RIA News Desk

Learn how to use AJAX and services to rapidly create Web applications from reusable pieces and parts. Kevin Hakman shows just how easy and quick it can be. In addition he shares a set of enterprise case studies to reveal the types of mission-critical applications businesses today are deploying using AJAX. View Video Kevin Hakman is the director of developer evangelism for TIBCO General Interface. He co-founded General Interface in 2001, pioneering AJAX in the enterprise. TIBCO acquired General Interface in 2004 to extend its vision for service-oriented applications to the end user. Kevin is a contributor to SOA World Magazine and the AJAXWorld Magazine, and has spoken at numerous industry events. Register for AJAXWorld Conference & Expo Submit Your Paper to Present a Session Sponsor AJAXWorld Conference & Expo RIAs, Rich Web Technologies, and AJAX March 18... (more)

Laszlo Systems Named "Diamond Sponsor" of AJAXWorld Conference & Expo

SYS-CON Events announced today that Laszlo Systems named a “Diamond Sponsor” of AJAXWorld Conference & Expo 2007 West, which will take place September24-26, 2007, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, in Santa Clara, California. Laszlo Systems is the original developer of the open source platform OpenLaszlo, and provider of Rich Internet Applications and services that advance the Web experience. OpenLaszlo is an XML-native foundation for building next generation Web applications that increase customer retention, conversion and brand loyalty. Laszlo provides comprehens... (more)

AJAX World RIA Conference News - AJAX & RIA with Server-Side JavaScript

Server-side JavaScript (SSJS) is growing in popularity fast since developers realize it can drastically simplify Web app creation by letting you use using the same technology stack on both the client and the server. While server-side JavaScript is not new - it was a part of Netscape’s vision 10 years ago - times have significantly changed with 10x faster hardware and networks, making that original vision for the Web now a reality. This Fall at the 6th International AJAXWorld RIA Conference & Expo (October 20-22, 2008) in San Jose, CA, Ian Selby will be giving a session that n... (more)

Facebook's First AJAX Play with Parakey Acquisition

Facebook announced its very first acquisition last week with Parakey, a startup run by Blake Ross and Joe Hewitt, co-founders of Mozilla Firefox, an open-source and non-profit web browser. Ross and Hewitt will join Facebook's team to work on the development of Facebook Platform and the company's website. "Blake and Joe built the Firefox web browser and then turned to the developer community to build on top of the foundation they'd established, not unlike what we've done with Facebook Platform," said Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook. "The work they've done with Firefo... (more)

Web 2.0 Services and SOA at AJAXWorld

With the promise of SOA enabling business architectures, implementing controls within current security infrastructures, paired with enterprise deployments of existing applications, a rich user experience to place business intelligence and business analytics in-context of the overall business is essential to allow users to assemble the information around meeting their goals and plans. In this session Vince Casarez describes Oracle's efforts in each of these areas with a standards-based approach and the technologies required to increase overall business execution. View Video Over... (more)