Science. Master&amp;rsquo;s Degree a plus&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Be passionate about Erlang&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Superstar programming skills in Erlang&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Experience with ejabberd, Mnesia, MySQL &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Knowledge of relational databases and concepts&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Experience with other Programming languages&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Basic understanding of TCP/IP stack and networking concepts&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Knowledge of Distributed Computing, and revision control software &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Experience with interconnection protocols (HTTP, XMPP, XML-RPC)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Experience with mainstream operating systems, including Linux&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Experience with Agile Methods, including Test Driven Development &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Experience of planning, estimating and leading a team is an advantage&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Good verbal and written communication in English &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Must be team-oriented, possess a positive attitude and work well with others&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ability to work independently and deliver on schedule with little supervision&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ability to quickly understand and articulate interactions in a complex technical environment&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Able to plan and execute own tasks in timely manner&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Passionate about software development, willing to learn new technology, self-motivated with high technical competency&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Functional Jobs: Core-Stack Engineer (Erlang) at SMaSh (Full-time)</title>
	<guid>urn:uuid:e36f8193-f86c-adc1-d451-b31b6ce85e23</guid>
	<link>http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/74/core-stack-engineer-erlang-at-smash</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;Smash is a Pittsburgh-based startup creating new mobile-messaging and mobile-computing technologies. With funding from Mark Cuban and other experienced technology investors, we&amp;rsquo;re growing, and we&amp;rsquo;re looking for talented people to join our team.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We&amp;rsquo;re currently looking for someone to join our core-technologies team. We&amp;rsquo;re interested hearing from programmers who care about the craft of writing software. Do you find beauty in algorithms and data structures? Look forward to the challenge of solving difficult, unusual problems? Want to work with people who care about their work and the people they work with? If so, read on. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To work on the Smash Core-Tech Team, you must have &amp;ndash;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;high standards, for yourself and your peers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;experience writing software that is spare, reliable, and fit for its purpose&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the ability to speak and write clearly about complicated things&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the discipline to work alone and the selflessness to work with others&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;a commitment to learning, to improving yourself, to honing your craft&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;a command of multiple programming styles, including functional and object oriented&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;a good understanding of human-computer interaction and user-interface design&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;working experience with automated testing, integration, and deployment&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;working experience with robust, large-scale, distributed software systems&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As evidence of these traits, we would like you to show us &amp;ndash;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;a bachelor&amp;rsquo;s or master&amp;rsquo;s degree in
engineering or computer science (or
equivalent experience)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;a blog or other evidence of your ability to communicate complex
thoughts&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;your work on open-source software or other software that we can review&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You should also possess proficiency in the following technical areas &amp;ndash;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Erlang/OTP &amp;ndash; the foundation of our
technology stack&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Linux development, deployment, and operations (if your preferred
development environment is Windows,
this is not the job for you)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Nice-to-haves - &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;familiarity with cloud services like Amazon EC2&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Depending on your interests and ability, you may move into a number of roles. Our company is small and growing; at Smash you&amp;rsquo;ll have the opportunity to try new things and make career moves that would be unlikely at a traditional company.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Get information on &lt;a href=&quot;http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/74/core-stack-engineer-erlang-at-smash&quot;&gt;how to apply&lt;/a&gt; for this position.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Functional Jobs: Erlang Engineer at TigerText (Full-time)</title>
	<guid>urn:uuid:e243eaf1-f9f5-7e64-1eb8-bde030a95e26</guid>
	<link>http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/73/erlang-engineer-at-tigertext</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;We&amp;rsquo;re currently looking for someone to join our core-technologies team. We&amp;rsquo;re interested in hearing from programmers who care about the craft of writing software.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;hr /&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Who are we? We are a well funded messaging startup located in Santa Monica, CA. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;hr /&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What you will be doing: write scalable code. &amp;nbsp;deploy the code you just wrote. &amp;nbsp;repeat.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Requirements: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Experience with messaging system
design &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Deep expertise in message bus&lt;br /&gt;
architectures &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Experience with high performance, high throughput, low&lt;br /&gt;
latency bus architectures (10K+/second with Strong knowledge of standard messaging systems like pubsub&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Bachelor&amp;#039;s or master&amp;#039;s degree in engineer or computer science (or equivalent experience)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A blog or other evidence of your ability to communicate complex
thoughts&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Your work on open-source software or other software that we can review&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Get information on &lt;a href=&quot;http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/73/erlang-engineer-at-tigertext&quot;&gt;how to apply&lt;/a&gt; for this position.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Erlang Training and Consulting &lt;br/&gt;- Jobs: Systems Engineer  , Krakow, Poland</title>
	<guid>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/jobs/detail/41/</guid>
	<link>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/jobs/detail/41/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;Erlang Solutions is hiring!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We are growing and looking for professional and dedicated individuals to join our team in Krak&amp;oacute;w. We are a fair employer and offer personal growth opportunities,&amp;nbsp; through training, conferences and certification.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With our new office in the heart of the city, supporting team and good working conditions, we offer great employment possibilities for the right individuals.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You are the right candidate if you:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; bring experience of working in one or more of the Telecom, Payment or Embedded sectors&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; are a passionate developer with a good knowledge of functional programming languages (Erlang is a big plus!)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; have good communication skills (good English is a must) &amp;ndash; you&amp;rsquo;ll need to stay in touch with our other European offices and communicate&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; with clients&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; can see &amp;lsquo;beyond the code&amp;rsquo;, understanding that everything you do has a business reason&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; know how to manage client&amp;rsquo;s projects using Agile methodology&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; are familiar with one or more of the following:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Embedded sector:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; inux system level programming&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; CAN protocols&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Telecom sector:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Diamater&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; SIP&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; AAA platforms&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Payments sector:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ISO 8583&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Realtime systems for payments&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Messaging&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; XMPP&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Scalable architectures&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Fault tolerance&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Selected candidates will be leading the development of state-of-the-art Erlang systems in the Telecom, Financial Services, Banking, Messaging, Automotive and Logistics sectors.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you have answered yes to most of our requirements then we look forward to hearing from you and meeting you for an interview. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are located &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-solutions.com/section/60/office-locations#Polish&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please register your CV onto the website, entering relevant information, that you think we should know about (such as a sample of your code, GitHub account, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Functional Jobs: Analytics Engineer at Kixeye (Full-time)</title>
	<guid>urn:uuid:50fb5e1a-12aa-89e6-9d20-efbfa82c6e6c</guid>
	<link>http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/71/analytics-engineer-at-kixeye</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;You have a passion for organizing, analyzing, and optimizing data. You create systems that are critical to the superior gaming experience our players have come to expect. Your expertise is with database-driven web technologies, and you thrive working in a high-volume system. You love interesting, hard-core technical challenges and can handle coding and design for server-side and client-side software for a complete visual analytics system.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What you get to do every day:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Collaborate with stakeholders to produce a design that is scalable and flexible across our different game properties&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Execute organized, coherent code to
meet those deliverables&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Demonstrated proficiency working with
large data set and complex code bases&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Take ownership of feature development for both client and server side specifications from concept through deployment&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What you bring to the role:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;B.S. in Computer Science and 5+ years
hands-on experience doing software
development in a commercial software
development environment&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hands-on with two of the following languages: PHP, Python, Java, C++, Ruby, Erlang&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Experience developing web applications in a Linux environment &amp;ndash; LAMP&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Minimum of 3 years with one or more of the following MySQL, postgres, Oracle, MS SQL Server&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Working knowledge of front-end technologies &amp;ndash; Javascript, CSS, HTML&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Desire to assess data sets and perform data visualization as required part of this role&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;An ability to interact and communicate effectively with others in your team&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Able to meet deliverables and drive your work to completion within specified timelines&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Great communication skills both written and verbal&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Can work cross functionally in many areas without being constrained by your job&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Knowledge and passion for interactive entertainment and games is preferred&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Get information on &lt;a href=&quot;http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/71/analytics-engineer-at-kixeye&quot;&gt;how to apply&lt;/a&gt; for this position.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Functional Jobs: Chief Scientist (Erlang) at Spawngrid, Inc. (Full-time)</title>
	<guid>urn:uuid:da4b7f15-9555-aa46-487a-9fa501d8b61d</guid>
	<link>http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/70/chief-scientist-erlang-at-spawngrid-inc</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Compensation: Equity Shares, Salary + Options after funding&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We are hiring! We are looking for a right person to become a head of our R&amp;amp;D.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you are passionate about functional programming, Erlang, distributed systems &amp;amp; concurrent algorithms, we want to hear from you.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If scrutinizing research papers, dealing with things like leader election protocols, atomic broadcasting, CAP theorem and other similar things makes you tick, then you could be the right person and we could be the right company for you.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Spawngrid is a next generation PaaS, built in Erlang, for Erlang. We are set to solve yet unsolved problems of how Internet applications of the next decade should be created &amp;amp; maintained.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Please drop us a line if you feel like this is something that you want to be a part of.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Get information on &lt;a href=&quot;http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/70/chief-scientist-erlang-at-spawngrid-inc&quot;&gt;how to apply&lt;/a&gt; for this position.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Functional Jobs: Junior Erlang Programmer at Klarna (Full-time)</title>
	<guid>urn:uuid:1b4bc47f-af7d-31dc-ca3b-2bc3438404a6</guid>
	<link>http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/69/junior-erlang-programmer-at-klarna</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The year was 2005 and e-commerce had long been precarious. With an idea to offer secure and simple payment solutions, Klarna was founded that same year. Six years have passed and we have grown to an ambitious and creative company of 500 employees. We have been awarded Company of the Year in -07 (bragging), increased our turnover by 13 570 % (statistics) and managed to become the Nordic market leader (facts). Klarna is partly owned by Investment AB &amp;Ouml;resund and Sequoia Capital - a company that saw the same potential in Google, YouTube and Apple Computer, as they do in us. We think that is a good start.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Want to join us on a journey beyond the ordinary?
Klarna is looking for Junior Software Developers to the office in Stockholm.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Klarna has continuously been growing at a very fast rate since the start in 2005 and is today the Nordic market leader within the e-commerce business. During these 6 years we have gone from three founders to over 500 employees. At the R&amp;amp;D department we are about 50 technicians, and this is only the beginning of our journey of building the best R&amp;amp;D department in the world. We are therefore always keeping an eye out for talented and highly motivated developers who are passionate about creating game changing products within online payments.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;At Klarna we process transactions from millions of users, serve more than 10.000 merchants, and handle hundreds of millions of Euros. Our system is mainly written in Erlang and it is excellent if you have experience in Erlang or other functional languages, but it is not a requirement for joining us. Great developers are great regardless of programming language and we expect you to be a top-notch developer and a fast learner. At Klarna you will have the opportunity to take on challenges in areas ranging from risk analysis, process optimization to large-scale web development. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We believe in empowering our developers. Our R&amp;amp;D department is divided in multiple small start-ups. As a member of one of these start-ups you will be involved in the complete product development cycle - from concept to execution. We are a fast paced organization with a strong commitment to quality and agile methodologies.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who are you?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As a &lt;strong&gt;Junior Developer&lt;/strong&gt; we expect you to be curious and passionate about new technologies. We believe that programming is for you more than a work, it is even a hobby. You probably have your own hobby projects where you experiment and develop your skills.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There is a lot of energy at Klarna and a willingness to create something great. Do you feel like joining us?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Please register your CV together with your cover letter, portfolio and transcript. You apply easily via our website. 
The selection process is ongoing. The recruitment process includes various tests.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;You want...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;to work at one of the fastest growing companies in Sweden where you set the limits.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;to be given the possibility to influence and make a difference within a rapidly growing organization on an international market.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;to have a workplace filled with job satisfaction, a drive to succeed and an entrepreneurial spirit.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Read more about Klarna and the position at www.klarna.com/career.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Application deadline:&lt;/strong&gt; 15th of July 2011. 
