Posted by Caspio on January 7, 2010 under Customer Spotlights | 
The recent launch of Texas Tribune’s Data Library is a great example of how media and government clients are utilizing Caspio Bridge to publish databases and share engaging web applications that increase website traffic and community interaction.
Texas Tribune is a non-profit news organization located in Austin, Texas, devoted to state government and public policy. They aim to promote civic engagement through original, explanatory journalism and public events.
The data library contains over a dozen database applications, all intended to give readers more information about the state’s government and its elected officials. Database applications built using Caspio include Lowest Performing Schools, Partisan Rankings by District, Texas Campaign Expenditures, and Government Employee Salaries containing records of over 250,000 public employees.
Texas Tribune also plans to utilize Caspio’s advanced deployment capabilities to give visitors the option of easily downloading data or embedding the apps on their own websites.
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Posted by Frank Zamani on December 14, 2009 under Commentary |
The tutorial below shows how you can build an app with a parent-child table relationship. In this example, the user can search for Customers and then drill down to a details page where customer details and a list of their contact history are shown. There is also a web form on the page that automatically associates new call log submissions to the displayed customer.
Posted by Frank Zamani on December 7, 2009 under Tips & Tricks |
Caspio Bridge provides you with a number of capabilities and services to create location-based applications. These include:
- Search by Distance
- Map Integration
- Automatic Geocoding
With the Search by Distance feature, your search forms can be used to find records based on proximity to a location. For example, your search form could take an address and find all hospitals within 10 miles of that particular address. Creating such search forms is easily accomplished through the Search and Report wizard, provided that the Search by Distance feature is enabled in your account.
When you request Search by Distance, a geocoded database of all U.S. ZIP codes will also be uploaded into your account to utilize as you wish in your location-based applications.
We also have a step-by-step map mashup tutorial and live instructor-led training sessions for integrating your address-centric databases and applications with Google or Yahoo! maps. Using Caspio’s map integration, your search results and record details can easily be plotted on a map.
Additionally, Caspio has the capability to geocode large sets of data either as a batch or in real time. When activated, our geocoding service automatically adds latitude and longitude to your address-centric tables.
To request Distance Search or geocoding services, please contact Caspio Support or your account manager.
Posted by Caspio on November 10, 2009 under Customer Spotlights, News |
Selected as the “Best of the Web” by Forbes magazine, bizjournals operates business news sites with an impressive following of 9 million unique visitors per month. As with our other enterprise-level media clients, bizjournals is widely adopting Caspio’s cloud computing platform to build interactive web applications that will engage online readers, drilling down to the local level and spurring community interaction.
“We’re a national leader when it comes to producing local-business research, but up to now, we haven’t had the right tool to bring our research projects to life on the web. Now, with Caspio, we do,” said Huntley Paton, executive editor of bizjournals.
Caspio has developed unique industry solutions that boost page views and revenues for hundreds of media websites. Today, we power web applications for over 80% of the nation’s top 100 newspaper websites and we’re thrilled to welcome bizjournals into our family.
Request a demo to see the latest features in Caspio Bridge and get immediate feedback about your upcoming web application projects.
Posted by Caspio on October 22, 2009 under Commentary |
In today’s economy, more and more business are attracted to the cloud. It often reduces reliance on IT resources while offering increased scalability, 24/7 availability of information, and lower costs. Let’s use the legal industry as an example. Although information technology is not part of the core business, document management and operations would greatly benefit from being transferred online. Sharing documents through email is unsecure and difficult with large file sizes. Housing documents in the cloud would allow lawyers and paralegals to access the information at anytime, from anywhere. All documents for a case can 
be stored and organized in one place, making it easy for authorized associates to find, download, and add files. In addition to streamlining current business processes, law offices can create various applications to generate new clients or manage the inquiries of current ones. For added simplicity, firms can use ready-made lead generation and CRM applications (available by Caspio at http://apps.caspio.com/).
It is important to keep in mind that not all clouds are created equal. Reliability is a must for business applications. Security should also be carefully considered, especially when confidential information is being stored or shared internally. Lastly, it is important to make sure that documents can be painlessly retrieved from the cloud if necessary. Caspio offers SSL and Record Level Security, authorized user accounts, authentication, and password protection for all housed information. Service Level Agreements and in-house installation are also available.
