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Kaazing Publishes First Definitive Guide to HTML5 WebSocket
[February 28, 2013]

Kaazing Publishes First Definitive Guide to HTML5 WebSocket


MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --(Business Wire)--

Kaazing, pioneers of HTML5 WebSocket and the leading live web and mobile communication platform, today announced The Definitive Guide to HTML5 WebSocket, an Apress technical book by Kaazing executives Vanessa Wang and Peter Moskovits, is now available for purchase.

Definitive Guide to HTML5 WebSocket (Photo: Business Wire)

Definitive Guide to HTML5 WebSocket (Photo: Business Wire)

The Definitive Guide to HTML5 WebSocket is the authoritative resource for web developers and architects interested in building innovative web applications using HTML5 WebSocket. It explains how WebSocket-based architectures slash latency and unnecessary network overhead in comparison to older HTTP-based architectures. Readers will also learn how to secure HTML5 WebSocket connections and deploy WebSocket-based applications to the enterprise, and how to build real-time web applications with HTML5.

"As the founders of the HTML5 WebSocket standard, Kaazing is excited to see this first definitive guide become available to the public," said Jonas Jacobi, CEO and Co-Founder of Kaazing. "Kaazing's standards-based enterprise platform enables the fastest, most reliable live web and mobile communication experience. We provide companies and their developers with the ability to easily and cost-effectively develop using Kaazing's WebSocket Gateway (News - Alert)-powering real-time applications such as live web-based foreign exchange and stock trading, interactive bidding and gambling and guaranteed mobile notifications for delivery of critical, time sensitive information."

The book is a featured publication by Apress - the leading source for career empowerment and growth for IT professionals, software developers, and business leaders - at the company's booth at SXSW (News - Alert) Interactive in Austin, TX, from March 10 - 13. It can be purchased through the SXSW bookstore, Amazon, Apress e-books, and select Barnes & Noble retailers. /p>



Authors Vanessa Wang and Peter Moskovits are both employees of Kaazing, and are HTML5 experts. Wang, who runs the San Francisco HTML5 User Group, the world's largest HTML5 meetup, is Manager of Technical Publications at Kaazing and has more than fifteen years of experience writing about complex database application tools and cutting-edge web technologies. Moskovits heads up real-time solutions development at Kaazing and is a frequent speaker at conferences like JavaOne, Oracle (News - Alert) OpenWorld, and DevCon5. He is also the co-author of the Oracle WebCenter 11g Handbook.

Kaazing and Apress have partnered as exhibitors at SXSW. Kaazing will also be sponsoring the SXSW Trade Show Block Party in booth 426-428 on Tuesday, March 12 from 4-6pm CST and a screen giveaway the last day of the trade show.


Wang and Moskovits will be conducting interactive demos of the company's HTML5 WebSocket technology in the Apress booth at SXSW, and will sign copies of the book on Monday, March 11 at 2:00pm CST.

Wang and Moskovits will also host a book signing at the Official SXSW Bookstore on Friday, March 8 from 4:00-4:20pm CST and at the Apress booth on Monday, March 11 from 11:30am-12:30pm CST.

About Kaazing

Kaazing, founders of HTML5 WebSocket, offers the leading, standards-based live web communication platform to deliver the fastest, most secure and most reliable live data to and from the web and mobile devices. The high performance platform enables solutions that require massively scalable, instant data delivery-critical for real-time transactions, commerce, trading, voting, gaming and collaboration. Based in Mountain View, CA (News - Alert), Kaazing has offices in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Customers and partners include HSBC, BP, Informatica, TIBCO, and Global 1000 financial, ecommerce, transportation, healthcare and entertainment companies. Learn more at http://www.kaazing.com or blog.kaazing.com, and follow @Kaazing on Twitter.

About Apress Media

Apress Media is a technical and business publisher devoted to meeting the needs of IT professionals, software developers, programmers, and business leaders with more than 1,000 books in print and electronic formats. Apress provides high-quality, no-fluff content that helps serious technology professionals build a comprehensive pathway to career success. For more information about the innovative approach Apress takes to publishing, please visit www.apress.com and follow @apress on Twitter and like us on Facebook (News - Alert): https://www.facebook.com/ApressMedia.


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