&lt;strong&gt;Start date:&lt;/strong&gt; As soon as possible&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Get information on &lt;a href=&quot;http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/69/junior-erlang-programmer-at-klarna&quot;&gt;how to apply&lt;/a&gt; for this position.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Erlang Training and Consulting &lt;br/&gt;- News: 18 May 2011: Radio-Electronics publishes an article on Open Telecommunications Platform, OTP for Open Communications by Francesco Cesarini</title>
	<guid>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1242</guid>
	<link>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1242</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;Francesco Cesarini, Technical Director of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-solutions.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Erlang Solutions&lt;/a&gt;, discusses the benefits of the Erlang Open Telecom Platform and how it can be used in product development for writing software for telecommunications systems.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the article he looks at Erlang as a programming language, what exactly is OTP, OTP as more than a telecoms platform, and the benefits of OTP. This is an article you can't afford to miss. For the full article check out the Radio-Electronics &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.radio-electronics.com/articles/telecoms-networks/open-telecommunications-platform-otp-for-open-17&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 16:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Erlang Training and Consulting &lt;br/&gt;- News: 11 May 2011: Juan Puig has been invited to talk at The University of Coruña's Computer Science faculties 25th Anniversary celebrations!</title>
	<guid>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1240</guid>
	<link>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1240</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;The University of Coru&amp;ntilde;a's Computer Science faculty is turning 25 years, and in order to celebrate such an important event, this Thursday, 12th May 2011, talks, workshops and expositions will be run in Palexco, the main auditorium in A Coru&amp;ntilde;a. We here at Erlang Solutions are proud that Juan Puig has been invited to talk at this event as one of the graduates from The University of Coru&amp;ntilde;a. He will then give a more technical lecture on the Friday at the Computer Science department.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Location: Palexco auditorium, A Coru&amp;ntilde;a, Spain&lt;br /&gt;Time: 12th May, 12:30h&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fic.udc.es/files/25028/25028Programa_INF11.pdf&quot;&gt;Program&lt;/a&gt; (in Spanish)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Juan's talk will be:&lt;br /&gt;Title: Building fault-tolerant systems.&lt;br /&gt;Summary: An introduction to the current software and fault-tolerant systems will be held, followed by how Erlang/OTP does provide with the right built-in features to build large and scalable fault-tolerant systems.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friday 13,&lt;br /&gt;Juan will be giving a lecture within the Computer Science faculty, more technical, within the slot of a Software Design course of the Computer Engineering degree.&lt;br /&gt;Location: Room 3.3, Faculty of Computer Science, University of A Coru&amp;ntilde;a, Spain&lt;br /&gt;Time: 13th May, 11:30h&lt;br /&gt;Title: &quot;Design of abstract models with Erlang&quot;&lt;br /&gt;Summary: Introduction to Erlang followed by a quick OTP and its behaviours showing how to design large applications. Second part of the talk will be oriented to property based-testing design.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Erlang Training and Consulting &lt;br/&gt;- News: 20 April 2011: Registration is now open for the Erlang Factory London - Early Bird Rate Available</title>
	<guid>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1238</guid>
	<link>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1238</link>
	<description>&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com&quot;&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Erlang Factory London&quot; src=&quot;http://erlang-factory.com//upload/item/43/LondonBanner2011.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Erlang Factory&quot; width=&quot;554&quot; height=&quot;85&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The registration for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2011&quot;&gt;Erlang Factory London 2011&lt;/a&gt; is now open! Register now and you will &lt;strong&gt;save &amp;pound;100&lt;/strong&gt; by taking advantage of the Early-Bird offer. So far each Erlang   Factory has been met with great interest so don't waste time. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2011/register&quot;&gt;Register before it sells out!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2011&quot;&gt;Erlang Factory London&lt;/a&gt; is the best place to exchange knowledge, experience and the vision for   the future of Erlang. We have great speakers who will share all that   with &lt;strong&gt;YOU.&lt;/strong&gt; This conference has become one of the best Erlang networking events in Europe.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Among our first confirmed speakers for the Erlang Factory London are: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2011/speakers/KostisSagonas&quot;&gt;Kostis Sagonas&lt;/a&gt;, the leader of the HIPE Team at Uppsala University, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2011/speakers/MarkusKern&quot;&gt;Marcus Kern&lt;/a&gt;, CTO at MIG, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2011/speakers/SteveVinoski&quot;&gt;Steve Vinosk&lt;/a&gt;i, distributed systems expert and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2011/speakers/ScottLystigFritchie&quot;&gt;Scott Lystig Fritchie&lt;/a&gt;, senior software engineer at Basho Technologies with many more still to be announced.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The list of speakers is available &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2011/speakers&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, with many more to be announced.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In addition to the conference, there will be a three day &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2010/university&quot;&gt;Erlang University&lt;/a&gt;, allowing you to learn Erlang from the experts. You can choose from the following courses: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2011/university/ErlangExpress&quot;&gt;Erlang Express&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2011/university/optexpress&quot;&gt;OTP Express&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2011/university/ErlangandTestDrivenDevelopment&quot;&gt;Erlang and Test Driven Development&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2011/university/QuickCheck&quot;&gt;Quick Check for Erlang Developers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Erlang University training courses will take place on &lt;strong&gt;the 6th, 7th and 8th June &lt;/strong&gt;and the &lt;strong&gt;Erlang Factory conference on&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;9th and 10th June. &lt;/strong&gt;Don't miss out - &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2011/register&quot;&gt;register now.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We will also be offering certification at Foundation and Intermediate   level. You can register for this when you book your place at the   Factory. Pricing for each exam is &amp;pound;195, or you can sit both for &amp;pound;345.   For more information on Certification please visit the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-solutions.com/section/14/certification&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Erlang Training and Consulting &lt;br/&gt;- News: 13 April 2011: Ulf Wiger and Robert Virding to be on the judging panel at Spawnfest  - 9 - 10 July 2011</title>
	<guid>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1236</guid>
	<link>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1236</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;We are happy to announce that our CTO, Ulf Wiger and Robert Virding will be on the panel of judges at this years Spawnfest. Spawnfest is an annual &lt;em&gt;48 hour development competition&lt;/em&gt; in which teams of skilled application developers get exactly one weekend to develop the best &lt;a href=&quot;http://erlang.org/&quot;&gt;Erlang&lt;/a&gt; applications that they can. First contest is scheduled for July 9th and 10th. Please follow &lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/spawnfest&quot;&gt;them on twitter&lt;/a&gt; to stay updated.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The judging panel also includes Bob Ippolito, Co-Founder/CTO of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mochimedia.com/&quot;&gt;Mochi Media&lt;/a&gt;, Inc.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more information on the event please see our &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-solutions.com/events/2/entry/1234&quot;&gt;events page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Functional Jobs: Programmer - Lisp and other languages at Streamtech bv (Full-time)</title>
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	<link>http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/68/programmer-lisp-and-other-languages-at-streamtech-bv</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Streamtech is a small Dutch company specialized in the development of high quality custom (web) applications.
We are looking for programmers who like to write pragmatic but elegant code.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;who we&amp;#039;re looking for&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Elegant code makes you happy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To you, programming is not just a job but a hobby. You&amp;#039;ve been programming for fun for years.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You&amp;#039;re not blind to practical demands, but you relish doing things the right way. When something seems to work but you&amp;#039;re not sure how or why, you bang your head against it until you understand.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You like the net.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You love exploring interesting new languages, concepts and approaches.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Having played with Lisp, Haskell, Erlang, Prolog, Smalltalk, or other non-mainstream languages gets you bonus points.
The same goes for language/compiler implementation, kernel hacking, cryptography, etc. Impress us with your need to learn cool stuff.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Because of the unfortunately strict immigration laws, already having permission to work in the Netherlands is also a plus.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;the job&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You&amp;#039;ll be working on the development of our diverse web based projects &amp;ndash; in streaming video, lawful interception, narrowcasting, and many other topics &amp;ndash; together with the rest of the programming team, from our office in The Hague.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Together with the rest of the team, you&amp;#039;ll make applications that are technically elegant and pleasant to work with, using whatever language and technologies suit the project best.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You will be involved in projects from A to Z &amp;ndash; including finding out what exactly the customer needs, choosing the best approach for the job, and then making it so.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;what we use&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In a perfect world, we&amp;#039;d be Lisping all day long. In the real world, the needs of our clients don&amp;#039;t always allow this, so there&amp;#039;s also quite a lot of Python, and even some C and PHP.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We don&amp;#039;t expect you to have experience with all the languages we use, but we do expect you to be able to learn new things and enjoy doing it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;what we offer&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A challenging, fun job in a small but professional team that does not think Java, MVC and SOAP are the answer to every question.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Erlang Training and Consulting &lt;br/&gt;- News: 24 March 2011: Erlang Solutions partners with Travelping to provide next generation AAA Solutions to telecom operators</title>
	<guid>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1229</guid>
	<link>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1229</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;Erlang Solutions (ESL), the driver behind the worldwide uptake of the   Erlang development environment, today announced its partnership with   Travelping, a Germany based software vendor offering solutions for   network operators to build, manage and charge their broadband services   securely and efficiently.&amp;nbsp; Together, the two companies will offer   operators highly scalable, robust and distributed, control plane   solutions to build AAA and session control systems for their next   generation networks (NGN).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more information please see the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-solutions.com/press-releases/3/entry/1228&quot;&gt;press release.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Functional Jobs: Junior Erlang Programmer at Klarna (Full-time)</title>
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	<link>http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/66/junior-erlang-programmer-at-klarna</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The year was 2005 and e-commerce had long been precarious. With an idea to offer secure and simple payment solutions, Klarna was founded that same year. Six years have passed and we have grown to an ambitious and creative company of 500 employees. We have been awarded Company of the Year in -07 (bragging), increased our turnover by 13 570 % (statistics) and managed to become the Nordic market leader (facts). Klarna is partly owned by Investment AB &amp;Ouml;resund and Sequoia Capital - a company that saw the same potential in Google, YouTube and Apple Computer, as they do in us. We think that is a good start.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;Want to join us on a journey beyond the ordinary?&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;Klarna is looking for Passionate Junior Programmers to the office in Stockholm.&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What do you want?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You do not just wish to learn the techniques and tools used by Facebook, Google, and Amazon to build high-performance, reliable network services, but you also want join in and further develop them. You want to learn Erlang, the language that makes it easy to program in multi-core and distributed environments. You want to be part of an exceptional development team, working with some of the most famous names in the Erlang world.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What do we want?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;At Klarna we put development at the center and our development team currently consists of over 40 reputable developers and technicians. We have a great passion and we strive to be in the technological forefront of everything we do: reliable servers, user-friendly Web interface and financial services. Klarna is expanding further and we need more developers who can take our proprietary systems to new heights - a system that is the essence of a financial business that serves millions of consumers around the Nordic and north European region.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who are you?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;We are looking for someone who:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;is a very good programmer and who loves to write qualitative code&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;wants to work with a functional programming language at a young and forward business&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;has a strong individual drive to get things done&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;is creative and dares to think outside the box&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;have strong analytical skills and can work independently&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Since we have many different nationalities, and therefore several non-Swedish speaking co-workers, at Klarna, it&amp;#039;s important that you have very good knowledge in English. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Note that we are hiring several people for this position! The selection process is ongoing, so apply immediately. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You want...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&amp;hellip;to work at one of the fastest growing companies in Sweden where you set the limits.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&amp;hellip;to be given the possibility to influence and make a difference within a rapidly growing organization on an international market.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&amp;hellip;to have a workplace filled with job satisfaction, a drive to succeed and an entrepreneurial spirit.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We want...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&amp;hellip; you to be as dedicated to us as we&amp;rsquo;ll be to you. We don&amp;rsquo;t want you to work for Klarna, we want you to work with Klarna.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are you up for the challenge?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Send us your CV, a personal letter and a copy of your grade transcripts, all merged into a single pdf. Selection and interviews will be conducted continuously. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Application deadline: May 2nd 2011&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Start date: As soon as possible&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Contact: Lisa St&amp;aring;l, &lt;span class=&quot;spam-protect&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;user&quot;&gt;lisa [dot] stal&lt;/span&gt; [at] &lt;span class=&quot;host&quot;&gt;klarna [dot] com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Erlang Training and Consulting &lt;br/&gt;- News: 16 March 2011: Erlang/OTP R14B02 has been released</title>
	<guid>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1227</guid>
