RIA News Desk

The conference theme of the 8th International AJAXWorld RIA Conference & Expo, to be held September 22–23, 2009 in San Francisco, CA, is 'Good User Experiences Are Good Business.' The Call for Papers, which is now open, welcomes submissions from exceptional speakers with high-quality use cases of investing in user experience (UX) design to provide strong return on investment (ROI). Case studies from companies that have chosen to invest in UX and UI, with measurable benefits, are especially encouraged. Co-located with 16th International SOA World Conference & Expo, the combined event will feature 100+ breakout sessions, General Sessions, industry keynotes and discussion panels, as well as a 2-day Expo Floor. The submissions process is 100% online: Call for Papers Now Open - ... (more)

Windows 7 To Launch Publicly May 5

The official Release Candidate of Windows 7 will be available for download by MSDN and TechNet subscribers from April 30, according to the Windows Team Blog, but public availability won't begin till May 5th. "On behalf of everyone here, I would to thank all of our beta testers for helping us get to this point," wrote Microsoft's Brandon LeBlanc in a post last week, "You guys have been busy... (more)

AJAX & Rich Internet Applications Take Center Stage This Month in NYC

Adobe Air, AJAX and AJAX Push, BlazeDS, Browser Issues, Cloud Computing, Comet, Developer Productivity, DotNetNuke, EC2, Enterprise RIA, Flex, HTML5, IE8, Information Dashboards, iPhone Development, JavaScript 2, Java Servlet 3.0, Mashups, Real-Time Web, Rich Clients, Silverlight, Thin Clients , UX, VOIP, Web Platforms - a round-up of the Themes & Topics due to be discussed at the 7th In... (more)

Kaazing Appoints Wall St Technology Expert as Director of Technology

Kaazing Corporation, a web infrastructure software company that enables customers to deliver fully interactive web applications with real-time information, today announced the appointment of Frank Greco, as its Director of Technology for the Americas. Mr. Greco will be responsible for understanding customer technology requirements, leveraging his experience as an architect for large-scal... (more)

Try BIRT Report Designer Today to Design Rich Interactive Content

BIRT Report Designers from Actuate are easy to use visual report development tools that offer programmatic control, extensibility and a component-based model for reuse. Technical Specifications Download Size 434 MB Version Actuate BIRT 2.3.1 Supported platforms Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2003 Windows Vista Enterprise Windows Vista Business Windows XP Pro Memory requirements 512 M... (more)