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Adobe Betas Target RIAs and Cloud Computing

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:15:00 EST

The rise of RIAs and cloud computing, and the increased diversity of Internet-connected devices are spawning the need for contextual applications that take advantage of specific functionality offered by operating systems and devices. The Flash Platform enables developers to create contextual applications for users across a number of devices while maintaining content and a user experience that is consistent yet unique to each device.

Complete Enterprise IP Telephony for 50+ Employees

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST

Learn what an Premise PBX system can do for you and understand what issues you should consider during your decision-making process. Traditional business PBX (Private Branch eXchange) and TDM (time-division multiplexing) systems are fast becoming outdated and obsolete and oftentimes do not conform with VoIP or SIP; negatively impacting a company’s ability to communicate.

Virtualization With VMware or Hyper-V: What You Need To Know

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:15:00 EST

Gartner Data Center Conference, Dec 1-4 in Las Vegas delivers tactics and strategies on your hottest issues: next-stage virtualization, the impact of cloud computing, best practices in cost optimization, managing escalating energy costs, the aging infrastructure, and more. View webinar replay Virtualization with VMware or Hyper-V: What you need to know by Gartner VP and Distinguished Analyst Tom Bittman

680 Employees To Be Axed at Adobe: TechCrunch

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:30:00 EST

TechCrunch is reporting that 9% of Adobe's workforce is to be axed, according to an 8-K filed by Adobe with the SEC today. "Adobe is restructuring its business to align costs with its fiscal 2010 operating plan and budget, the company’s three-year strategic priorities and the realities of the business environment, as well as to ensure its ability to continue investing in long-term growth opportunities," a spokesman told TechCrunch.

Microsoft Cloud Center Set for Taiwan

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:45:00 EST

Microsoft and the government of Taiwan are going to set up a cloud research center before the end of the year. It should help local contract manufacturers develop cloud devices and services. Quanta, for instance, intends to start churning out cloud servers at some point. Microsoft means to spend $9.5 billion in 2010 and a lot of it is earmarked for the cloud.

Enomaly ECP 3.0.3 Service Provider Edition Released

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:30:00 EST

ECP is a carrier-class architecture & cloud hosting platform which supports the deployment of very large public cloud infrastructure for service providers. The platform has been designed to span multiple federated data centers in disparate geographies around the globe handling hundreds of thousands of VM's and multi-tenant customers.

Trusting the Cloud

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:30:00 EST

Trust is an important word in the world of security, and in cloud computing it’s an even bigger deal. Cloud computing offers up the promise that an organizations will be able to run any application from anywhere at any time. But in a multi-tenant environment, a cloud application running in a virtual machine might be located on any number of hosts in a virtualized datacenter, and running next to others’ virtual machines on those hosts.

Platform Computing Advances Cloud Computing for HPC

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:45:00 EST

Platform Computing is expanding cloud computing capabilities for high performance computing (HPC) with two new offerings. The company today announced the release of Platform ISF Adaptive Cluster, a product that dynamically changes the operating systems and personalities of compute nodes managed by Platform LSF and Platform Symphony. It effectively increases application capacity and resource utilization by consolidating heterogeneous application clusters and allows organizations to build an internal cloud for HPC. Platform Computing also announced new cloud bursting capabilities that will permit Platform HPC customers to seamlessly redirect peak workloads from their internal HPC infrastructure to external cloud resources on a pay-per-use basis in order to optimally meet service levels. Together, these offerings let HPC users take advantage of cloud computing by utilizing both internal private resources and external public cloud offerings.

Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise Suite 2 for Cloud Computing

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:00:00 EST

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the availability of Adobe® LiveCycle® Enterprise Suite 2 (ES2), a major software release enabling businesses and governments to build applications that improve interactions with customers and constituents across devices and channels. Delivering significant productivity improvements to IT and line-of-business managers, LiveCycle ES2 provides a rich Internet application (RIA) framework for building customizable RIA workspaces, mobile and desktop access to critical applications, and deployment in the cloud.