	<link>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1227</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Erlang/OTP R14B02&lt;/strong&gt; has been released as previously announced.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;See the release notes in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://erlang.org/download/otp_src_R14B02.readme&quot;&gt;readme file&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Download the new release from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://erlang.org/download.html&quot;&gt;download page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Highlights:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;EDoc handles Erlang specifications and types&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;All tests run with Common Test&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;halfword emulator is offcial. Usage --enable-halfword-emulator  during configure. This is Faster and uses less memory than the standard 64-bit  emulator.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Dependency generation for Makefiles has been added to the compiler and erlc.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
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	<title>Erlang Training and Consulting &lt;br/&gt;- News: 15 February 2011: Ulf Wiger and Michal Ptaszek will be presenting at the ACCU 2011</title>
	<guid>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1226</guid>
	<link>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1226</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;Two of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-solutions.com&quot;&gt;Erlang Solutions&lt;/a&gt; finest programmers will be talking at this years ACCU on April 13-16, 2011 at the Barcelo Oxford Hotel, Oxford, UK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ulf Wiger &lt;/strong&gt;will give a 90 minute talk titled &quot;How hard can it be? How never to learn from failure.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Abstract: Do we ever learn from failure? Already in the Mythical Man-month, Fred Brooks talked about how programmers constantly underestimate difficulty, and, if they didn't, they wouldn't even dare to get started writing code. Programmers get to grips with hard problems by trying to solve them. Boldly exclaiming &quot;how hard can it be?&quot;, we dive in, and often find out exactly how hard it can be. We then try to teach others, but find that they are dead-set on learning the hard way too. In this talk, we will explore with practical examples how this dynamic leads to repeated disasters when scaled to large projects.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Michal Ptaszek &lt;/strong&gt;will give a 90 minute talk on &quot;ComputErl - Erlang-based Framework for Many Task Computing&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Abstract: This talk shows how the Erlang programming language can be used for creating a framework for distributing and coordinating the execution of many task computing problems. The goals of the proposed solution are (1) to disperse the computation into many tasks, (2) to support multiple well-known computation models (such as master-worker, map-reduce, and pipeline), (3) to exploit the advantages of Erlang for developing an efficient and scalable framework and (4) to build a system that can scale from small to large number of tasks with minimum effort. We present the ComputErl framework, and the promising results in preliminary experiments with benchmarks as well as real scientific applications deployed over hundreds of nodes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Other speakers include John Hughes, Tom Preston-Werner and Michael Feathers. you can find more information &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-solutions.com/events/2/entry/1188&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Erlang Training and Consulting &lt;br/&gt;- News: 24 February 2011: Erlang Factory London 2011 - Talk Submission Open</title>
	<guid>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1224</guid>
	<link>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1224</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2011&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Erlang Factory London 2011&lt;/a&gt; is returning once again and will be held on 6th &amp;ndash; 10th June 2011 and we have opened the call for talk submissions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Do you have what it takes to lead a conference session or tutorial?    Have you made an interesting innovation, open source application or    product with Erlang/OTP? Have you used Erlang in a real-world project    and want to present a case study? Or have you developed a cool tool and    want to give a hands-on tutorial? Tell us about it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We welcome submissions from developers, system designers, testers,    community leaders, inventors, CTOs, evangelists, students, researchers    and entrepreneurs alike. Participants at the Erlang Factory want to  hear   about how Erlang/OTP is used real-world scenarios, talks about  tricks,   tools and applications which increase productivity or enable   developers  to write better code.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The deadline for talk submissions is the 13th April 2011 and you can submit yours &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2011/submit_talk&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can follow &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twitter.com/erlangfactory&quot;&gt;@erlangfactory&lt;/a&gt; on twitter for the latest news.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Erlang Training and Consulting &lt;br/&gt;- News: 18 February 2011: Programme Announced for the Erlang Factory SF Bay Area 2011</title>
	<guid>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1218</guid>
	<link>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1218</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/SFBay2011/programme&quot;&gt;programme&lt;/a&gt; has been announced for this year's Erlang Factory SF Bay Area. The 3rd Erlang Factory SF Bay Area will take place at the Hilton Hotel San Francisco Airport on the 21st -25th March.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Keynote talks this year will come from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/SFBay2011/speakers/KostisSagonas&quot;&gt;Kostis Sagonas&lt;/a&gt; who will discuss &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/SFBay2011/speakers/KostisSagonas&quot;&gt;Half a Dozen Tools for Modern Erlang Program Development&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/SFBay2011/speakers/DanIngalls&quot;&gt;Dan Ingalls &lt;/a&gt;who will explore &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/SFBay2011/speakers/DanIngalls&quot;&gt;From Metacircular IDE to End User Programming, It's just not that hard&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With other speakers including &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/SFBay2011/speakers/DamienKatz&quot;&gt;Damien Katz,&lt;/a&gt; Creator of CouchDB and CouchOne Founder, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/SFBay2011/speakers/RobertVirding&quot;&gt;Robert Virding&lt;/a&gt;, inventor of Erlang and Bluetail co-founder, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/SFBay2011/speakers/CliffMoon&quot;&gt;Cliff Moon&lt;/a&gt;, Dynomite creator and committer and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/SFBay2011/speakers/NoahGift&quot;&gt;Noah Gift&lt;/a&gt;, co-author of &quot;Python For Unix and Linux System Administration&quot; this years Factory boasts the best programme we have ever put together.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Early Bird Rate of $690 for the just the conference or $1490 for the University course with free entry to the conference is available until the 28th February. This is a saving of over $200 so don&amp;rsquo;t miss out and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/SFBay2011/register&quot;&gt;book now&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Erlang Training and Consulting &lt;br/&gt;- News: 11 February 2011: Erlang Solutions are proudly sponsoring QCon London 2011</title>
	<guid>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1211</guid>
	<link>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1211</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;This year's Qcon London will be on the 9th - 11th March 2011 at the The  Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre London and has a great line up of  names from the programming world.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As well as sponsoring the event, we will also have the Erlang Trio, Robert Virding, Ulf Wiger and Francesco Cesarini speaking at the conference. We will have a stand there, so please drop by and say hi and feel free to talk to us about your Erlang needs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We look forward to seeing you there.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Erlang Training and Consulting &lt;br/&gt;- News: 02 February 2011: Erlang Solutions Appoints new MD of Nordic Countries</title>
	<guid>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1208</guid>
	<link>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1208</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;Anders Waldner joins the Erlang Solutions expert team as its new Managing Director of Nordic countries, with immediate effect. He will be based in our Stockholm office. Anders responsibilities will include overseeing the operational aspects of the business and managing the workforce to ensure Erlang Solutions&amp;rsquo; continued and rapid expansion in the Nordic market. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are delighted by the 23 years experience in the technology industry that Anders will bring to Erlang Solutions. Before joining Erlang Solutions he worked with Logica, a business and technology service company. Within Logica he held a number of roles including acting CEO, Director of Operations, Senior Business Developer and Group Head of e-Commerce. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All of us here at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-solutions.com&quot;&gt;Erlang Solutions&lt;/a&gt; look forward to working with Anders.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more information please see the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-solutions.com/press-releases/3/entry/1209&quot;&gt;press release&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Erlang Training and Consulting &lt;br/&gt;- News: 31 January 2011: Call for Summer Interns 2011</title>
	<guid>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1207</guid>
	<link>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1207</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;Erlang Solutions regularly provides summer internships for IT undergraduate students with a basic understanding of Erlang or other functional programming languages. Many former interns have said that this was the best learning experience they have ever had. We will be interviewing for this year's summer internships over the next couple of months.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With offices in 3 exciting European locations, Stockholm, London and Krakow, the internships offer you the chance to work with some of the best Erlang programmers around.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Internships can be tailored around the University holidays or be taken as Erasmus Scholarships.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more information and to apply, please visit our &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-solutions.com/jobs/listing&quot;&gt;Jobs section&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Functional Jobs: Software Developer (Functional Programming) at Jane Street (Full-time)</title>
	<guid>urn:uuid:98e2297a-f87a-ba13-2844-7d31e72cc7ec</guid>
	<link>http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/63/software-developer-functional-programming-at-jane-street</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;Jane Street is looking to hire great software developers with an interest in functional programming. OCaml, a statically typed functional
programming with similarities to Haskell, Scheme, Erlang, F# and SML, is our language of choice. We&amp;#039;ve got the largest team of OCaml developers
in any industrial setting, and probably the world&amp;#039;s largest OCaml codebase. We use OCaml for running our entire business, supporting everything from research to systems administration to trading
systems. If you&amp;#039;re interested in seeing how functional programming plays out in the real world, there&amp;#039;s no better place.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The atmosphere is informal and intellectual. There is a focus on education, and people learn about software and trading, both through
formal classes and on the job. The work is challenging, and you get to see the practical impact of your efforts in quick and dramatic terms. Jane Street is also small enough that people have the freedom to get involved in many different areas of the business. Compensation is highly competitive, and there&amp;#039;s a lot of room for growth.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can learn more about Jane Street and our technology from our main site, janestreet.com. You can also look at a a talk given at CMU about
why Jane Street uses functional programming
(ocaml.janestreet.com/?q=node/61) our programming blog (ocaml.janestreet.com), and some papers we&amp;#039;ve written about our experience using functional programming in the real world
(janestreet.com/technology/articles.php)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We also have extensive benefits, including:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;90% book reimbursement for work-related books&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;90% tuition reimbursement for continuing education&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Excellent, zero-premium medical and dental insurance&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Free lunch delivered daily from a selection of restaurants&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Catered breakfasts and fresh brewed Peet&amp;#039;s coffee&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;An on-site, private gym in New York with towel service&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Kitchens fully stocked with a variety of snack choices&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Full company 401(k) match up to 6% of salary, vests immediately&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Three weeks of paid vacation for new hires in the US&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;16 weeks fully paid maternity/paternity leave for primary caregivers, plus additional unpaid leave&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;More information at http://janestreet.com/workplace/benefits.php&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 22:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Erlang Training and Consulting &lt;br/&gt;- News: 21 January 2011: New Offices for the Erlang Solutions Team in Krakow, Poland</title>
	<guid>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1205</guid>
	<link>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1205</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-solutions.com&quot;&gt;Erlang Solutions&lt;/a&gt; team in Krakow has once again outgrown their space. We have moved to a new central location in the old town, only a 5 minute walk from the main train station and the central square. The new offices have their own training facilities capable of hosting Erlang User Group meetings, the Evening School of Erlang and Hackathons, providing a hub for the growing local Erlang community. It will also allow the existing team to comfortably triple in size in the upcoming year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Krakow Office View&quot; src=&quot;http://www.erlang-solutions.com/upload/images/69/Krakowofficeview.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Krakow View&quot; width=&quot;184&quot; height=&quot;235&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can see the views from the other offices on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=47752&amp;id=170711784976&amp;saved#!/album.php?aid=47752&amp;id=170711784976&quot;&gt;Erlang Solutions Facebook group&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Erlang Training and Consulting &lt;br/&gt;- News: 19 January 2011: Erlang Solutions appoints new CEO</title>
	<guid>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1198</guid>
	<link>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1198</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;Stuart Whitfield joins the Erlang Solutions expert team as its new Chief   Executive Officer, with immediate effect. He will be based primarily  in  our London office but will oversee all of the Erlang Solutions  offices  worldwide.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Stuart&amp;rsquo;s role will be varied with his key responsibility being the day-to-day management of the&amp;nbsp;company, including operations, regional offices and finances, ensuring Erlang Solutions meets its objectives and continues its rapid expansion. Stuart has previously been involved with Erlang Solutions as a part-time, non-executive director, during which time the company doubled its turnover, whilst maintaining its profit margins.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Stuart has been impressed with the range of talent within the company and looks forward to working with everyone to develop the company.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;All of us here at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-solutions.com&quot;&gt;Erlang Solutions&lt;/a&gt; look forward to working with Stuart.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more information please see the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-solutions.com/press-releases/3/entry/1203&quot;&gt;press release&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 10:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Erlang Training and Consulting &lt;br/&gt;- News: 18 January 2011: Erlang Solutions launches a course in Test Driven Development with Erlang</title>
	<guid>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1204</guid>
	<link>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1204</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;The course is aimed at Support and Test Engineers, and Software Developers who have knowledge of basic Erlang. Ultimately the course will allow you to write more reliable and maintainable software thus saving time and money.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The first trip out for this course will be at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-solutions.com/http:www.erlang-factory.com&quot;&gt;Erlang Factory SF Bay Area 2011&lt;/a&gt; and it will also be delivered by Fred Hebert. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/SFBay2011/register&quot;&gt;Registration&lt;/a&gt; is currently open and a Very Early Bird Discount is being offered which will save you $400 off the cost of the course and give you entry to the 2-day conference. This is a fantastic discount and one that is only valid for the first 50 people to register.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The course will also be running in London in June. More information can be found on our &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-solutions.com/training/courses&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Erlang Training and Consulting &lt;br/&gt;- News: 13 January 2011: Registration is now open for the Erlang Factory SF Bay Area 2011 - Save $400!</title>
