Webchick recently wrote:

“We are thrilled to announce that Google will be sponsoring 21 Drupal projects for Summer of Code 2008. We’d like to extend our sincere thanks to Google, who are making more than a $100,000 investment in the Drupal project.”

This year particularly, there were many more projects that we would’ve liked to accept than we were able to (probably due at least in part to changes Drupal made to its SoC application process this year). Many of the projects this year build on work done during previous Summer of Codes. Drupal core will benefit from a new aggregator, improved search scoring, OpenID attribute exchange, revamped help system and color module, SimpleTest security scanner and generalized Validation API. There are also projects focused on improvements to the Drupal.org infrastructure, including ApacheSolr search, version control API, and the much demanded plugin manager for secure, automated updating of module and themes. Some of Drupal’s major contributed modules will also gain, including Views as widgets, Views RDF/XML/JSON output, Views & CCK chart support, extensions to Nodequeue and OAuth support for Services.” Read the rest of this entry »

NFi Photo of the Month!

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Last month, NFi Studios recently announced a new product called PaperLess Events at the Department of Energy’s 2008 BioMass Conference in Alexandria, VA. Both Sterling and Derek traveled up to Washington D.C and seen here is a picture of them by the kiosks at the event.

NFi Headed to Washington D.C for the ACTE Conference

The team of Sterling, Derek Gallo, and Chris Neetz just got back from Washington D.C from the ACTE Global Eduacation Conference that was May 16th to May 20th. NFi developed and worked the International Business Lounge. The International Business Lounge is comprised of PaperLess Kiosks, as well as providing support and technical assistance to the Association of Corporate Travel Executives. Read the rest of this entry »

NFi Studios welcomes Local Health Agent.com to growing list of clients. LHA is a full-service partner in personal insurance design and administration.

Local Health Agent’s benefit solutions are tailored to meet immediate and long-term goals and objectives. They are committed to customer service and administrative assistance, and are dedicated to exceeding expectations and creating long-lasting relationships. LHA has built their reputation by providing the highest level of customer care, while remaining on the forefront of emerging trends and issues in the health care and benefits industries. Local Health Agent.com: partners with insurers with the highest financial ratings in the industry. Read the rest of this entry »

The American Cancer Society, Relay for Life event over at Boone High School, was a huge success! Many thanks to Shannon Harrington with the American Cancer Society for organizing the event.

This event raised over $30,000 collectively. Some of the teams that participated included:

Baldwin Fairchild; Black & Veatch, Blankner Bulldogs, Bumblebee, City of Orlando, Florida Mall Falcons, NFi Studios (us!), OPD Swat, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Team Bumble Bee, Team Life, Team OUC, Walking for Christian Vitter. Read the rest of this entry »

Two industry powerhouses have joined forces to bring together the best of the best – the ACTE Global Education Conference and the Corporate Travel World Expo – into one location and one event. These two organizations partnering together offer you valuable resources and unparalleled networking opportunities not seen anywhere else in the business travel industry.

Once again, NFi Studios is honored to travel to Washington, DC on May 16th, to join with ACTE for their upcoming conference. NFi will be in charge of the International Business Lounge overseeing our paperless kiosks. NFi helped create ACTE Interactive and has been working for ACTE for five years. Our esteem for ACTE is constantly on the increase as we observe the phenomenal events ACTE organizes on a continuing basis. NFi maintains the ACTE website and works with ACTE on other projects. Read the rest of this entry »