Hosting.com Launches ColdFusion 9 in the Cloud

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:15:00 EDT

Hosting.com, the leading provider of managed hosting, cloud hosting and colocation solutions and an Adobe Solution Partner, today announced the general availability of ColdFusion 9 in its Cloud and Dedicated environments. Hosting.com is the first provider to launch ColdFusion 9's availability in a cloud hosting environment. Hosting.com is the world's most trusted ColdFusion hosting provider servicing over 6,000 global ColdFusion customers -- many since 1997. ColdFusion 9 Enterprise and Standard editions are available in the Hosting.com Cloud Enterprise, Cloud Dedicated and Dedicated Hosting platforms. Cloud Enterprise, starting as low as $125 per month, provides on-demand cloud hosting via a secure web portal so businesses can rapidly deploy virtual servers and modify resources as needed -- and provides high availability and elasticity to each client. Cloud Enterprise requires no contracts and clients can purchase, provision and add CPU, RAM, and DISK online in as little as one minute.

Chrome Sued for Patent Infringement

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:45:00 EDT

An Israeli company called Red Bend has sued Google’s Chrome browser for patent infringement in the district court in Massachusetts. It says Chrome’s Courgette differential compression algorithm treads on its widgetry. Courgette, which launched in July, sends just partial application updates to the browser to save on bandwidth and reduce vulnerabilities.

HL7 Interface Engines

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:00:00 EDT

So what do you really look for in an interface engine? There is more to an IE than just being a pass-through of messages.

Has Virtualization Solved the Data Center Crisis?

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:00:00 EDT

Over the past several years, many IT departments have committed to virtualization as an antidote to the spiraling costs and inflexibility plaguing corporate data centers everywhere. By running applications on virtual servers and consolidating underutilized hardware, data centers can get maximum value from their equipment. Virtualization also makes IT more responsive to the needs of the business: rather than spending weeks or months to provision a physical server, a virtual server can be launched in minutes.

Towards a DoD Service Oriented Architecture Competency Center: Technology is the Least of Concerns

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:30:00 EDT

The Department of Defense (DoD) leadership understands the importance of Service-Oriented Architectures (SOAs), Cloud computing, Software as a Service (SaaS), and other emerging technological methodologies, standards, and practice. Historically, information has been restricted to small groups or individuals. In a general sense, the critical need to properly and securely share, reuse, and provide information services are often blocked by issues of security, lack of understanding, misinformation, and legacy thinking...

On2 Settlement Proposals Involving Merger With Google

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:00:00 EDT

As more fully described in a Form 8-K being filed today by On2 and as disclosed in the registration statement on Form S-4, as amended (the "Registration Statement"), which Google intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on or about October 26, 2009, On2 and the On2 board of directors and the plaintiffs to each of the Delaware Action and the New York Action entered into a memorandum of understanding ("MOU") on October 23, 2009 contemplating the settlement of all claims in each of the Delaware Action and the New York Action.

Ph.D. in Twitter Anyone?

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:30:00 EDT

Colorado Technical University (CTU), a leading provider of education to career-motivated students, has launched six graduate degree programs designed to help prepare professionals to use technology and social media to meet changing business demands. The new programs include two doctor of management degrees - one in emerging media and another in environmental and social sustainability; two doctor of computer science degrees - one in digital systems security and another in emerging media; and two master of science degrees - one in systems engineering and another in enterprise information systems.

Unleashing the Economic Benefits of Cloud Computing

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:15:00 EDT

There are tangible economic benefits and efficiencies to be gained from cloud computing. To realize those benefits, companies should consider specific criteria and develop a strategy for how to optimize their datacenters to gain efficiencies and significantly improve datacenter TCO. Jason Waxman’s session at the Cloud Computing Conference and Expo, is key for companies that are seeking ways to improve datacenter efficiencies, drive down costs, and maximize use of their datacenter resources.