	<guid>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1199</guid>
	<link>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1199</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;Registration for the third &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/SFBay2011&quot;&gt;Erlang Factory Bay Area Conference&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://erlang-factory.com/conference/SFBay2011/university&quot;&gt;Erlang University&lt;/a&gt; courses is now open. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/SFBay2011/register&quot;&gt;Register&lt;/a&gt; now and the first 50 people will receive a Very Early Bird Discount of $400!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/SFBay2011&quot;&gt;Erlang Factory&lt;/a&gt; Conference will take place at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/SFBay2011/venue&quot;&gt;Hilton San Francisco Airport Hotel&lt;/a&gt; on 24th - 25th March 2011. As in previous years, the conference is aimed at Erlang enthusiasts from architects to newbies.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You will get the chance to, see some fantastic names from the Erlang world including, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/SFBay2011/speakers/joearmstrong&quot;&gt;Joe Armstrong&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/SFBay2011/speakers/RobertVirding&quot;&gt;Robert Virding&lt;/a&gt;&amp;ndash; the inventors of Erlang, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/SFBay2011/speakers/DamienKatz&quot;&gt;Damien Katz&lt;/a&gt; &amp;ndash; the creator of CouchDB, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/SFBay2011/speakers/KostisSagonas&quot;&gt;Kostis Sagonas&lt;/a&gt; - Leader of the HiPE team at Uppsala University and inventor of Dialyzer&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Stay tuned and follow the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twitter.com/erlangfactory&quot;&gt;@erlangfactory&lt;/a&gt; on twitter for further announcements or check the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/SFBay2011&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; where you can also register to receive the Very Early Bird Discount&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Functional Jobs: Python and Erlang Engineers at Smarkets (Full-time)</title>
	<guid>urn:uuid:3cc90dfc-a103-0a9a-f047-a3ee6f75ad15</guid>
	<link>http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/60/python-and-erlang-engineers-at-smarkets</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A bit about Smarkets&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Smarkets is a real-time online trading platform with an Erlang backend and Python frontend. Smarkets is one of the Wall Street Journal&amp;rsquo;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://on.wsj.com/dHumVW&quot;&gt;Top 10 Tech Startups to watch in Europe&lt;/a&gt;, was shortlisted for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://smarkets.com/press-releases/smarkets-finalist-startups-awards-2010-shortlist/&quot;&gt;Startups Awards&lt;/a&gt;, and is heavily driven by user-focused design and a focus on technology and engineering as a first class discipline. We use agile product development techniques and release changes frequently.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We are also heavily invested in world-class technical talent from such pedigree as Wolverine Trading, UBS, Last.fm, and Yahoo!; and are looking to foster that reputation within the community and investors.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A bit about the job and working environment&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The part of our stack which runs behind the website is one of the few websites that uses Erlang as a primary language, and is supported by other well-known Erlang projects such as RabbitMQ and CouchDB.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The non-Erlang pieces of our stack are entirely written in Python, and relies heavily on asynchronous programming techniques and REST.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Key Responsibilities&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Build new products and services that augment our exchange offering;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improve existing market exchange infrastructure and services;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Program primarily using Python and Erlang; and&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Work in a start up environment where getting things done is crucial.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Requirements&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Computer Science (or related technical field) degree or equivalent professional experience;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The ability to learn quickly with enthusiasm;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The ability to work independently and lead design/architecture of new features;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Knowledge of transaction processing and relational database design; and&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Prior experience delivering solid web-related products in a GNU/Linux environment.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bonus points&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Functional programming experience;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Experience with web technologies and methodologies like web servers, REST, and protocol buffers;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Using Git in a multi-developer environment.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other information about the job&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;This is a full time, on site job;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pay is &amp;pound;30k &amp;ndash; &amp;pound;60k, depending on experience plus options;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The job is based in &lt;a href=&quot;https://smarkets.com/about/contact/&quot;&gt;Clerkenwell, London, United Kingdom&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;We&amp;rsquo;re open to helping you relocate to London for the right candidate.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Links&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://smarkets.com/about/team&quot;&gt;http://smarkets.com/about/team&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://smarkets.com/api/documentation/&quot;&gt;http://smarkets.com/api/documentation/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.smarkets.com&quot;&gt;http://blog.smarkets.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://smarkets.com/about/press/&quot;&gt;http://smarkets.com/about/press/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you&amp;rsquo;re looking for a flexible, agile team to work with; want to work somewhere free of big corporate politics; would like a cool project to work on; and fit the above criteria we&amp;rsquo;d love to hear from you! Please provide a CV and some examples of your recent or relevant work.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Functional Jobs: Junior Erlang Programmer at Klarna (Full-time)</title>
	<guid>urn:uuid:d0ffb0e4-3a12-96ee-a043-24b128d72ef6</guid>
	<link>http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/40/junior-erlang-programmer-at-klarna</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;The year was 2005 and e-commerce had long been precarious. With an idea to offer secure and simple payment solutions, Klarna was founded that same year. Six years have passed and we have grown to an ambitious and creative company of over 400 employees. We have been awarded Company of the Year in -07 (bragging), increased our turnover by 13 570 % (statistics) and managed to become the Nordic market leader (facts). Klarna is partly owned by Investment AB &amp;Ouml;resund and Sequoia Capital - a company that saw the same potential in Google, YouTube and Apple Computer, as they do in us. We think that is a good start.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Take the opportunity to develop in the new wave of web interface!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What do you want?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You do not just wish to learn the techniques and tools used by Facebook, Google, and Amazon to build high-performance, reliable network services, but you also want join in and further develop them. You want to learn Erlang, the language that makes it easy to program in multi-core and distributed environments. You want to be part of an exceptional development team, working with some of the most famous names in the Erlang world.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What do we want?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;At Klarna we put development at the center and our development team currently consists of over 40 reputable developers and technicians whom together have over 100 years experience in Erlang and over 300 years of programming experience. We have a great passion and we strive to be in the technological forefront of everything we do: reliable servers, user-friendly Web interface and financial services.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Klarna is expanding and we need more developers who can take our proprietary systems to new heights - a system that is the essence of a financial business that serves millions of consumers around the Nordic region.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We are looking for someone who:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;is a very good programmer and who loves to write qualitative code&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;wants to work with a functional programming language&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;has a strong individual drive to get things done
is creative and dares to think outside the box&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;have strong analytical skills&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;can work independently&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;wants to work at a young and forward business&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Note that we are hiring several people for this position! The selection process is ongoing, so apply immediately. The process also includes various tests. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Location: Stockholm&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Start: As soon as possible&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Are you up for the challenge?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Functional Jobs: Senior Programmers at Klarna (Full-time)</title>
	<guid>urn:uuid:52e0eaa7-4904-55cd-a2a3-04a5abf79213</guid>
	<link>http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/41/senior-programmers-at-klarna</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;The year was 2005 and e-commerce had long been precarious. With an idea to offer secure and simple payment solutions, Klarna was founded that same year. Five years have passed and we have grown to an ambitious and creative company of 400 employees. We have been awarded Company of the Year in -07 (bragging), increased our turnover by 13 570 % (statistics) and managed to become the Nordic market leader (facts). Klarna is partly owned by Investment AB &amp;Ouml;resund and Sequoia Capital - a company that saw the same potential in Google, YouTube and Apple Computer, as they do in us. We think that is a good start.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Our company&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Klarna has since it&amp;#039;s formation in 2005 focused on building a world class development department. Six years later we are well on the way to achieving this goal. With almost 45 reputable developers with over 100 years of combined experience in Erlang and over 300 years of programming experience. We are passionate about what we are achieving and working hard to keep at the forefront of delivering high quality financial services with extremely high levels of reliability and usability.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Facebook, Google and Amazon have with great success been using new technologies and tools to build high performance and reliable services on the Internet. Now Klarna is looking for senior programmers who want to take these technologies even further. These positions are especially interesting to those of you wishing to join an exceptional development team with some of the worlds most renown Erlang programmers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The position&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Due to our continuous expansion we are looking for new colleagues who can help us develop the Klarna system. A system which is the core of our financial services that serve millions of consumers around Scandinavia. With us you will be working with Erlang - all to make it easy to program in mulitcore and distributed environments.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As a developer you work will help Klarna reach 1,5 million consumers, directly affect your 400 fellow Klarna employees and support the 6000 e-stores that daily work in the Klarna system. Your code will analyse and process transactions for several billion kronor per year in a complex and distributed environment.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In your work you will cooperate closely with the rest of the development department in an atmosphere of performance and entrepreneurship. We have chosen to create a development department that stimulates every developer and gives them great personal freedom. We develop using the Kanban agile methodology and each team has great freedom to organise it&amp;#039;s own work.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We are looking for those of you who:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;are very talented programmers, at least 8 years of programming or 4 years of Erlang programming&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;have a strong desire to get things done&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;want to work with the latest technologies within web (e.g. Erlang and Ajax)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;are creative and innovative&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;are analytical&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;can work independently&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;love to program in functional languages (e.g. Erlang, Haskell, Scheme) or modern high level languages such as Scala, Ruby and Python&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We look positively on candidates with experience of:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;GUI-development, internet banks, distributed databases, Scrum, electronic payment methods, statistical analysis, Erlang, XML, HTML, Yaws, OTP, Mnesia.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Note that we are hiring several people for this position! The selection process is ongoing, so apply immediately. The process also includes various tests. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Location: Stockholm&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Start: As soon as possible&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Functional Jobs: Technical Web Developer at Streamtech (Full-time)</title>
	<guid>urn:uuid:4be65f6b-46ef-5615-98ea-c3a1040d69ec</guid>
	<link>http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/43/technical-web-developer-at-streamtech</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;We are on the lookout for programmers who like to write pragmatic but elegant code.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;who we&amp;#039;re looking for&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Elegant code makes you happy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To you, programming is not just a job but a hobby. You&amp;#039;ve been programming for fun for years.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You&amp;#039;re not blind to practical demands, but you relish doing things the right way. When something seems to work but you&amp;#039;re not sure how or why, you bang your head against it until you understand.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You like the net.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You love exploring interesting new languages, concepts and approaches.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Having played with Lisp, Haskell, Erlang, Prolog, Smalltalk, or other &amp;quot;alternative&amp;quot; languages gets you bonus points. The same goes for language/compiler implementation, kernel hacking and cryptography.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Because of the unfortunately strict immigration laws, already having permission to work in the Netherlands is also a plus.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;the job&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You&amp;#039;ll be working on the development of our diverse web based projects &amp;ndash; in streaming video, lawful interception and online ad management, to name a few topics &amp;ndash; together with the rest of the programming team, from our office in The Hague.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Together with the rest of the team, you&amp;#039;ll make applications that are technically elegant and pleasant to work with, using whatever language and technologies suit the project best.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You will be involved in projects from A to Z &amp;ndash; including finding out what exactly the customer needs, choosing the best approach for the job, and then developing it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;what we use&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We work with a variety of languages (Python, Lisp, PHP, Java and C, among others): whatever we think is best suited for the job. We don&amp;#039;t expect you to have experience with all the languages we use, but we do expect you to be able to learn new things and enjoy doing it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;what we offer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A challenging, fun job in a small but professional team that does not think Java, OOP and XML are the answer to every question.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Functional Jobs: Senior Erlang Engineer at ExactTarget (Full-time)</title>
	<guid>urn:uuid:ca592f79-4ce3-1489-3d8d-1f36ddc44ac5</guid>
