Silverlight – For Your Business?
If you are looking at building a new business application, you will definitely want to consider utilizing a Rich Internet Application (RIA) platform such as Microsoft Silverlight. Silverlight has been synonymous with rich graphics and streaming media scenarios, but it also serves as an ideal business application platform.
Silverlight allows for the delivery of sophisticated web applications that increase user productivity and accuracy by providing an attractive, easy-to-use application user interface that mimics the behavior of desktop software applications. It provides the best of both worlds – the rich, interactive feel of a desktop application with the simplified deployment and maintenance of a web application.
Silverlight includes of a comprehensive set of features for the development of secure, data-intensive, business-centric applications:
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Enhanced Data Support - Easily load, sort, filter, and page data. Includes a new set of services for performing complex operations against server-side data.
Out of Browser - Install your application on desktops and never be more than one click away. Run applications seamlessly without connectivity.
Improved Performance – Run more extensive and complex applications than possible in a normal Web application.
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Compatibility - Works with every major operating system and all major browsers, including Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari.
Printing Support -Ability to send formatted content directly to your printer.
Richer User Experience – Contains 3D graphics and animation features to create next-generation business intelligence applications.
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Silverlight brings a new level of rich user interface and experience, moving beyond the browser and offering a robust, interactive platform for your business application.
For more information about how Rich Internet Applications can benefit your business, contact jason@farreachinc.com.
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