New Delhi, 10 September, 2008 - Impetus Technologies (www.impetus.com), the pioneers in outsourced product development and engineering services, today proudly announced that it has gone live with its first ever open source project - Zing. Zing is a Java-based OpenSocial-compatible social networking website.

Zing is an open sourced Social Networking Site (SNS) built in Java. It is compatible to 0.8 OpenSocial specifications. Zing uses Shindig as its OpenSocial container. This will be beneficial to those who need ready-made social networking sites for creating communities, dating, educational groups etc.

Zing provides a very good basic SNS on which one can build one's own social networking website. It is licensed under Apache License 2.0 and is also a very neat reference implementation for the Shindig framework in Java. Implementation of some important features like OAuth, Caja (safe javascript for gadgets) etc. makes Zing extra special. OpenSocial Gadgets can be very well hosted over Zing.

Rachana Salgia, V.P. - Engineering, Research & Development says on the occasion, "This was only possible because we have some of the country's best engineers in Impetus who are dedicatedly working towards accelerating the development of OpenSocial. We believe we can now address the needs of the global social networking community with Zing, simple yet very robust and extensible application."

Unlimited possibilities can be provided by these social networking sites. Their role has evolved as a medium where old friends meet, new relationships are created, small businesses can be transacted and they also offer a practical and effective platform for advertising. Today, online businesses consider these sites as the best resources of new ideas as well as potential buyers.

Impetus in-house R&D group called iLabs continues to explore the evolution of strategies, techniques, and technologies, essential in the drive for organizational mobility, agility and success. Within iLabs, the company has an expert group of engineers working on the latest innovations on different technologies, exploring new technology domains like mobile, wireless, new media, speech, IPTV and VOIP etc. This group also works on proof of concepts for new product ideas and prototyping new products, which can be later spun off as independent product teams.

About Impetus:
Headquartered in San Jose (CA), Impetus Technologies provides outsourced software product design, R&D and related services to leading global software product companies. Impetus has been involved with hundreds of product launches over its decade-long association with its clients ranging from enterprise class companies to innovative technology start-ups.

Impetus works on cutting-edge technologies to develop a variety of next-generation products for a range of vertical domains. From enterprise applications that optimize supply chains and credit portfolios, to solutions for the emerging rich media and digital content verticals; and from products for wireless networks and mobile handsets to software for network forensics and communication monitoring, Impetus' emphasis on continuous innovation adds significant value to its clients' technology initiatives.


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