An (almost) Comprehensive List of Web Components

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:00:00 EDT

In talking with Andy Schwartz before our recent talk together at Oracle Open World, Andy mentioned that he'd like to see some new components make it in to JSF 2.1. I'd like to see that too - but what new components? To aid the discussion, I thought it might be handy to make up a list of components that I think would be handy for JSF - but please, don't take this as an endorsement of any particular component for inclusion into the spec. At best, I can see us adding only a handful, perhaps 3 or so. Still, once started, this kind of project becomes it's own end - so I decided it might be good to publish such a list. Many of these components already exist in some form or another for JSF, or as a JavaScript Widget that could be wrapped in a JSF component - so most of them are available today.

The Profit Model for Cloud Computing

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:30:00 EDT

The Cloud storage segment can provide a roadmap for how to create a viable, profitable cloud computing industry. Cloud storage has not so quietly gone from concept to tangible business with real revenue and margin opportunities. According to Steve Lesem, while many bet on Amazon, EMC, Google, Microsoft and Sun, it turns out they have their hands full with the entry of trusted service providers like IT hosting providers into this space.

Podcast. Attending Adobe Max 2009. Part 4

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:50:00 EDT

This podcast is about the closing day of Adobe MAX 2009: http://nobsit.libsyn.com/
How I understand the iPhone/Flash situation
Good read about AIR 2.0
The Adobe MAX 2009 videos for developers are published the next day!

Adobe MAX 2009. First major release: LiveCycle Enterprise Suite 2

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:01:00 EDT

Today, Adobe announced a major release of LiveCycle® Enterprise Suite 2 (ES2), an SOA architecture for automation of document processing, RIA, and process management. It’s an enterprise platform for SOA that brings together various technologies and tools including LiveCycle Data Services, Flex, Flash, Adobe Acrobat and more to deliver user centric applications.

How to attend Adobe MAX conference for cheap

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:30:00 EDT

I’d like to offer you a legal way to get more than 80% off the registration price at Adobe MAX that will take place next week in Los Angeles. But you have to move fast!

Adobe Reader Sued

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:00:00 EDT

A New Jersey outfit called Textscape LLC sued Adobe in a California federal court last Friday claiming that Adobe's Acrobat Reader, which must be on every computer in the universe, treads on its patent for processing text. It's asking for unspecified damages. The widgetry involved lets users "obtain information in a body of text without reading the text." Apparently it creates a map box with a representation of the whole text when the text is too big for the screen.

Adobe MAX 2009 Online

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:15:00 EDT

Watch MAX keynotes, streamed live from Los Angeles-register now. On October 5th and 6th, Adobe MAX Online will feature the keynotes, streamed live, highlighting the newest and most exciting developments in the world of technology. Join 10 minutes early and participate in the backstage behind the scenes action.

ASP.NET Membership Provider in the Cloud

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:30:00 EDT

Let's take a look at this pretty common scenario. You're building an ASP.NET application (MVC or otherwise) and you intend to publish it in the cloud and you're using Azure Storage (not SQL Azure) for your underlying data store. You've already hooked your app up with the sample Azure-based Membership provider that comes with the Azure SDK and everything is running along nicely.

Your application has quite a bit of administrator-only functionality so, after you've been using it locally for a while you put in some safeguards to block access to the admin areas unless the user is in the Administrators role. That's awesome and ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC both have some really great code shortcuts for enabling this kind of situation and you can make yourself an administrator pretty darn easily.

So you're an admin and you deploy your application to staging and you go to run it and you try to log in. Whoops your account isn't there. This is because for the last couple of weeks you've been running against your local SQL 2008 (or SQL Express) database and you forgot that you did a few tweaks to make yourself an administrator. In the last couple of weeks you removed the code on the site that allows users to self-register since your application is an LOB app with a manually administered user list.

There is a built-in tool that comes with Visual Studio 2008 that allows you to do site administration. In a non-cloud environment, this was a great way to do things because you could simply configure your providers and then click "Project" and then "ASP.NET Configuration" and you would be taken to a Cassini-based website that allows you to add/remove users, manipulate roles, etc. It was great.

