This is my favorite time of year.  Snow, Christmas lights, family, friends, parties . . . Ahh, the holiday season is officially upon us.  One of my absolute favorite aspects of the holidays is sharing warm wishes and good times with friends, family, co-workers and strangers alike.

Last week, we shared some of that holiday cheer at the Xignite Meetup in NYC.  It was a perfect event, with over 40 customers, supporters and friends braving the cold to come out and enjoy drinks, darts and good times with some of the crew from Xignite.  We would like to thank everyone that came out to celebrate the season with us.  I have posted a small photo gallery of the meetup for your viewing pleasure (iPhone quality).  Also, a special thanks to the crew at Stout NYC, a great place to host a Social Meetup.

For those that were not able to attend, I would like to offer Xignite’s warmest wishes for an awesome Christmas, bright Hanukkah, and very special New Year. With 2009 coming to a close, we all hope that 2010 will bring fresh beginnings and new opportunities for us all!  Cheers and Happy Holidays from all the folks at Xignite!

With 2010 quickly approaching, we wanted to celebrate the holidays with our friends & partners in the NYC Area. Join the Xignite crew for some good food, great drinks and special holiday gifts.

Hang-out with Xignite CEO Stephane Dubois and a handful of other Xignite’rs at Stout NYC, Thursday December 17th from 5:30p to 7:30p. We will be located in the Dart Alley Area of Stout’s Cellar.

While everyone that attends will be hooked up with the latest Xignite gear (shirts, USB’s, shot glasses, etc.), the first ten people to arrive will receive a very special gift pack, worth $50 each. We look forward to enjoying great food, cold beers and a quick dart shootout with our friends & partners in NYC.

We just inked a new partnership with Wavemaker.   WaveMaker provides an easy-to-use visual builder that lets you assemble scalable web applications using Ajax widgets, web services and databases with a simple drag & drop interface. WaveMaker’s Studio lets you create web services based applications quickly and without complex code, forms, patterns or portal frameworks.

According to the folks at WaveMaker, their tool can accelerate the development of applications by as much as 67% and cut the lines of code written by 98% making applications are cheaper to maintain and easier to manage. Take a look at a sample of our data embedded in a stock ticker widget displayed on a Web page created by WaveMaker.