	<link>http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/45/senior-erlang-engineer-at-exacttarget</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;ExactTarget is seeking a Senior Erlang Engineer to play a pivotal role in the development of new features for our industry leading one-to-one marketing platform. The successful candidate is a versatile developer with excellent proficiency in using Erlang in production environments and keen attention to detail that permits them to own the final quality assurance of their solutions. The successful candidate must be highly adaptable, capable of learning new technologies and APIs and demonstrate passion and enthusiasm for designing and implementing products.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Primary Responsibilities&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Design/implement software solutions based upon needs and requirements.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Research issues identified by QA and develop succinct solutions.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Required Skills/Experience&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Bachelor&amp;rsquo;s degree or equivalent experience in software engineering, computer science, or computer &amp;amp; information systems.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Excellent knowledge of Erlang and memcached.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Proven experience with building and scaling high-traffic web services.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Excellent written and verbal communication skills.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Proven experience developing solutions to complex and unusual technology challenges.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Preferred Skills/Experience&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Intermediate/expert-level proficiency with Erlang, Amazon Web Services, message queuing architectures or developing SaaS API&amp;rsquo;s.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Intermediate/expert-level proficiency with agile methods, git, or continuous integration.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Functional Jobs: Software Engineer at Quora (Full-time)</title>
	<guid>urn:uuid:2585cae4-4daa-47c9-1afc-83959f0f28ac</guid>
	<link>http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/47/software-engineer-at-quora</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;Quora is a continually improving collection of questions and answers. We believe it has the potential to become one of the largest sources of high-quality information available.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We&amp;#039;re looking for engineers and product designers to help. Some of the challenges are highly algorithmic, such as coming up with ways to organize and categorize the information effectively so that users can efficiently find what they need; others are very technical, such as working to make a web application that is complex while still being very fast; and many of the challenges are in product design, such as figuring out a way to set up and grow a healthy community and constructing intuitive interfaces for users. Quora is based in downtown Palo Alto, CA and is funded by Benchmark Capital.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We are committed to building a cutting-edge technology company that develops software the right way and is a place where engineers love to work. Some of the tools we are using include Python, Pylons, nginx, memcached, Thrift, and git. We&amp;#039;re using continuous deployment and EC2, so all code you write will go live to production within minutes no matter what time it is. Both founders are developers. We want to build a fantastically strong engineering team and the first engineers that join us should set the tone for that.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Requirements:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science or equivalent&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Extraordinary software engineering talent&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Substantial experience developing web applications&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Knowledge of TCP/IP and network programming&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Experience with compilers, distributed systems, and machine learning a plus&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Proficiency programming in Python a plus&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Familiarity with functional or declarative programming languages (OCaml, Erlang) a plus&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The number of years of professional experience you have isn&amp;#039;t important to us&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;You should be ready to make this startup the primary focus of your life&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In the short run, the most important thing is to scale and improve our first product, and so it is critical that you can immediately make big contributions to our complex web-based application. In addition to working with us in writing the software, the ideal candidate should be proficient outside the technical realm--making good product decisions, designing user interfaces that are both pretty and functional, being an effective marketer and recruiter, and being capable of handling anything else that comes up. You should also be fearless and broad inside the technical realm, happy to tackle CSS and JavaScript as readily as you are to take on optimizing the performance of a backend service in C or Java. You should be ready to jump down into C and write an interpreter for a simple language if necessary, or hook up a cluster of machines to run a distributed machine learning job you wrote. In general, you should be very good at getting things done outside your comfort zone.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You will be required to make good decisions about important things without much oversight. You should be comfortable with autonomy and ownership of large areas of product and infrastructure. It&amp;#039;s a plus if you have worked on projects in your spare time, such as programming games in middle school or high school. An ideal candidate will have the potential to grow into a strong leadership role over time--in either a technical or management capacity (i.e. eventually the equivalent of a Google Fellow or a V.P.)&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Functional Jobs: Erlang/OTP Developer at Cloudant (Full-time)</title>
	<guid>urn:uuid:1a01c474-0f1e-0c81-ea13-4e47df26ce52</guid>
	<link>http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/48/erlang-otp-developer-at-cloudant</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;At Cloudant we&amp;#039;re building a hosted data platform based on the Apache CouchDB project.  We&amp;#039;re serious about data management, analytics, search and distributed systems.  Our founding team consists of 3 physics PhDs from MIT and our company includes experts in database tech, devops, analytics, UI/UX, and search.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We&amp;#039;re looking for talented and passionate software engineers to join us at our Boston and Seattle offices.  You should be a technical generalist ready and eager to jump into any problem and able to learn the skills necessary to do so.  You will be working closely with our CTO on the core parts of our data platform and have the opportunity to influence product development at the highest levels.  Our only requirement is that you have experience writing Erlang/OTP applications.  While not necessary, experience with the other tools we use for our platform (C/C++, CouchDB) is a huge plus.  We&amp;#039;re more impressed by talent, passion, and ability to execute well in a small team (since we are a small team).  Here is a list of requirements and other things that can&amp;#039;t hurt your chances:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;REQUIREMENTS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mastery of Erlang/OTP Applications for distributed systems&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LIST OF THINGS THAT CAN&amp;#039;T HURT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Experience developing in C/C++&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Familiarity with CouchDB and other NoSQL databases&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Notable experience working on open-source projects&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;An advanced degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical field&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Cloudant is a VC-funded software startup with offices in Boston and Seattle. Compensation includes full time salary, generous equity compensation plan, and benefits. More info at: http://cloudant.com&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Functional Jobs: Clojure Developer at Runa (Full-time)</title>
	<guid>urn:uuid:4d292798-093d-3311-2895-840fee09cde3</guid>
	<link>http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/49/clojure-developer-at-runa</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The language:&lt;/strong&gt; The majority of our codebase is in Clojure. We&amp;#039;re looking for accomplished Clojure programmers - be it in a professional setting, or open-source projects. If you&amp;#039;re just getting started with Clojure, that is OK too, as long as you also have experience with other languages such as Haskell, Erlang, an ML, or a Scheme/Lisp, or Prolog. Significant Ruby or Python experience (the languages, not just Rails or equivalent) might be OK also. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The bottom line is that we&amp;#039;re looking for smart engineers who have taken the trouble to learn/use these other languages because they&amp;#039;re unsatisfied with the popular ones.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bottom-up:&lt;/strong&gt; You should be able to think in a meta manner. You should understand what it means to create a system from the bottom-up... Runa is driven by several domain-specific languages - all the way from analytics through to what an end consumer sees on a merchant website. You need to be able to think in layers and abstractions, and understand that building up complexity by composing simpler pieces is the natural way to grow software.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Distributed systems:&lt;/strong&gt; Runa is a complex system - with a lot of moving parts. Such a distributed system comes with globs of incidental complexity. We need to minimize this complexity, but also deal with it effectively. You should have experience with such systems, and have battle-scars that will help avoid mistakes and improve the ability to debug the system, increase testability, maintainability, and so on. You should be familiar with architecture patterns of distributed systems.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Big data:&lt;/strong&gt; We collect a lot of data. A lot. And we need to quickly analyze all that data to extract insights and to create reports on the behavior of visitors vis a vis dozens of parameters. If you have experience wrangling large volumes of data, we want you!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Performance:&lt;/strong&gt; As you can imagine, the Runa SaaS is extremely time-sensitive, since it needs to respond to end-users in real-time, as they browse merchant sites. You should know how to profile and optimize large systems. Experience with various tools is a plus. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scaling:&lt;/strong&gt; Again, Runa is a SaaS that services online merchants. Each time we add a client, we have to handle all their traffic. Each page on a merchant website may call our servers multiple times.  We need to be able to scale the system up, and provide predictable and reliable throughput under loaded conditions. We should be able to determine how much capacity is needed at various points in the system. We need to be fault-tolerant and reliable (and never negatively impact a client website). Experience with scaling large systems is a plus, as is experience with various tools.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;General engineering:&lt;/strong&gt; We&amp;#039;re a small engineering team and we want to keep it as small as we can. Everyone needs to play multiple roles. You should be ready to roll up your sleeves and jump in to handle whatever comes up. It isn&amp;#039;t all about Clojure - it&amp;#039;s about getting things done.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Agile/Lean:&lt;/strong&gt; We use Mingle to drive our development process. You should be familiar with various agile/lean methodologies. We are fanatics about automated testing so you should have extensive experience with various testing tools/frameworks/philosophies and understand designing for testability.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Experience/education:&lt;/strong&gt; You should have at least 6 years of software development experience, most of them spent dealing with issues in the fields above. A degree in electrical engineering or computer science (or equivalent) is required.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FPS:&lt;/strong&gt; Experience with Quake, Counter Strike, or any such game is a real bonus.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Want to prove that traditional models of software development are lacking? That more can be done with less? Join the elite engineering team at Runa!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Functional Jobs: Sr. Software Engineer &amp;ndash; Skype Connect at Skype (Full-time)</title>
	<guid>urn:uuid:46d9ce93-1213-0031-eee1-554faae7f5f5</guid>
	<link>http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/53/sr-software-engineer--skype-connect-at-skype</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Wider Brief&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As a member of the Skype for Business Team, you will help build a new suite of services serving millions of business users. Our growing San Francisco-area team will leverage open standards to deliver communication services--including voice, video, chat and presence--to the web and enable radically new Skype applications and transform the way businesses collaborate.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Business Specific brief&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Skype for Business builds on the community of Skype users to deliver collaboration experiences targeted at small teams in businesses of all sizes. By focusing on the way real teams work together we are making collaboration services more relevant to more people. The Skype community and the availability of the Skype experience (PCs, MACs, phones, TVs and on the web) allows us to bring the Skype collaboration experience to users on whatever device they use.  This coupled with the quality of the experience and the excitement and familiarity users already have for Skype experiences provides us with a unique opportunity to deliver wonderful, ubiquitous and genuinely useful collaboration experience that make Skype for Business users truly awesome&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Skype is seeking a motivated Software Engineer with a passion for delivering quality software solutions. You will be an integral part of a cross-functional team including Product Managers, Testers/Quality Engineers and Architects. This is not a manual testing job. You will be designing and developing a suite of web based collaboration and communication services for millions of business users.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Key Responsibilities&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;World-class Software Solutions&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Work within an agile development environment with the Product Managers on a daily basis to scope, develop and deliver world-class software solutions to support business requirements&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Play an active role in the design, development and unit testing of production software&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Collaborate with and assist the Product Managers to develop and execute release planning&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Development Process&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Write code!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Plan and estimate work effort and help to continuously improve the agile development process.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Service Building&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Build efficient and reusable services that can scale to support large numbers of users building on top of scalable infrastructure&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Participate and contribute to architecture meetings for defining how backend systems will work for massively deployed web applications&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Coordinate with internal development teams in multiple geographies to deliver high quality integrated solutions on time and on budget&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Leadership&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The candidate should have demonstrated skills and experience in working within / contributing to high performing teams, while mentoring junior team members.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Lead one or more teams of developers delivering collaboration SaaS&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Expertise/Experience&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Proven track record of building and deploying large-scale distributed systems&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Extensive programming experience in an Object Oriented programming language. e.g. C++, Java, etc.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Moderate experience with multiple scripting languages such as Python, Perl, Bash.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Working knowledge of Erlang or some modern functional language desirable.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Good working and applied knowledge of networking protocols including TCP and UDP&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Good working and applied knowledge of communication and web protocols including HTTP, SIP/SIMPLE and XMPP&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Extensive experience programming multi-threaded systems.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Experience working with Cloud storage technologies such as Cassandra, Riak, Voldemort is desired.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Applied working knowledge of Service-oriented architecture (SOA).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Worked with messaging technologies such as Protocol Buffers, Thrift and/or Message Queues.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Experience developing software in LAMP environments.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Extensive experience using and/or designing RESTful APIs&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A working knowledge of Agile Development or an enthusiasm and passion to learn.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Experience developing complex network and telecommunications or Web applications services such as Azure, S4 or another large-scale internet service are desirable.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A minimum of 4 - 6 years experience leading software development team in a world class development environment.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Problem Solving Skills/Analytics&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, with extensive technical troubleshooting and the ability to use all aspects of testing, including functional, regression, load and system testing.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Interpersonal Skills&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Confident and articulate in expressing their ideas to a mixed audience with varying views and challenges&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Cultural sensitivity and a proven ability to work with teams and partners across multiple geographies&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A sense of personal ownership is required, together with the ability to deliver to tight deadlines while managing internal stakeholder expectations&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Motivation and Passion&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The candidate should be creative and passionate about generating new ideas with a drive to explore areas where others haven&amp;#039;t gone.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Have the stamina and tenacity to deliver great software solutions, with a passion for working with other developers of all personality types&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Qualifications&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;BS or MS degree in Computer Science or Engineering OR equivalent years of work experience.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Min of 4 - 6 years experience of applicable work experience&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Functional Jobs: Member of Research Staff at Nokia (Full-time)</title>