The problem is that when you run an Azure application locally, you're running the Role, you're not running the ASP.NET application. This means that when you launch (at least as of last night when I tried this) the ASP.NET configuration site, you're going to get a pile of errors all stemming from the fact that information contained in your service configuration file wasn't found and you'll get other errors because the local fabric doesn't get initialized when you don't start the app through the role.

So what can you do? If you can't use the admin site then how do you create an admin user that can then create more users? Lots of really talented people have contributed to the MVC community including a fully functional admin site that uses the membership provider to administer users, etc and you can use this if you want. What I've been doing, however, to ensure that I'm never left without some form of administrative access to my sites is by creating a root account.

What I do is in the service definition I declare three settings: RootAccountName, RootAccountPassword, AdminRoleName. I then have code in my application startup that will use the Membership API to create this user with the given password and add them to the Admin Role (and create that role if it isn't created already). This guarantees me that any time I do a fresh deploy or even wipe my storage account that I'll still be able to login as an administrator to stage or production and I can keep the root account name different between stage and production.

Again, Azure development is awesome and shares a lot of similarities with traditional ASP.NET development but some things (like the built-in site admin tool) don't work out of the box via the cloud and so we have to keep these things in mind as we build applications for the cloud.

Akamai Unveils the Akamai HD Network

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:30:00 EDT

Akamai Technologies has announced the Akamai HD Network, its next generation video delivery offering and a platform to deliver HD video online to viewers using Adobe Flash technology, Microsoft Silverlight, and to the iPhone, at broadcast-level audience scale. The Akamai HD Network is the only solution that supports live and on-demand HD streaming with a highly-personalized and interactive online experience that matches and complements HD television.

Cloud Executives Feature on Cloud Computing Expo Power Panel

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:30:00 EDT

Before the New York version of its International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, which is about to be held again in Silicon Valley (Santa Clara Convention Center, 2-4 November, 2009), SYS-CON.TV invited four leading industry thought leaders to discuss how Cloud Computing brings the economics of the Web to Enterprise IT and where the move to the cloud will take the industry overall. The participants were Amazon.com VP & CTO, Werner Vogels; Rackspace CTO, John Engates; Booz Allen Hamilton Principal, Rod Fontecilla; and Sun's CTO of Global Sales & Services, Hal Stern.

Thinking of Flex in London

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:30:00 EDT

I try to go easy on frameworks in the classroom, because there could be lots of non-technical reasons for adopting this or that framework. I also know that people who created frameworks are seasoned developers with their vision of how things should be done. No disrespect here. But if they have their vision and are not afraid to promote, I am entitled to have mine, don’t I?

Converting Nikon D90 Videos to work with Adobe Premiere Pro CS4

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:47:00 EDT

I recently bought my first DSLR, the Nikon D90, which I have been having a blast with. One of the cool features of the camera, is that it supports creating HD video clips (of up to 5 minutes) (view an example here). However, the way the clips are created seems to confuse Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, which won’t open or import the clips without a little work on your part.

Brightcove Rolls Out Support for Adobe Flash Media Server 3.5

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:45:00 EDT

Brightcove has announced that it has rolled out broad support for Adobe(R) Flash(R) Media Server 3.5 through content delivery services provided by Limelight Networks, providing more than 700 customers in 28 countries with turn-key access to enhanced dynamic delivery capabilities for HD-quality online video. Brightcove has also introduced on-demand access to advanced security options for video stream encryption and SWF verification to the company's global customer base.

Adobe Flash Platform Services Unveiled

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:30:00 EDT

Adobe has announced the availability of Adobe® Flash® Platform Services for Distribution, a new service that enables advertisers and content publishers to promote, measure and monetize applications across social networks, desktops and mobile devices. Adobe Flash Platform Services are online, hosted services that allow developers to add innovative capabilities to Web applications with a predictable, cost efficient deployment model. Developers, advertisers and publishers are now using Adobe Flash Platform Services to make Web applications sharable, social, and collaborative.

