CUPERTINO, CA (PR Buzz) – June 25, 2013 – Few companies understand the pressure of software development as much as TransMedia Corporation, the award-winning tech firm behind cloud computing software Glide OS.
In Cloud Computing -- The Story of Glide OS: Solving the Cross Platform Puzzle, readers are given an all-access pass into the development of TransMedia Corporation’s groundbreaking software. The book, published by Happy About® and written by TransMedia Corporation founder Donald Leka and broadcast journalist Claire Leka, lets readers discover the trials and tribulations of an entrepreneurial team that introduced a technology ahead of its time who successfully persevered to keep the dream alive.
Cloud Computing -- The Story of Glide OS, aims to share the experiences of Transmedia Corporation not only in building Glide OS from the ground up, but their difficulties in overcoming the global financial crisis and adapting to precedents set by the continuing tech landscape influenced by tech giants like Apple, Google and Microsoft. Cloud Computing -- The Story of Glide OS, is just as much about surviving the tech industry as it is about the secret to developing a relevant, client-facing product.
Happy About CEO and Thought Leader Architect Mitchell Levy, characterized the book as both inspiring and affecting, which made a strong case for him to green-light publishing Donald and Claire Leka’s work. “Not all of the books we publish affect me the way that this one has, ”Levy admits. “This is a true story of a visionary idea that was slightly ahead of its time and an entrepreneur with the perseverance and marketing prowess to keep it alive. Great read for any pioneering entrepreneur.”
Tech journalist and APEX Award Winner, Ron Miller, praised the book for the kinds of experiences it shares with the IT community. “I have been watching Glide since its earliest days and talking with Donald Leka about each new version,” Miller says. “This book does a great job of summarizing the Glide evolution and showing just how far it’s come”.
Author of Entertainment Industry Economics, Harold L. Vogel, PhD recommends the book for the insight it shares with readers interested in learning the nitty gritty details behind developing world-class software. “This book provides a master class for entrepreneurs, early-stage investors, and venture capitalists by amply illustrating the types of problems, challenges, and opportunities that confront all new companies, but especially those operating at the bleeding and leading edge of technological change.”
Glide OS was originally designed as a cloud computing platform that allows users to connect their various devices in order to access their files anytime, anywhere.
Launched in 2005, Glide OS has gone on to win numerous awards including PC World’s Top 100 Products of the Year and Laptop Magazine’s Top 50 Products of the Year. TransMedia has released four versions of Glide OS since launch and continues to improve and iterate on their award-winning product.
About the Author(s):
Donald Leka is the founder, Chairman and CEO of TransMedia Corporation, the developer behind the award-winning cloud computing platform Glide OS, which has been described by one of the founding Editors of Macworld magazine as “one of the first ‘internet’ operating systems’. Donald has since cited the importance of cross-device and cross-platform compatibility in cloud computing design, pushing his company to improve and develop Glide OS. Despite Donald Leka’s continued support for the cloud computing, he has been an advocate for protecting user privacy, parental controls, digital rights management, and user preferences.
Claire Leka is a broadcast journalist and television presenter specializing in finance and business. Her career has earned her correspondent and anchor positions for CNN, MSNBC, NBC News, CBS News and WABC-TV. As the frontline correspondent for CBS during the national credit crisis during the late 2000s, Claire Leka has built a reputation not only as a capable journalist but as an insightful business and financial analyst.
About Happy About:
Happy About® (http://www.happyabout.com/) books educate, entertain, and evoke. We publish books for individual non-fiction business authors who excel in their field of expertise as well as corporations that want to establish thought leadership and lead generation through a series of books. Corporations interested in exploring the possibilities of publishing a book series should contact the associate publisher, Janae Pierre, at janae.pierre@happyabout.info, 408-921-1568.
PUBLISHER: Happy About
TITLE: Cloud Computing -- The Glide OS Story
AMAZON TITLE: Cloud Computing -- The Glide OS Story
SUBTITLE: Solving the Cross Platform Puzzle
AUTHORS: Donald Leka and Claire Leka
DATE OF PUBLICATION: June 2013
PRICE: Paperback $19.95, eBook $14.95
ISBN: Paperback: 978-1-60005-243-9 (1-60005-243-6)
ISBN: 978-1-60005-244-6 (1-60005-244-4)
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER: 2013939474
Press Copies:
A free copy of the book is available to the press upon request. Please email your request to presscopy@happyabout.info.
Press Contact:
Janae Pierre
Phone: 408-921-1568
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