A new version update, RSSBus Beta 4c, is now available - just in time for next week's O'Reilly Emerging Technologies Conference.  This update includes core engine performance enhancements, updates to the shipping RSSBus connectors, new sample scripts, and a new profile provider model for storing individual user information.     

The new Profile provider enables developers to customize the storage of RSSBus profile information.  This allows developers to build custom providers that define how and where user information is stored.  This enhancement enables the RSSBus Feed Server to work seamlessly in a hosted environment where individual users maintain their own profile information.  This release includes a pre-built Windows Registry Provider Manager, as well as a new ASP.NET Profile Manger that interfaces with ASP.NET Membership Services

In addition, RSBScript now includes the new <rsb:pipe> construct that  simplifies the syntax for pipelining feeds together between operations.  Instead of nesting operation calls within each other the rsb:pipe syntax provides easy to use Unix-style linear execution.

<rsb:pipe>
  <rsb:call op='ListUnpaidInvoicesInQuickBooks.rsb' />
  <rsb:call op='EmailCustomerNoticeOfCollections.rsb' />
  <rsb:call op='EmailAccountsReceivableCollectionsReport.rsb' />
</rsb:pipe>

Please download the latest public Beta and let us know what you think.  If you are going to be at ETech next week, make sure to stop by our booth and pick-up your very own RSSBus.

Download the latest Beta (Beta 4c) of RSSBus Desktop Edition or RSSBus Feed Server online.

If you are attending next week’s Emerging Technology Conference in sunny San Diego, make sure you stop by our booth to meet the RSSBus Team. Last year’s show was a huge success and the feedback that we received was invaluable.

Also if you are attending, make sure you don't miss the presentation by Amit Sharma, Technical Architect of RSSBus, for an in depth technical look and following Q&A session.

• RSS Beyond Blogging - Connecting Applications With Feeds.
  Tuesday March 27th at 3pm

Hope to see you there!

The recent announcement from NewsGator Technologies regarding their plans to license RSSBus Feed Server is changing the way that many think about RSS in the Enterprise. Prashanth Rai explores the potential of Enterprise RSS integration:

[read more at The CIO Weblog]

[RSSBus] "...gives organisations the ability to create RSS feeds from all manner of information sources: Oracle, Microsoft and MySQL databases, Microsoft Excel, custom business applications, and so on. It gives users continuous access to information that is important to them.

Think of it as Yahoo! Pipes on steroids because the idea is that you can create flows of information through connectors and operators to arrive at outputs which can be picked up through the web, portals, e-mail clients, desktop applications and mobile devices...."

[read more at the IWRBlog]

NewsGator Technologies has announced plans to license RSSBus as part of NewsGator Enterprise Server.  Under terms of the agreement, NewsGator plans to distribute a co-branded version of RSSBus Feed Server.  We are excited to be working with NewsGator to enable RSS connectivity for their customers applications throughout their entire enterprise customer base. 

"This agreement is another important step in the evolution of Enterprise RSS as an integral component of next-generation communications and collaboration initiatives," said Dave Keller, general manager of Enterprise Solutions at NewsGator Technologies. "The combination of NewsGator Enterprise Server and the RSSBus Feed Server makes it easy for companies to combine modern enterprise 2.0 tools with traditional business applications to improve business efficiency and facilitate better information distribution."

For more information, read the full press release or the NewsGator blog post.