When a disruptive social online gaming network (GorillaWars.com) was conceived by 2 people in Los Angeles California, Ephlux responded with an aggressive phase-wise implementation strategy to convert it in to a REALITY!

Ephlux was approached to become a technology partner for a start-up GorillaWars.com Ephlux combined its solid expertise in social networking, web 2.0 solutions and our passion for the gaming industry to deliver an amazing solution!

Since most of us at Ephlux were great enthusiasts of gaming competitions ourselves, we started with numerating the problems gaming sites and the gamers face in a massive environment.

The organizational and strategic challenges facing players who serve as game leaders on MMORPGs –are almost common: making sense of ambiguous situations, transforming strategy into action, managing diverse teams collaboratively, etc..

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New Google software, Latitude, lets cell phone users share their location with others. Google hopes it will help people find each other and keep track of friends. To protect privacy, Google specifically requires people to sign up for the service. Also people can share their precise location, the city they’re in, or nothing at all.

But so far the audience is literally ’scared’ of the application. People are freaked out for being located by their friends and family.

Will IE8 Be Microsoft’s Last Explorer?

Could the eighth edition of Microsoft Internet Explorer really be the last of its breed? There were several such reports circulating on the virtual grapevine in recent days, including Randall Kennedy’s post at InfoWorld, Scott Fulton’s post at Beta News, iAurora’s post at JCXP and others.

It’s not yet clear what Microsoft’s replacement for IE will be — Microsoft’s apparently not talking, one way or the other — but WebKit and a brand-new engine dubbed “Gazelle” are said to be the top contenders.

Getting back to the question - will this be the final nail in the coffin for IE (which has been losing internet ground with each subsequent version to Firefox)? Or will Microsoft’s next explorer substitute prove to be their savior in the battle against Open Source?

Ephlux IT Services help you gain and maintain your competitive edge by ensuring that your IT assets are kept aligned with your key business objectives. Our IT Services ensure that your business stays agile and innovative, remains integrated vertically and horizontally and your growth potential is liberated beyond your organizational and geographical boundaries.

To respond to the fiercely changing winds of globalization, business processes need to be regularly re-engineered, kept oiled up, and stay highly responsive. Technology has to be engrained within the business at all levels: core philosophy, business plans, strategies and processes.

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Though the Agile methodology emphasizes effective communication, preferably face‐toface communication, in the case of distributed teams this is mot possible. But, Agile processes are not rule‐bound; rather, they can be evolved and amended for methods and dynamics bywhich organizations are able to build, maintain, and apply systems of knowledge within changeful, context‐dependent, collaborative work situations.

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