Heptacube blog

This week on our coporate wiki site, we offer you an article about Net Neutrality, the concept that the Internet should be “open, accessible and ‘neutral’ to all users, application providers and network carriers.” It has been an important subject of discussion in the past months, particularly in the U.S.

We go through the arguments both of the groups pushing for regulation towards net neutrality and of those who think the government must not get involve into Internet regulation. We also provide an analysis of the pros and cons of those views, but as you will see, the debate is far from over.

As you can see from the posts on this blog, the recent months have been quite busy for Heptacube. More specifically, the Research and Development team has been working a lot to bring you even more innovative products, which will lead the way for the company into the new decade.

On the Resources page of our corporate Web site, we can now find four new Heptacube productions:

- Cubeklix, the new level in Web advertising;
- Genitura, the open-source PHP MVC framework;
- Lightmans, the search engine that knows what you are looking for;
- Polymeo, the business management software.

We greatly encourage you to take a look at these new products and please send us any comments, questions or suggestions. We would be glad to hear from you.

We have just published a new article on our corporate wiki site that speaks about online banking frauds. This growing threat takes many forms and can hit any enterprise, big or small.

By focusing on two particular cases that currently are the object of lawsuits in the U.S., the article sheds a light on some common practices that could make your company vulnerable to online fraudsters. It also comes to the conclusion that while computers are incredibly advanced, humans remain more intelligent, and that is important to hackers as well as to the ones who try to counter them.

Heptacube Inc.’s information security Web site VIARoot announced last month that it had developed an application that uses the Referrer Spoofing concept for a new way of advertising on the Web. It was accompanied by a brief description of the way the application works.

The source code for the proof of concept was then made available on our Wiki site for anyone to download. We invite anyone who is interested to visit this page for reviewing the PHP code and see for themselves how this breakthrough by Heptacube’s team can be used for their various advertising needs.

We are working hard at Heptacube for meeting our clients’ needs and for delivering cutting-edge products. But we still need a break once in a while.

Our offices will be closed for the holidays from December 24th to January 1st. During this time production will be reduced, but will be back on Monday, January 4th to start year 2010 at full speed. However, we will continue to receive calls and offer the same customer support as usual.

We would also like to take this opportunity to wish you happy holidays on the part of the whole Heptacube team!

Since Wednesday, anyone visiting Heptacube’s corporate Web site from an iPhone is automatically redirected to the mobile version of hep.tacu.be, a portal to Heptacube’s Web production portfolio. This new page offers an interface specially designed for easy viewing on iPhones. Images link to Diffpuppy, Cubeklix, Lightmans, Heptacube, Polymeo, Genitura and VIARoot.

This new interface provides easier access to Heptacube’s security blog and Web applications from Apple’s smart phone. It will be quite useful to have fast access to Lightmans to do a quick search while on the road, for instance.

We are happy to welcome this week a new member to the ever-growing team of programmers here at Heptacube Inc.

Mike Bajakian is a proven software developer who will undoubtedly become a valuable asset to the company. Heptacube has always prioritized information security; Mr. Bajakian’s expertise in software security will help us to realize our vision.

Our newest colleague’s years of experience in software and iPhone applications development are a plus to the team and will contribute to Heptacube’s activities in the fast-growing realm of smart phone applications.

On September 10th, we proudly announced our move to Peel street in downtown Montreal. The team could not be in better spirits since then.

Large windows covering the two exterior walls of the office provide great luminosity for an inviting and motivating work environment. This new location is also in the middle of a very dynamic neighborhood whose numerous restaurants and shops make for a great way to relax at lunchtime or after a hard day of work. Needless to say, employees are pleased with the place.

Finally, we are happy to announce that we have received a new plaque bearing the Heptacube name. This sign, mounted beside the office entrance, will serve well to identify us with the distinctive logo of this software development company.

In August, Heptacube announced its new production, the Diffpuppy Web application:

“Heptacube’s R&D department invented Diffpuppy, a Web application that allows users to archive any and all changes made to a online content. It not only archives when a change is made to a site, but saves a copy of each version.

Diffpuppy creates Really Simple Syndication for all websites using Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) that do not already offer this service. This means that you can receive a notification every time a change has been made to the content of the selected site. Diffpuppy’s brilliant engineering provides its users with the option of receiving a courtesy e-mail every time a change has been made.”

Heptacube recently started a new blog to go with this Web application. It will include all relevant news relative to Diffpuppy, such as the improvements made to it.

Heptacube is proud to present its new Web application: Polymeo!

Polymeo is a complete, user-friendly, business-oriented web application providing powerful management tools to businesses for addressing their diverse management needs.The three main services are finances, human resources and file archiving.

By providing an access point for both employees and clients, Polymeo encompasses all the requirements for successful project management.

With Polymeo, a company can monitor work progress through the tickets system, which clients can also consult to view the work done on their projects. The web application is also useful for managing contracts as well as grants and taxes with its many financial tools. Finally, a company can use Polymeo for publishing all sorts of documents and communiqués, that can be aimed either at employees or clients.

This managing software, built specifically for the IT and new media industries, will be launched in 2010.