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- Async Flash Studio 2.6 (Windows)
- Async Flash Studio AFS is a platform to build desktop rich Internet applications RIA based on flash movie files SWF. AFS allows developers to build RIA that outside the browser, but no additional runtime needs to be installed to run the RIA. AFS provides good-performance actionscript API classes, supports Object-Oriented...
- Tags: Desktop, Rich Internet Application, Microsoft Windows, aSyncRIA Software, Async Flash Studio, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2009-06-25
- Microsoft .Net RIA Services: Not until 2010
- Microsoft officials provided this week a timetable for the rollout of .Net RIA Rich Internet Application Services, the technology codenamed "Alexandria." .Net RIA Services is designed to allow coders to bring together the .Net programming model with Microsoft's Silverlight. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Rich Internet Application, Microsoft Corp., .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
- BlueMarket Pro 2.5 (Windows)
- BlueMarket is the new mobile marketing media channel that will enable companies or brands to reach their specific target audience and offer a one-to-one interactive communication. It also provides the opportunity to build a closer relationship to the potential consumer, where an on-going permission based communication is possible through the...
- Tags: Multimedia, Mobile, Rich Internet Application, Microsoft Windows, Mobile Marketing, RIA Software, BlueMarket, Advertising & Promotion, Mobile Applications, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing
- Software downloads 2009-05-21
- How Rich Internet Applications Impact the Network and Application Delivery
- Rich Internet Applications RIAs are taking the web into exciting new directions, changing the way applications are designed and deployed with more powerful user interfaces and richer client experiences. This paper provides a brief introduction to RIAs, what they are, how they're different from traditional web applications, and their impact...
- Tags: Network, Rich Internet Application, Crescendo
- White papers 2009-04-28
- Yet another open source RIA tool
- It's true that, when Rich Internet Application technologies like AJAX first emerged, the tools for creating such files left something to be desired. What seems to have happened since is that many companies have created their own tools, and now want to gain some benefit from that. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Open Source, Rich Internet Application, Tool, Productivity, AJAX, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-04-08
- Choosing an RIA Framework
- A Forrester research survey to roughly 2,000 IT organizations revealed, among other things, the number of businesses adding Rich Internet Application RIA technology as a key ingredient in their development strategy is increasing rapidly. RIAs blend the best parts of client and Web applications into a flexible and easily updateable...
- Tags: Rich Internet Application
- Webcasts 2009-03-31
- So long and thanks for all the fish
- This will be my last post on ZDNet. Blogging here has been one of the most fun things I've been able to do in my career. In fact, basically everything started here. Almost all of the various connections I've made over the past couple of years are as a result...
- Tags: Blog, Rich Internet Application, Jeffrey Hammond, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2009-03-30
- Adobe CIO: The future of RIAs
- Gerri Martin-Flickinger, CIO of Adobe, thinks that in the future Rich Internet Applications are going to have many uses, separate from the browser. For example, users will be able to customize their application interface, and the RIAs will provide visibility into back office applications.
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., CIO, Rich Internet Application, Back-office, Adobe, Larry Dignan, Rich Internet Applications
- Videos 2009-03-24
- The future of RIAs
- Gerri Martin-Flickinger, CIO of Adobe, thinks that in the future Rich Internet Applications are going to have many uses, separate from the browser. For example, users will be able to customize their application interface, and the RIAs will provide visibility into back office applications. by Administrator
- Tags: Rich Internet Application, Back-office, Administrator
- Blog posts 2009-03-24
- Microsoft's 'Alexandria': RAD for RIA
- Microsoft's 'Alexandria': RAD for RIApatch for spageti codeThe more M$ tries to fix their own mess, the more alambicated their code becomes.Time to go with OSS!RE: Microsoft's 'Alexandria': RAD for RIAI think its only hard if you use MS development tools. Its quite easy using Google Web Toolkit GWT. I...