	<guid>urn:uuid:0de9bd81-e580-f663-e73a-734a50ccbe38</guid>
	<link>http://functionaljobs.com/jobs/57/member-of-research-staff-at-nokia</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;Nokia produces in a year more than 500 million mobile devices with rich communication, media and sensing capabilities. In addition to the device manufacturing being significant logistics operations producing terabytes of data, Nokia&amp;#039;s emerging services, software and content platforms result in various streams of diverse data.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Data Insight team in Nokia Research Center Palo Alto foacuses on the challenges and opportunities of such data. The team aims at performing world-class research on processes and techniques to derive insights to data. The team&amp;#039;s approach combines the theoretical foundations of data analysis and computer science to hands-on skills on rapid development of scalable systems with practical relevance. The work includes gathering, analyzing, developing methods and building statistical and computational models from real-world datasets. The research topics include scalable mining of services and manufacturing, adaptivity in mobile terminals, and massively distributed information processing and collective mining in the planetary-scale networks of people and devices.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This position gives you an opportunity to contribute to one of the most exciting open-source Map/Reduce implementations in the world, Disco (http://discoproject.org), using Erlang, Python and Javascript. You will engineer scalable infrastructure for Big Data from the ground up, together with specialists in large-scale computing, visualization, data mining and machine learning.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Qualifications&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We are looking for candidates with strong experience using Erlang, Python, and Javascript and who are familiar with problems of scalability and distributed computing. Experience with other languages, such as C, Haskell or Standard ML, is a plus. Candidates should be comfortable thinking in the Map/Reduce paradigm and anxious to develop platforms for Big Data, as well as tools for data analysis and machine learning that go well beyond the state-of-the-art.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Erlang Training and Consulting &lt;br/&gt;- News: 22 December 2010: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Erlang Solutions</title>
	<guid>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1196</guid>
	<link>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1196</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;Erlang Solutions would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. This year we have decided that instead of sending Christmas cards, we would donate the money to a worthwhile cause. After much discussion we agreed that this year&amp;rsquo;s worthwhile cause would be Kiva.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;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 microfinance 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.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;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 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the mean time we wish 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)!! May snowflakes fall upon you like thousands of tiny concurrent processes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.erlang-solutions.com&quot;&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Xmas&quot; src=&quot;http://www.erlang-solutions.com/upload/images/65/erlangxmas.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Xmas&quot; width=&quot;195&quot; height=&quot;101&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Erlang Training and Consulting &lt;br/&gt;- News: 30 November 2010: Francesco Cesarini is giving a tutorial on Erlang basics at YOW! on Sat December 4th</title>
	<guid>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1183</guid>
	<link>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1183</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;Lonely Planet (The guide book publisher!) kindly volunteered one of their meeting rooms, seating anything from 5 to 100 people. The location was in Footscray, 5km from the city center. (A short walk from the station).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The tutorial starts on start at 9.00 and lasts until 14.30, on Satuday December 4th. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This hands on tutorial gives an introduction to the Erlang programming language. You can learn the basics of how to read, write and structure Erlang programs. We will 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 then provide an overview of the error handling mechanisms used to build fault tolerant systems with five nines availability, and wrap up by introducing the gen_server, the most commonly used behaviour of the OTP middleware.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Erlang Training and Consulting &lt;br/&gt;- News: 05 October 2010: Erlang Solutions Announces the Appointment of Robert Virding as Principal Language Expert</title>
	<guid>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1179</guid>
	<link>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1179</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;Robert Virding, Co-Inventor of Erlang, joins the Erlang Solutions expert team. Erlang Solutions today announced that Robert Virding will be joining the company as Principal Language Expert.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He will be based in their Stockholm office as of 4th October 2010. His role within the company will be varied involving being a visionary, research lead and mentor. He will be directly involved in strengthening our product offerings and distribution while being an outward face towards the community. &amp;nbsp;Francesco Cesarini, founder of Erlang Solutions says: &amp;ldquo;I am immensely proud of the fact that Erlang Solutions is attracting the best Erlang developers. The addition of Robert Virding further strengthens our standing in the very heart of the Erlang Community.&amp;rdquo; Ulf Wiger, CTO of Erlang Solution says &amp;ldquo;Robert was the very reason I got into Erlang back in 1992. Together with Erlang Solutions board member Bjarne D&amp;auml;cker, he taught a course I attended at the University. Robert is an outstanding teacher and lecturer, and his contribution to the Erlang community has been consistently excellent, even during the years when it wasn't his day job. We are proud to be able to bring him back in full force&amp;rdquo;. &lt;br /&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt; Robert joined the Ericsson Computer Science Laboratory in 1984. He was a member of the initial design group, shaping the Erlang language and designing many of the original libraries, compiler and garbage collector. He left Ericsson to become a co-founder of Bluetail AB, one of the first Erlang startups acquired by Nortel Networks. A contributor to the Erlang community and frequent speaker at international conferences, he also finds the time to write books and articles on Erlang. Robert had this to say about his new role at Erlang Solutions: &quot;I have always been impressed with the effort and energy that Erlang Solutions put into supporting the Erlang community and the quality and breadth of their work. I am thrilled to become a member of the team and be part of their ongoing success.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Erlang Training and Consulting &lt;br/&gt;- News: 17 November 2010: Erlang Solutions Pioneers the First Total Erlang Development Environment</title>
	<guid>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1181</guid>
	<link>http://www.erlang-solutions.com/news/1/entry/1181</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;Erlang Solutions Ltd, the world&amp;rsquo;s largest specialist Erlang services and support company, today announced the introduction of its new continuous integration environment, Swarm.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Swarm will bring to market a new portfolio of bespoke Erlang/OTP (Open Telecom Platform) packages and make them available to more Erlang users worldwide than ever before. They also announced that each new Erlang/OTP package will come with fully customised commercial grade support.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Due for roll-out over the next 12 months, Swarm is a collaborative development environment, which will enable Erlang Solutions to create a wider portfolio of bespoke Erlang/OTP packages available beyond erlang.org&amp;nbsp; opening up Erlang, the programming language, to a broader user-base.&amp;nbsp; Swarm will support the full span of platforms, from embedded to super computers, and can be used to custom-build, on a near demand basis, Erlang applications. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Erlang Solutions&amp;rsquo; commercial support for Erlang/OTP gives users the opportunity to provide their customers with a service backed by a service level agreement (SLA).&amp;nbsp; The support will be tailored for each user&amp;rsquo;s requirements, from lone developers to Fortune 500 companies, giving them access to specialist consultancy, whenever they need it, and whatever they need it for.&amp;nbsp; Users will also have access to SLA guidelines, online sign-up and ticket reporting, and immediate access to patches as they become available.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the first time in Erlang&amp;rsquo;s history, users can access both a broader portfolio of Erlang/OTP packages and commercial grade support through one source, Erlang Solutions, providing existing Erlang users with the best service available on the market and creating a new launch pad for new users.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;We are entering an exciting era for Erlang and Erlang Solutions is proud to be providing a unique total environment to the entire development ecosystem, worldwide,&amp;rdquo; said Marcus Taylor, CEO, Erlang Solutions Ltd. &amp;ldquo;Our vision is to bring Erlang to the fore as the programming language of choice by making it as accessible and as compelling as possible through our unique offering. We are confident that with our commitment to delivering a best of breed environment for Erlang users and with the support of our dedicated staff, who make up the largest grouping of Erlang specialists in the world, we can make this a reality.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more information please contact:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Erlang Solutions&lt;br /&gt;Rachael Parker / Ryan Waters&lt;br /&gt;+44 207 751 4444&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;erlang@miliberty.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Process-one News: ProcessOne announces the new version of TextOne</title>
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	<link>http://www.process-one.net/en/news/article/processone_announces_the_new_version_of_textone/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The SMS 2.0 app, TextOne retains all the functions of its long-term predecessor... without the inconveniences.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PARIS, FRANCE - 16 November 2010&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;- ProcessOne, the French expert in Interpersonal Web communication, announces the new version of TextOne, its smartphone to smartphone messaging app.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Available soon on the Apple App Store, in the same way as its predecessor, TextOne v2 comes in 2 versions: TextOne Classic and TextOne Pink. Version 1.0 (beta) of TextOne continues to be available for Android and Blackberry smartphones.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In order to meet the needs of version 1.0 users, ProcessOne is enriching its app with functions corresponding to new mobile uses. Still just as easy to use, TextOne 2.0 is more interactive and, in particular, enables users to add Facebook contacts to TextOne's database with a simple click.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;E-mail, instant messaging, SMS and social network convergence takes on its full meaning with TextOne. The opportunity to add e-mails to discussions initiated by mobile web surfers on TextOne meets ProcessOne&amp;rsquo;s wish to accompany users in changes in digital uses.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;The specific feature of version 2.0 of TextOne is its openness. The app is open to Facebook, as well as GTalk discussions and chat type conversations via e-mail&amp;rdquo; explains Micka&amp;euml;l R&amp;eacute;mond, the founder of ProcessOne. &amp;ldquo;Unlike equivalent systems, which rebuild closed communities, TextOne is based on extensive and open communities of millions of users: Gtalk and all XMPP messaging users, e-mail and Facebook users.&amp;rdquo; &amp;nbsp;It should be noted that TextOne is also available on iPad and iPod Touch. The app is already accessible on the Android Market and AppStore. Android and BlackBerry apps are currently free of charge. The iPhone app costs &amp;euro;0.79/$0.99.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The four major functions of TextOne v2:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Insert photos in text discussions&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Integrate e-mails into TextOne conversations. It is now possible to send and receive messages by e-mail. In practice, this means that the user is able to chat by e-mail, including with users which do not have TextOne. E-mail conversations also support photo attachments.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Federate users with Gtalk. Mobile web surfers are able to chat directly with their Gtalk contacts in TextOne. They just need to launch a conversation via their Gtalk login.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Launch of a Facebook app helping users to find friends on Facebook who already use TextOne, start a discussion with them and include them in their contact list. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;The specific feature of version 2.0 of TextOne is its openness. The app is open to Facebook, as well as GTalk discussions and chat type conversations via e-mail&amp;rdquo; explains Micka&amp;euml;l R&amp;eacute;mond, the founder of ProcessOne. &amp;ldquo;Unlike equivalent systems, which rebuild closed communities, TextOne is based on extensive and open communities of millions of users: Gtalk and all XMPP messaging users, e-mail and Facebook users.&amp;rdquo; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It should be noted that TextOne is also available on iPad and iPod Touch. The app is already accessible on the Android Market and AppStore. Android and BlackBerry apps are currently free of charge. The iPhone app costs &amp;euro;0.79/$0.99.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Among TextOne&amp;rsquo;s other functions:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Push support and offline messages&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;No per message cost&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;No complex procedures for accepting contacts&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;No presence or status&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Privacy: no need to use your telephone number, which helps to keep your number private. Therefore, this app can be used on iPod Touch and iPad.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Connect TextOne contacts to the address book to obtain contact names and photos.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For further information, visit: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.process-one.net/en?URL=http%3A%2F%2Ftext-one.com%2F&quot;&gt;http://text-one.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;About ProcessOne&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Founded in 1999, Process-one is a French editor specialising in high-performance messaging solutions. An expert in interpersonal web communication, the company actively developed the instant messaging server ejabberd and provided high-level sales support for ejabberd installations throughout the world. Process-one is one of the main suppliers of real-time messaging and communication services solutions. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Its offering concerns companies wanting to deploy instant messaging with or without inter-connection with existing networks (MSN, Yahoo!, AOL). It is also designed for Internet companies wishing to enrich the services offered to their users. Noted for its resistance to large-scale change, the solution has been deployed among major customers around the world in order to build personalised services (Meetic, Portugal Telecom, SIPPhone, Nero, etc.), and, today, it has more than 45 million users.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For further information, visit: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.process-one.net/en?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.process-one.net%2F&quot;&gt;http://www.process-one.net/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Process-one News: Strategic Guide: The Interpersonal Web</title>
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	<link>http://www.process-one.net/en/imtrends/article/strategic_guide_the_interpersonal_web/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;Download the document:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;English version:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.process-one.net/resources/research/ProcessOne_Strategic_Guide-Interpersonal_Web.pdf&quot;&gt;Strategic Guide: The Interpersonal Web&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(PDF).&lt;/li&gt;
