Winners Announced: 66 Abstract Backgrounds from Vectorpack.net

Friends, we recently hosted a giveaway contest of 66 Abstract Backgrounds bundle from Vectorpack.net on GraphicsFuel. Here you’ll find the 5 winners of this excellent giveaway!

As stated, we have used random.org to pickup the 5 winners from the list of the comments submitted. The winners of the abstract backgrounds pack are:

David J
GranddadGrga
Livia
Krishan Chawla
Mark

Congratulations to the winners! The winners should have already received an email from us regarding their prize. Thank you all for participating. More giveaways contest are upcoming, so keep checking.

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20 pixel-perfect glyph icons (vector PSD)

Friends, today’s PSD download is an awesome freebie of 20 pixel-perfect glyph icons. These icons are primarily hand-crafted for use in your web and desktop apps. Very handy!

As always, the icons are designed in full vector shape layers, so you can easily resize them to fit your desired size. The download includes 3 PSD files with the icon set in 3 different variations of black, grey emboss and gradient in 32×32 pixels size. You can customize the icons to fit your design needs.

The download file also contains icons isolated on transparent PNG background, so there are 60 icons in total. You can use them in your personal and commercial works. Comments are appreciated. You may also like to download these free mono icons.

Author: Rafi
File Resolution: 600px (32 pixels)
Format: Photoshop, PNG
Keywords: glyph icons, Icons, PSD files
Size: 0.33 MB  (zip)
License: Free for personal and commercial use

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Wooden black chalkboard icon (PSD)

Friends, today’s design resource is a wooden black chalkboard icon in Photoshop format. The wooden blackboard is a highly detailed illustration that can be used as an education or noticeboard icon.

The icon comes as a full vector shape layerd PSD file. The download file also includes 3 icons on a transparent PNG background in popular sizes of 512×512, 256×256 and 128×128. Download the icon and let me know your thoughts.

You may also like to download these free PSD icons:

Author: Rafi
File Resolution: 800px
Format: Photoshop, PNG
Keywords: Black chalkboard icon, Icons, PSD files
Size: 18.2 MB  (zip)
License: Free for personal and commercial use

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Folder icon (PSD)

Friends, today’s design resource is a folder icon in Photoshop PSD format. This soft looking yellow illustration can be used as a web icon for your folder or web page, or print needs.

The free PSD file download includes the folder icon in full shape layers for easy customization as needed.  The zip file also contains PNG icons in popular sizes of 512×512, 256×256, 128×128 and 64×64 on transparent background.

You may also like to download these free icons:

Author: Rafi
File Resolution: 800px
Format: Photoshop, PNG
Keywords: Folder Icon, Icons, PSD files
Size: 130 KB  (zip)
License: Royalty-Free, Free for personal and commercial use

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Calendar icon (PSD)

Friend’s today’s design resource is a calendar icon in Photoshop format. Designed with detail, the calendar PSD template can be used for your web and mobile phone related projects.

The icon comes as a full vector shape layerd PSD file. The download file also includes 4 icons on a transparent PNG background in popular sizes of 512×512, 256×256, 128×128 and 64×64 pixels. Download the icon and let me know your thoughts.  You may also like to download similar resource: pop-up date picker (calendar picker) PSD.

Author: Rafi
File Resolution: 800px
Format: Photoshop, PNG
Keywords: Calendar icon, Icons, PSD files
Size: 0.87 MB  (zip)
License: Free for personal and commercial use

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Win 66 Abstract Backgrounds from Vectorpack.net

Friends, today I bring you a wonderful vector bundle giveaway contest. Five of our readers will be chosen as winners randomly and each will be given the bundle pack containing 66 abstract backgrounds. Awesome, right!?!

Vectorpack.net has launched a new Mega Design Bundle which contains over 900 design elements, which, for the following 15 days, are to be available for only $37 instead of $550, they have also decided to host this incredible contest which will give you the opportunity to win the Abstract Backgrounds Bundle!

The Abstract Backgrounds Bundle from Vectorpack.net is a collection of 6 abstract backgrounds vector packs, reuniting thus 66 abstract backgrounds vectors. Moreover, as all these elements are offered by Vectorpack.net, you can make sure to get top quality!

You can also find this Abstract Backgrounds in the Mega Design Bundle, along with 396 vector elements, 210 PS brushes, 162 web elements, 70 seamless patterns, 30 textures and 1 wordpress theme.

There will be 5 lucky winners who are to get their hands on this great Abstract Backgrounds Bundle from Vectorpack.net. In order to enter the contest, you have to leave a comment, tweet or post this contest on Facebook. Please make sure to leave a valid e-mail address when commenting in order for us to be able to contact you for your prize.

The contest ends on March 13th, 2012 Tuesday. All comments submitted after that date are not accepted.Please make sure to submit your correct email address.Winners are determined randomly using random.orgComment once. Multiple comments with the same email address are rejected.

Good Luck!

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Cloudera CEO: Come to me with apps, I’ll get you money

Hadoop is a great platform for storing and processing data, but it needs applications to make it truly valuable. Wednesdayy at Structure:Data, Cloudera CEO Mike Olson discussed the dearth of professional analytics applications that leverage Hadoop, and invited the startups building them to come to him if they want money.

(c) 2012 Pinar Ozger. pinar@pinarozger.com

The major obstacle to mass adoption of Hadoop among mainstream companies, Olson said, is that there aren’t enough applications out there that make it easy to do analytics atop Hadoop. We’re starting to see them pop up now, but it’s still early days and, presumably, the killer application is still to come.

Right now, those adopting Hadoop are enterprises which have resources and engineers to throw at the problem, but there are plenty of businesses that want to adopt Hadoop if it were easier. In addition large companies aren’t going to get rid of their existing infrastructure, such as Oracle, Informatica and SAP databases, so Olsen said that another avenue startups should pursue is letting companies move data stored on other platforms over to Hadoop. Figuring out the “middleware” products that will do this are also an opportunity.

“Call me, I’ll connect you with funding,” Olson said. “The money is out there.”

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