- Tags: rich Internet application, RAD, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-03-23
- Microsoft's 'Alexandria': RAD for RIA
- Continuing on its self-proclaimed quest to simplify the programming of Rich Internet Applications RIAs, Microsoft has rolled out a first tech preview of its .Net RIA Services technology. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, RAD, Rich Internet Application, Microsoft Corp., .Net Rich Internet Application Services, Pendulum, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-03-23
- Blue Market Pro 2.4 (Windows)
- Connection types: Bluetoothdongleswith Microsoft working drivers only. Discovering: Discover all devices in range. Receiving: Receive files from all devices in range. Sending: Send files to all devices in range. Server: Activate server that will discover devices, receive/send files automaticaly.
- Tags: Device, Rich Internet Application, Microsoft Windows, Range, RIA Software
- Software downloads 2009-03-17
- RIA technologies and the downturn
- The news is a pretty depressing place right now but there was a small article in the Economist about how the Fashion industry is responding to the downturn that caught my eye. Towards the end of the article the Economist mentioned how designers are looking for ways to leverage digital...
- Tags: Rich Internet Application, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2009-03-05
- Developing Rich Internet Applications (RIA) Using the SAS Intelligence Platform
- This paper discusses how to develop Rich Internet Applications RIA using tools such as Flex with SAS as a service provider. Exposing the powerful SAS platform as a service endpoint through its Java API, one is able to inject real intelligence into business applications. The paper provides an architectural overview...
- Tags: SAS Institute, Rich Internet Application
- White papers 2009-02-27
- Hype and open source
- The behaviors we expect from vendors after we adopt their products are different from those we expect in the proprietary world. So are those we expect before we adopt. The carnival barker has a tough time when we can see through the tent to the reality inside. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: JavaFX, Open Source, Sun Microsystems Inc., Rich Internet Application, Jonathan, Carnival Barker, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-02-20
- The iPhone conference cometh: 360|iDev March 2-4
- One of my favorite RIA events is 360|Flex. The organizers, Tom Ortega, and John Wilker, do a great job of getting the community excited and putting on an event with great technical content and great networking opportunities. The 360|Flex events end up feeling like a week hanging out with friends...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Rich Internet Application, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2009-02-11
- The mulitouch future of RIAs
- The mulitouch future of RIAsMulti-touch, Internet apps, and the webI think Tablet PCs will actually take off on account of multi-touch being added to Windows 7. Manipulating programs on a PC in tablet form is significantly more natural, faster, and intuitive than with a mouse and physical keyboard. The resizable,...
- Tags: Keyboards, Tablets, Notebooks, multi-touch, keyboard, Microsoft Silverlight, tablet, rich Internet application
- Discussion threads 2009-02-09
- The mulitouch future of RIAs
- I've been really enjoying Richard Monson-Haefel's blog on multi touch lately. Now that RIA technologies are able to do so much, it's become apparent that the mouse and keyboard are simply too limiting as input devices. The maddening number of iPhone clones that do "gestures" but not true multi touch...
- Tags: Multi-touch, Rich Internet Application, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2009-02-09
- Looking ahead to 2009
- 2008 was a big year for rich Internet applications. We saw companies like Curl and Appcelerator make big pushes into the RIA mindshare. We saw a significant release of Silverlight - a release that most people excited about Silverlight were very happy with. We saw Adobe push more with Flex...
- Tags: Rich Internet Application, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2009-01-07
- Beer Hunter: Even More Fun as a Flex RIA
- Andrews Distributing is the nation's leading beverage brand builder. Andrews came to Pathfinder Development to enhance their website, DestinationBeer.com, with features that would not only serve to educate their customers, retailers and employees about the beer selections that Andrews offers, but also be fun to use. Pathfinder's approach is focused...
- Tags: Brand, Beverage, Rich Internet Application, Fun, Pathfinder Development, Andrews Distributing, Pathfinder, Food & Beverage, Branding, Manufacturing, Marketing
- Case studies 2009-01-01

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