- Qarbon
no footnotes date October 2010 Orphan date October 2010 Infobox Company name Qarbon.com, Inc. company logo File Qarbon logo full.png 160px Qarbon Logo company type Privately held company Private foundation San Jose, California location San Jose, California area served Worldwide industry Computer software products electronic learning homepage http www.qarbon.com www.qarbon.com Qarbon formerly JET Software is a Computer software software company headquartered in San Jose, CA United States . Founded in 1997, they invented the concept of a Viewlet, which is now often referred to as a screencast . ref Qarbon about us page ,http www.qarbon.com about us ref Using a scenario capture approach, a series of compressed screenshot s and Cursor computers cursor positions, Qarbon s technology enabled simulated playback of any software application. By allowing users to edit these scenarios, they could be augmented to create interactive Viewlets the output of the process. The very first Viewlet output format was a Java applet , but as technology advanced, the decision was made to switch to an .swf also known as Adobe Flash format for better cross platform support. Products Qarbon is most widely recognized for its flagship ViewletBuilder product, a cross platform software simulation tutorial builder. The Qarbon family of products also include ViewletQuiz, ViewletCam, ViewletPoll and ViewletCentral. Qarbon s electronic learning software applications generate SCORM and AICC compliant Adobe flash Flash content screencasts , simulations and interactive assessments for delivery via email and CD or on web sites and Learning Management Systems . ViewletCentral, a Viewlet hosting server based system created by Qarbon, allows Viewlets to be stored, managed and deployed while gathering Viewlet users utilization statistics. Customers Many Fortune 500 companies have used Qarbon s products. ref Qarbon case studies ,http www.qarbon.com features case studies ref Qarbon s customers include, Microsof ... more details
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