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	<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Process-one News: Strategic Guide: Instant Messaging and Security</title>
	<guid>http://www.process-one.net/en/news/article/strategic_guide_instant_messaging_and_security/#When:10:46:44Z</guid>
	<link>http://www.process-one.net/en/imtrends/article/strategic_guide_instant_messaging_and_security/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;Businesses recognise that instant messaging can help to improve employee productivity, but are often reluctant to sanction its use due to concerns about security. This Strategic Guide examines the real risks associated with instant messaging in corporate environments and explains how to mitigate them.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Download the document:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;English version:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.process-one.net/resources/research/ProcessOne_Strategic_Guide-Security.pdf&quot;&gt;Strategic Guide: Instant Messaging and Security&lt;/a&gt; (PDF).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;French version: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.process-one.net/resources/research/ProcessOne_Strategic_Guide-Security_FR.pdf&quot;&gt;Guide Strat&amp;eacute;gique:&amp;nbsp;Messagerie instantan&amp;eacute;e &amp;amp; S&amp;eacute;curit&amp;eacute;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(PDF).&lt;/li&gt;
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	<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Process-one News: ProcessOne launches online marketplace for instant messaging services  and applications</title>
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	<link>http://www.process-one.net/en/news/article/online_marketplace_for_instant_messaging_services_and_applications/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;PARIS, FRANCE – 27 April 2009&lt;/b&gt; – ProcessOne, an instant messaging (IM) solutions provider with over 35 million registered users in the world, today announced the launch of its online IMstore to meet the growing demand for IM*. The IMstore will enable businesses to directly purchase instant messaging applications and services, which have been created by ProcessOne and independent XMPP developers, allowing them to customise their corporate instant messaging platforms to meet their specific needs.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Initially, users will be able to buy ProcessOne’s OneTeam IM client for the iPhone and corporate IM gateways from the IMstore. OneTeam gives users access to mobile IM services on the iPhone / iPod Touch devices. It is ideally suited for business as it can be used in a corporate environment with an organisation’s own XMPP server, meaning that users can communicate more securely using the public IM accounts they are familiar with. ProcessOne’s IM gateways enable businesses to connect to six of the most popular instant messaging networks – MSN, AIM, ICQ, Yahoo!, GoogleTalk and Twitter – without users needing to leave their existing corporate instant messaging solution, providing IT departments with greater control. As the IMstore continues to grow further applications will be added including VoIP and video applications.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;ProcessOne is looking to create a developer ecosystem with the launch of the store, in order to tap into developers’ innovation and provide them with the opportunity to monetise the IM applications that they develop. By giving developers the opportunity to create their own applications and sell them through the store, ProcessOne aims to further promote the development of open standard instant messaging platforms and applications.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;“Instant messaging is continuing to grow and especially as more enterprises are seeing it as a valuable communications tool,” commented Mickael Remond, CEO of ProcessOne. “The IMstore is a unique model for mixing open source and commercial software.  By creating a marketplace, developers now have a way to showcase and make money from the IM applications that they develop.  This is also very beneficial to businesses as they now have access to a one-stop shop for all their IM needs, which enables them to quickly purchase applications and customise their messaging platforms.” &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To visit the ProcessOne IMstore, please go to : &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.process-one.net/en/imstore/&quot;&gt;http://www.process-one.net/en/imstore/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Editors’ Notes&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* According to the Radcati Group, the number of IM accounts worldwide will grow from 1.8 billion in 2008 to over 3.7 billion by 2012&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h1&gt;About ProcessOne&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Founded in 1999, ProcessOne is a specialised creator of high performance instant messaging solutions. The company actively develops the instant messaging server ejabberd and offers a high level of commerical support throughout the world. ProcessOne is one of the principal providers of instant messaging solutions and real time communications services.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;ProcessOne’s solution has become the benchmark in the deployment of high performance instant messaging solutions. Solutions are for enterprises who want to deploy an internal instant messaging solution with or without interconnection with existing networks (MSN, Yahoo!, AOL). They are also for online communities that want to improve the services offered to its users. Known for its robustness under heavy loads, the solution is deployed with important clients around the world for building personalised services (Meetic, Portugal Telecom, SIPPhone, Nero) and today has over 35 million users.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For further information please visit : &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.process-one.net/&quot;&gt;http://www.process-one.net/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Process-one News: Lack of education restricts growth of mobile instant messaging</title>
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	<link>http://www.process-one.net/en/imtrends/article/lack_of_education_restricts_growth_of_mobile_instant_messaging/</link>
	<description>&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;London, UK – 4 February 2009 -&lt;/b&gt; Research released today by instant messaging experts, ProcessOne, has revealed that 60% of mobile users would send less text messages if they were better educated about how to use mobile instant messaging (IM) services.   Despite many more of today's mobile handsets having IM capability only 35% of the users surveyed currently used mobile IM with text messaging remaining the dominant communications medium.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In the UK on average 6.5 billion text messages are sent per month*, however, the research did reveal that users are becoming increasingly frustrated with what they can do with text messaging.  58% of respondents cited character restrictions as their biggest frustration, followed by lack of real-time communication (22%) and lack of multimedia capability such as video (20%).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;“There is a great opportunity for mobile operators to educate their users about the benefits of mobile IM, said Mickaël Rémond, CEO of ProcessOne.  “Despite remaining very popular, text messaging hasn’t evolved with users’ communication habits. With today's mobile devices consumers are wanting a much more real-time and interactive experience, in order to better communicate with friends and colleagues.”&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In the same way that texting and mobile voice calls only took off when users were able to communicate easily and cost-effectively with each other irrespective of network, the survey revealed that central to the future success of mobile IM will be interoperability.  Just over two thirds of respondents stated that they would use mobile IM more if their network operator provided them with a single IM service that would connect with contacts on other networks.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mobile IM pricing remains an unclear issue for many users, as nearly half of people questioned said that the ‘apparent’ high cost was the biggest barrier towards them using mobile IM services. However, interestingly the majority of users (40%) said that they would prefer to pay for mobile IM on a pay-per-message basis, as opposed to a low-cost monthly subscription (30%) or advertising funded model (30%).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;“There definitely needs to be better clarity regards mobile IM pricing.  It is apparent that people are willing to use services if they are priced correctly so there is plenty of room for mobile operators to develop innovative pricing options, whether it is a flat-rate fee or micro billing for add-on IM services, such as message histories or file downloads,” concluded Mickaël Rémond.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The research was conducted by independent market research company TNS and was a survey of 2,000 mobile phone users in Great Britain.  For further details of the survey, please contact Spark Communications on +44 (0)20 7436 0420.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Mobile Data Association (MDA), October 2008
&lt;br /&gt;

&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;About ProcessOne&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Founded in 1999, ProcessOne is a specialised creator of high performance instant messaging solutions. The company actively develops the instant messaging server ejabberd and offers a high level of commercial support throughout the world. ProcessOne is one of the principal providers of instant messaging solutions and real time communications services.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;ProcessOne’s solution has become the benchmark in the deployment of high performance instant messaging solutions. Solutions are for enterprises who want to deploy an internal instant messaging solution with or without interconnection with existing networks (MSN, Yahoo!, AOL). They are also for online communities that want to improve the services offered to its users. Known for its robustness under heavy loads, the solution is deployed with important clients around the world for building personalised services (Meetic, Portugal Telecom, SIPPhone, Nero) and today has over 35 million users.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For further information please visit : &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.process-one.net/&quot;&gt;http://www.process-one.net/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Downloads&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Press release: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.process-one.net/resources/research/20090204_mobile_IM_research_release.pdf&quot;&gt;Lack of education restricts growth of mobile instant messaging&lt;/a&gt; (PDF)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.process-one.net/resources/research/ProcessOne_research_results-mobile_IM_FINAL.pdf&quot;&gt;ProcessOne Mobile Instant Messaging Research Result&lt;/a&gt; (PDF)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
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	<title>Process-one News: ProcessOne launches the first business-class instant messaging client for the iPhone</title>
	<guid>http://www.process-one.net/en/news/article/business_class_instant_messaging_client_for_the_iphone/#When:13:42:10Z</guid>
	<link>http://www.process-one.net/en/news/article/business_class_instant_messaging_client_for_the_iphone/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;PARIS, FRANCE – 5 November 2008&lt;/b&gt; – ProcessOne, an instant messaging (IM) solutions provider with over 35 million registered users in the world, today announced the launch of OneTeam, which is the first business-class IM client for the Apple iPhone.  Built on ProcessOne’s renowned open-source IM platform, it provides business users with secure and flexible access to IM services.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;OneTeam can be downloaded from the Apple App Store on iTunes, giving users access to mobile IM on the iPhone and iPod Touch devices.  OneTeam enables users to reuse their existing IM accounts through server side gateways, meaning they can get in contact with existing contacts on AIM® / MobileMe®, ICQ ®, MSN ® / Windows, Yahoo! ® and GoogleTalk®.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;OneTeam is ideally suited for business users as it can be used in a corporate environment with a businesses’ own XMPP server.  For the IT department this means they can much more effectively manage IM, ensuring security and compliance, while at the same time giving users the flexibility of using the public IM accounts they are familiar with.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;“The iPhone is fast emerging as the device of choice for many business users, many of whom will require instant messaging capability,” said Mickaël Rémond, CEO of ProcessOne.  “Our OneTeam client allows businesses to have the best of both worlds when it comes to IM by allowing users to continue to use public IM clients, but also providing the capability for them to be brought under the control of the IT department so they can be managed and maintained effectively.” &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;OneTeam enables users to communicate using the software on their iPhone when connected to WiFi, 3G and Edge networks, enabling them to stay connected wherever they are in the world.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Key features of the of the OneTeam service include:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;No per-message charges – OneTeam uses a users’ existing data plan&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Enables users to access their Gmail® account directly&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Clean and streamlined workflow&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Compliance with the open XMPP standard&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;OneTeam can be used in a corporate environment with a corporate XMPP server&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Users can chat with their contacts on other IM networks&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;“We are committed to making OneTeam an instant messaging application that users will love using, so will be continuing to develop the software and introduce new features. We will be actively soliciting feedback from our users to ensure that they have the functionality they need to communicate via IM to friends, colleagues and business partners in the future,” concluded Mickaël Rémond.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;OneTeam is available at the Apple App Store on iTunes and costs €4.99 (£3.49) to download.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;References:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.process-one.net/en/solutions/oneteam_iphone/&quot;&gt;OneTeam for iPhone home page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=292511942&amp;mt=8&quot;&gt;OneTeam on Itunes Appstore&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h1&gt;About ProcessOne&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Founded in 1999, ProcessOne is a specialised creator of high performance instant messaging solutions. The company actively develops the instant messaging server ejabberd and offers a high level of commerical support throughout the world. ProcessOne is one of the principal providers of instant messaging solutions and real time communications services.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;ProcessOne’s solution has become the benchmark in the deployment of high performance instant messaging solutions. Solutions are for enterprises who want to deploy an internal instant messaging solution with or without interconnection with existing networks (MSN, Yahoo!, AOL). They are also for online communities that want to improve the services offered to its users. Known for its robustness under heavy loads, the solution is deployed with important clients around the world for building personalised services (Meetic, Portugal Telecom, SIPPhone, Nero) and today has over 35 million users.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For further information please visit : &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.process-one.net/&quot;&gt;http://www.process-one.net/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Process-one News: Majority of UK businesses miss out on instant messaging benefits because of security fears</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;London, UK – 10 July 2008 -&lt;/b&gt; Research released today by instant messaging experts, ProcessOne, revealed that 72% of UK businesses have banned the use of public instant messaging (IM) software, such as MSN, AIM and Yahoo!, because of security fears. These fears include the ability for employees to download the software without the IT department’s knowledge and potentially use it to send confidential information outside the business. This is despite the fact that 74% of those surveyed say that they think IM could provide valuable collaboration benefits to their organisation; indicating that at the moment, security fears are overriding the opportunity that UK businesses have to increase collaboration and business productivity.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;“It is a shame that more businesses in the UK aren’t taking advantage of the benefits that instant messaging can bring,” said Mickaël Rémond, CEO of ProcessOne. “Many organisations are torn between wanting to maximise security or gain collaboration and productivity benefits, and clearly maintaining security is winning at this point. However, businesses need to ask themselves whether taking such a knee-jerk reaction as completely banning the use of IM is really the best option for the company.”&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The concern about the security risks of allowing public IM use within the organisation was widespread, with 88% of IT directors saying they were concerned. In fact, over half (56%) said that their organisation was worried about losing sensitive business information through IM conversations. However, despite this, only 12% of those surveyed said that their company kept an audit trail of IM messages sent by employees using free public IM software. Considering the increasing number of regulations which specify that all communication, including instant messages, needs to be kept, this means that 88% of UK businesses are potentially at risk of not complying and will have no way of confirming if confidential information was sent outside the business using public IM.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When questioned further about their organisation’s reaction to the need to keep audit trails of IM conversations in order to comply with regulations, over one third (38%) of IT directors said that their business had banned the use of public IM outright. 