Flash Platform Services for Distribution

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:15:00 EDT

Today, Adobe made a very interesting announcement - Adobe Flash Platform Services for Distribution is available to the public. To put it simple, it’s a new way of distributing, promoting, and measuring the usage of your applications on the Web.

Jaspersoft Announces New JasperReports Professional

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:01:00 EDT

Jaspersoft has announced the immediate availability of JasperReports Professional, now with Flash-based geo-visualization and advanced charting capabilities. Jaspersoft is also introducing a new low-cost JasperReports Professional Developer Edition, which will make it even easier to get started with these powerful new capabilities.

Adobe Flash and Flex Accessibility with Screen Readers

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:15:00 EDT

First, yes, screen readers can read Flex applications. And yes, its fairly easy. But, I’ll discuss how in a future post. But, if you’d rather send people to your old HTML version of your site when using a read, there is good news. Flash Player has the ability to detect if a screen reader is running on the client machine, even if JavaScript is disabled and/or the Flex application is not compiled as an “accessible swf”. This is possible with the Accessibility class.

Eucalyptus Cloud Journal Launched on Ulitzer

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:00:00 EDT

Eucalyptus Cloud Journal Launched on Ulitzer. Eucalyptus is an open-source system for implementing on-premise private and hybrid clouds using the hardware and software infrastructure that is in place, without modification. Eucalyptus adds capabilities such as end-user customization, self-service provisioning, and legacy application support to data center virtualization features, making IT customer service easier, more fully featured, and less expensive.

Adobe Flex/AS3 Code Quality Tool (PMD)

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:15:00 EDT

Adobe recently released (August 2009) the Flex implementation of PMD tool which is extensively used at J2EE shops for code quality management. FlexPMD is a tool that helps to improve code quality by auditing any AS3/Flex source directory and detecting common bad practices. The Flex PMD tool is locate on the Adobe Open Source Projects site. http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexpmd/FlexPMD It [...]

The Dissolution of the Rich Internet Application (RIA) Market

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:15:00 EDT

As the line between browser-based and desktop-based applications blurs, and as approaches for abstracting functionality and information from user interfaces develop, other markets will eventually merge with the currently separately identifiable RIA market. Furthermore, as the Internet continues to penetrate every aspect of our lives, both business and personal, the distinction between "Internet application" and "application" will disappear, rich or not.

Enterprise Flex: Debunking Urban Myths

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:45:00 EDT

I got an email from an enterprise architect considering Adobe Flex as a platform for Web application development in their organization. This email contained a well prepared list of questions/remarks/concerns that many of enterprise Web architects may face. That’s why I decided to publish my short answers to these questions. I didn’t change the wording of the questions/ statements.

Analytics for Adobe Air Applications

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:45:00 EDT

Speed-Trap http://www.speed-trap.com the online customer insight software provider, today launches its analytics for adobe air applications, Speed-Trap's unique capability to capture and process detailed data on users' interactions with Adobe AIR applications, despite their being based on the desktop, not in the browser. Rich internet applications are no longer solely implemented in browser environments, and with the introduction of Adobe AIR in early 2008, many organisations are starting to implement their rich internet applications as standalone, including companies like the BBC, eBay and PayPal. Indeed, as of February 2009, Adobe AIR had been installed over 100 million times.

What Can the Cloud Do for You?

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:30:00 EDT

In the excitement of witnessing the dawn of a new era in computing, we often overlook the fact that while many of us understand the benefits of cloud computing, there are many more that are just beginning this exciting journey. For those just getting started, here’s a few quotes on the subject and a brief snapshot [...]

Flex User Groups and Conflict of Interest

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:30:00 EDT

First of all, to add a little more credibility to what I’m about to write, let me just say that I’m running Princeton Java Users Group (JUG) for years and have a pretty good idea of how organization of the meetings and sponsorship work in such gatherings. Java community is huge, well established and has a loyal following of leaders and enthusiasts that are willing to spend some of their evenings meeting with their peers and attending presentations by either well known or by no so famous yet presenters.