21% said that their company is using a private IM system, instead of public IM, so that audit trails can be kept. Some businesses had a more extreme reaction with 15% not allowing any type of instant messaging because they thought it was too difficult to keep reliable IM conversation audit trails. More worrying, however, was that, 8% of IT directors said that their business doesn’t bother to keep track of IM message audit trails at all because they think the process is too complicated, and 10% did not know that audit trails needed to be kept.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The research also found that about half of IT directors thought that staff would be reluctant to use a corporate IM tool instead of using the public IM software that they were used to, leaving them with little choice but to ban IM completely if they were concerned about security.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;“Clearly, everyone recognises the benefits that IM can bring. However, the challenge will be for businesses to look for strategies that enable them to reap the rewards without putting themselves at risk of a security breach,” said Mickaël Rémond, CEO of ProcessOne. “While corporate IM tools are changing and becoming more user friendly, the best solution is to find a way to allow employees to use whichever solution they are most comfortable with, while providing a way for businesses to enforce their IT policies to protect the organisation and ensure that audit trails are kept. Only by finding a strategy that allows this level of flexibility can businesses hope to maximise their security, as well as their collaboration and productivity.”&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The research was conducted by independent market research company Vanson Bourne and was a survey of 100 senior IT decision-makers from enterprises of 1000 or more employees. For further details of the survey, please contact Spark Communications on (0)207 436 0420&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;h2&gt;About ProcessOne&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Founded in 1999, ProcessOne is a specialised creator of high performance instant messaging solutions. The company actively develops the instant messaging server ejabberd and offers a high level of commerical support throughout the world. ProcessOne is one of the principal providers of instant messaging solutions and real time communications services.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;ProcessOne’s solution has become the benchmark in the deployment of high performance instant messaging solutions. Solutions are for enterprises who want to deploy an internal instant messaging solution with or without interconnection with existing networks (MSN, Yahoo!, AOL). They are also for online communities that want to improve the services offered to its users. Known for its robustness under heavy loads, the solution is deployed with important clients around the world for building personalised services (Meetic, Portugal Telecom, SIPPhone, Nero) and today has over 45 million users.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For further information please visit : &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.process-one.net/&quot;&gt;http://www.process-one.net/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;h2&gt;Downloads&lt;/h2&gt;

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&lt;li&gt;Press release: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.process-one.net/resources/research/20080619_IM_research_release.pdf&quot;&gt;Majority of UK businesses miss out on instant messaging benefits because of security fears&lt;/a&gt; (PDF)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.process-one.net/resources/research/ProcessOne_research_results-enterprise_IM_FINAL.pdf&quot;&gt;ProcessOne Entreprise Instant Messaging Research Result&lt;/a&gt; (PDF)&lt;/li&gt;
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	<title>Process-one News: Major League of Baseball teams up with ProcessOne to deploy large scale chat system</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;The MLB.com site offers a wealth of information and services, including Game Day, a flash-based audio application that enables fans to follow every pitch as it happens.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;MLB.com wanted to make its web site as ‘sticky’ as possible so that fans would want to come to the site, get involved and stay for a long period of time. It therefore decided to develop a new instant messaging facility to enhance the features of Game Day. At first, the organisation had some concerns about the project. A previous attempt to develop instant messaging had been unsuccessful because the solution implemented had been neither sufficiently scalable to meet demand nor visually exciting enough. MLB.com therefore knew that the success of the new venture would depend heavily on its choice of platform. The organisation had to find an instant messaging server that would give it both the flexibility to innovate and the confidence to grow.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In the previous year, MLB.com’s Game Day application had attracted over 85 million users. MLB.com knew how many concurrent visitors it attracted to its site on game days and it knew what its average year-on-year growth was. It also knew how many fans had used its earlier instant messaging service. Using these figures as the basis for some solid statistical analysis, it anticipated that demand for its new chat facility would not only be huge – but would also grow steadily over time.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;h2&gt;Providing quality support&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;MLB.com interviewed a lot of potential partners for the project and carried out practical
product evaluations. However, the solutions that it initially tested failed to provide the
flexibility and scalability that it needed. Then, MLB.com met ProcessOne at a conference in
California. “We were immediately impressed by ProcessOne’s offering,” says Joe Choti, CTO of
MLB.com. “ProcessOne was head and shoulders above everyone else.”&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;ProcessOne provides high performance instant messaging servers that are based on ejabberd, an open source technology that is mainly written in the Erlang programming language. As it runs in a cluster mode, ejabberd is highly robust and can be easily expanded in size, making it ideal for large-scale deployments. MLB.com was familiar with ejabberd and quickly identified that the ProcessOne Instant Messaging Server could meet all of its requirements.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;“ejabberd is a full featured jabber server compared to the other products that are in the market,” explains Christian Gough, system administrator at MLB.com. “The ProcessOne Instant Messaging Server offered every feature that we desired. By leveraging the scalability of Erlang, the solution allows us to easily expand and adapt the server whenever we want to in the future.”&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The CEO of ProcessOne travelled to New York to work directly with MLB.com’s internal team and specify the precise requirements of the solution. “His help was extremely timely and useful,” says Gough. “The quality of support that we have received from ProcessOne has been very, very good.”&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;h2&gt;Creating an innovative service&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For MLB.com, the visual concept of the solution was just as important as the underlying technology. The organisation wanted to create a Game Day chat facility that would give fans the look and feel of experiencing a live game with other fans. It therefore based its new instant messaging service on a virtual ballpark. Fans can visit different sections of the online ballpark during a game to join different chat sessions on different topics with different groups of people.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In one part of the virtual ballpark, fans of the home team can be discussing the state of the pitch or the decisions of the coach. In other parts of the ballpark, fans from opposing
teams can get together to argue the merits of different players. “This is by-appointment chat,” explains Choti. “The ballpark opens when the game begins and closes when the game ends. An automated session manager feature manages the chat rooms and ushers users out at the end of a game, just as they would be ushered out of a real ballpark.”&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As part of the project, ProcessOne developed a customised module for MLB.com to allow its ejabberd-based instant messaging server to interact with the company’s existing web services and authenticate users against its user database. “Users can now log in once to MLB.com and use a range of different services, including the chat facility, without having to log in again to a separate system,” explains Gough.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The entire instant messaging solution, including the customised module, was deployed in a very short timeframe. “ProcessOne took us from conception to deployment in just three weeks,” recalls Choti.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;h2&gt;Meeting requirements by 110%&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;MLB.com is delighted with its new chat service. Over the course of each season, it now facilitates different instant messaging sessions at as many as 25,000 venues. This Game Day chat facility is helping to attract more users to the site and is encouraging visitors to stay on the site longer. This gives the company more opportunities to cross-sell and up-sell from its range of merchandise and services. In addition, MLB.com anticipates that the chat service will also help it to attract higher value advertisers to its site.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The feedback from users has been very positive. “Users absolutely love it,” says Choti. “We believe that we now offer one of the most exciting chat facilities available today.”&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The ProcessOne Instant Messaging Server is performing very strongly. “The use of Erlang and clustering in the solution architecture not only ensures scalability, but also adds to the solution’s stability and flexibility,” says Gough. “The ProcessOne Instant Messaging Server offers a plethora of features and we have been able to easily extend it to meet our unique requirements.”&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;“The ProcessOne Instant Messaging Server has met our requirements 110 per cent,” adds Choti. “From the very first day that we brought the server online, we have not had a single problem with it. It’s a champ!”&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Now that its Game Day chat facility is up and running, MLB.com doesn’t plan to stand still. Every year it tweaks and enhances its web site with new features. “We are very confident that the ProcessOne platform is scalable and robust enough to support us in whatever direction we go,” says Choti.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;He concludes: “Our success has been based, not only on the technical solution provided by ProcessOne, but also on the personal support
provided by ProcessOne. ProcessOne is not a vendor; it’s a partner and that’s a very important distinction.”&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;h2&gt;References&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Download the case study (PDF): &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.process-one.net/resources/case_studies/ProcessOne_ML_Baseball_Case_Study_v5.pdf&quot;&gt;MLB.com scores a home run with instant messaging from ProcessOne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;action&quot; href=&quot;http://www.process-one.net/en/customers/case_studies/&quot;&gt;Click to access more case studies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Paris, France - October 3, 2007&lt;/b&gt; - Portugal Telecom has deployed ProcessOne's Instant Messaging solution as their core Instant Messaging platform. This leading european Internet Service Provider (ISP) has established a strong relationship with ProcessOne and is totally satisfied with the scalability and robustness of their new Instant Messaging system.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Owned by Portugal Telecom, SAPO is the largest Internet Service Provider (ISP) in Portugal.  The company had a large online messaging community, but its existing server was simply not stable enough to cope with demand.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&quot;We had daily interruptions in service, which were costing us customers,&quot;&lt;/i&gt; explains Pedro Melo, technical consultant at SAPO.  &lt;i&gt;&quot;We worked with the existing supplier for quite a long time to try to resolve these stability issues, but it just got to the point when we couldn't put up with the costs and problems any longer.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As an ISP, the company needed a stable server to support its instant messaging (IM) capability and a more flexible platform for delivering a wider range of customer services.  In addition, it needed a server that could scale horizontally as its customer base grew.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;SAPO was already aware of ProcessOne and so contacted the company for its advice.  &lt;i&gt;&quot;We discovered that ProcessOne solutions were already successfully powering some very big and growing sites, and this gave us all the reassurance we wanted,&quot;&lt;/i&gt; says Melo.  &lt;i&gt;&quot;We didn't need to look any further.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h1&gt;Migrating platforms quickly&lt;/h1&gt;

&lt;p&gt;ProcessOne specialises in developing high-performance messaging solutions based on the ejabberd server.  A standard technology from the Internet Engineering Task Force, ejabberd is based on the widely accepted eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) and offers a highly robust messaging platform.  ejabberd is also an open source technology and is thus a secure choice for SAPO.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;ProcessOne helped SAPO to prepare the migration from its existing server and then customise the technology.  It advised the company about integration with its existing internal infrastructure and provided tools for load testing.  The migration was completed very quickly and without any significant issues.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&quot;We were up and running in less than two months,&quot;&lt;/i&gt; explains Melo.  &lt;i&gt;&quot;ProcessOne was extremely helpful.  The team was interested in our business, provided us with good advice and support and always reacted quickly if we had any issues.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 

&lt;p&gt;SAPO is confident that it made the right decision in selecting an ejabberd-based platform. &lt;i&gt;&quot;ejabberd is the enterprise-class, large-scale deployment king,&quot;&lt;/i&gt; says Melo.  &lt;i&gt;&quot;It has been working very, very well.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h1&gt;Living in an open world&lt;/h1&gt;

&lt;p&gt;SAPO has a longstanding commitment to open source technologies, so ejabberd provides a good fit with the company's IT strategy.  If it needs to, the company knows that it can look into the code itself, diagnose problems and suggest fixes or customisations.  &lt;i&gt;&quot;SAPO has a strong open source culture,&quot;&lt;/i&gt; explains Celso Martinho, CTO of SAPO.  &lt;i&gt;&quot;Using open source software enables us to be innovative, flexible and reactive in a global market where the absence of these qualities can seriously hurt your business.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Through their work together, ProcessOne has produced a number of ejabberd product extensions to meet SAPO's specific business requirements, and SAPO now plans to make these extensions openly available to other users of ejabberd.  SAPO also plans to publish the code it developed for migrating from its previous solution to the ejabberd platform, and it believes that this, in particular, will be very useful to other companies. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But it is not just the ejabberd technology that is open.  ProcessOne also has a very open relationship with its clients.  &lt;i&gt;&quot;The company provides us with access to its internal development site, so that we can see exactly what it is doing and the status of all tasks,&quot;&lt;/i&gt; explains Delfim Machado, technical project leader at SAPO.  &lt;i&gt;&quot;Both sides feel that nothing is hidden.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   

&lt;h1&gt;Delivering integrated services&lt;/h1&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Since going live with ejabberd, SAPO has been able to successfully use IM to enhance other services.  For example, it has integrated its ejabberd server with its SMS network, so customers can now send messages to the mobile phones of friends and colleagues from their PCs using IM.  Similarly, customers can elect to receive an IM message when a new comment is posted to their blog or when they receive an important email from a specific email address.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&quot;We are really excited about all of the possibilities with ejabberd,&quot;&lt;/i&gt; says Melo.  &lt;i&gt;&quot;The integration of IM with other services creates a really strong differentiator for us.  In the future, we plan to integrate more and more services with IM.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In particular, SAPO plans to work with ProcessOne in the months ahead to extend the use of IM into the areas of multi-media and Voice over IP (VoIP).  As new technology standards emerge, SAPO will also work with ProcessOne to integrate these into its ejabberd platform and services. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Martinho concludes: &lt;i&gt;&quot;ejabberd has proven to be a carrier-class solution.   It has provided us with a robust and scalable platform that we can trust for our messaging projects.  We have a strong relationship with ProcessOne and are very confident about the future.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Download the complete Case Study in PDF format: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.process-one.net/resources/sapo_case_study_1.pdf&quot;&gt;ProcessOne Provides a Stable and Flexible Instant Messaging Platform for leading European ISP&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h1&gt;About ProcessOne&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Based in France, ProcessOne specialises in the development of high-performance messaging solutions.  The company is actively developing the ejabberd server and offers strong commercial support for ejabberd installations around the world.  More information about ProcessOne is available at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.process-one.net/en?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.process-one.net&quot;&gt;http://www.process-one.net&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

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