Twitter Is Down and I Can't Broadcast This Message!

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:30:00 EDT

In general, creating of such a simple Yes/no site can save lots of money to the vendors of any other commercial software. Say, your firm runs an e-commerce Web site GreatOnlineStore.com. When your server is down, the phone lines of your customer support get swamped (and you pay for all these 800 numbers!). Frustrated customer keep banging your server getting errors back...What a mess.... You could have avoided this by running a simple Web site IsGreatOnlineStoreDown.com, which would put the minds of frustrated customers at ease - people can survive for an our without your GreatOnlineStore, but what's most important, this red Yes will give them a feeling that everything is under control. They know what's going on!

A Singleton That Flex Developers Must Know About

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:30:00 EDT

Each real-world software developer knows at least one design pattern – Singleton. Flex has some specifics in implementing Singletons due to lack of private constructors in ActionScript, but the goal of this little writeup is not to show you how to implement Singleton, but rather to discourage you from doing this because each Flex application already has a singleton – just use it.

Flex Performance: Develop Each Flex Application As a Portal

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:30:00 EDT

In this brief article I’d like to talk about one of the most important aspects of RIA in general and written in Flex in particular – the initial download process. You'll also see a screencast showing how designing each Flex application as a portal can make your RIA more modular and responsive.

Adobe gets into the Cloud

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:00:00 EDT

“By embracing Amazon Web Services to power this offering, Adobe combines its comprehensive enterprise solution with a cloud environment that knocks down barriers to productivity for enterprise developers worldwide,” said Kumar Vora, vice president and general manager for LiveCycle at Adobe. Check out the full artice http://ajax.sys-con.com/node/805801

Rackspace Cloud APIs Open Sourced

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:30:00 EDT

Rackspace Hosting Thursday open sourced the specifications for its Cloud Servers and Cloud Files APIs under the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution license. It says it worked with developers in an open community to create the specifications and they can now copy, implement and modify the specs, which Rackspace figures should help enable a "truly open cloud." Of course Eucalyptus already offers an open source cloudware.

Bernie Borges' Marketing 2.0 Social Media Book

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:30:00 EDT

Bernie Borges' new book: Marketing 2.0: Bridging the Gap between Seller and Buyers through Social Media Marketing. Bernie's book aims to give a macro view of social media marketing with a focus on "what it is" and "how" small and medium size businesses (SMB) can develop a strategy, implement it and measure results. Marketing 2.0: Bridging the Gap between Seller and Buyers through Social Media Marketing covers these topics:

Adobe Enters Cloud Computing with LiveCycle

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:30:00 EDT

"By embracing Amazon Web Services to power this offering, Adobe combines its comprehensive enterprise solution with a cloud environment that knocks down barriers to productivity for enterprise developers worldwide,” said Kumar Vora, vice president and general manager for LiveCycle at Adobe, as the company recently announced the availability of Adobe LiveCycle ES Developer Express software - a full version of Adobe LiveCycle ES hosted in the Amazon Web Services cloud computing environment.

Robust Ruby PaaS Cloud Launched

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EDT

Engine Yard is preparing for Ruby growth in the next 12 months and beyond with its latest offerings: Engine Yard Cloud and Flex. Engine Yard Cloud is a services platform that leverages 100 man-years of experience deploying, managing and scaling some of the world's largest Rail sites and makes that know-how accessible to companies looking to run Rails in the cloud. Meanwhile, Flex is a cloud service plan for production-level Rails applications.

Brand New Adobe Flex Course Scheduled in Denver

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:45:00 EDT

The training covers the Flex client, Eclipse & Flex builder, the Flash virtual machine & how the Flex application development process is designed. It covers Actionscript, how events are handled, and layouts in a constraint based container. The material is similar to the first three days of Flex 3: Developing Rich Internet Applications. However, on the final two days, the course moves into getting data, using E4X Expressions & search, displaying the data and ColdFusion wizards and extensions to code a back end that tightly integrates with the full Adobe suite of enterprise level products and application development toolkits.