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Welcome to the RIA Knowledge Center, your source for valuable information about Rich Internet Applications including Industry Analyst reports, white papers, articles and more. This page is updated regularly with updated vendor-neutral RIA news and analysis.

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Business Case for RIA

Article


  • Enterprise Application Modernization
    During the last few years, much excitement has been created in Web 2.0 – treating the Web as a real platform for developing interactive and transactional applications (not just rendering static Web pages). Most of Web 2.0 deployment has been in the consumer space. It is high time the enterprises started embracing the Web as a platform for modernizing their mission critical applications.
  • How to Build a Business Case for Application Modernization
    A huge portion of IT resources is being wasted on the support and maintenance of outdated legacy applications. A modern, streamlined application environment can help an enterprise save money and remain competitive
  • Application Modernization: Money in the Bank
    You might think that the combination of do-more-with-less business planning and the dire economic reports that dominate the daily news coverage would cause IT budgets to fizzle...that's not exactly true...
  • Building Enterprise RIAs? Look Beyond AJAX
    With the growing popularity of con­sumer Web sites such as Google Maps, YouTube, and Flickr, the consumer sec­tor is aggressively endorsing Web 2.0 technolo­gies. Enterprises are increasingly recognizing the business value of the Web platform over the high cost of ownership and limited reach of exist­ing client/server applications.

Podcasts


  • Curl Podcast Series

    Gain insight into RIA today with these five Podcast RIA Technology Question and Answer discussions together with Forrester Research Principal Analyst Ron Rogowski, Curl VP of Developer Relations, Richard Monson-Haefel and Curl VP Product Strategy, Richard Treadway.

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White Paper


  • Application Modernization, A Business Case for Enterprise RIA
    This paper defines the characteristics of Enterprise RIA platforms and examines how to construct a business case for their use in application modernization. In addition it highlights Panasonic, one of Curl’s Enterprise customers, and the benefits they have experienced by using Curl’s Enterprise RIA platform to modernize their service support information system.
  • Developing Secure Rich Internet Applications (RIA) for the Enterprise
    This whitepaper describes the security architecture of the Curl RTE and Curl language as it affects all interested parties. It is intended to give a high-level overview of what the architecture is and how it can be used.
  • Curl: A Content Language for the Web - An in-depth technical overview of Curl, the language and framework
    The Web has transformed how we access information and applications, but Web application platforms have lagged behind the vision: Highly usable Web applications are too hard to build using established Web technology platforms. Web content needs to span the spectrum from simple formatted text, through graphics, animations, and scripting, to enterprise-scale applications that use client-side computing. The Curl language is the world's first content language spanning this whole spectrum in one unified framework.

RIA User Interfaces

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Technology Comparisons

Article


  • Virtual Panel: The Current and Future State of RIA
    InfoQ recently conducted a virtual panel via email on the current and future state of RIA and Ajax technologies.
  • Review: 4 rich Internet applications that double as desktop apps
    RIAs can make Web browsers as responsive as desktop applications. Martin Heller from Computerworld looks at four technologies that cross the online gap.
  • Learning Curl By Way of Java

    This is a short article on learning Curl by way of Java. It is not a direct Curl vs. Java comparison, but is intended to provide insight into the Curl environment for Java programmers that want to learn more about Curl.

  • Not Your Father's Web: The year in RIAs
    Rich Internet application (RIA) development didn't used to be a heavyweight competition. Just a few short years ago, when developers wanted to create a browser experience beyond the ordinary -- to incorporate sophisticated dashboards or jazzy special effects, for example -- they could draw from a handful of obscure and fledgling tools...

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White Paper


  • Curl-Building RIA beyond AJAX
    This paper discusses how Curl can help enterprises build applications that go beyond the traditional limitations of web-based applications. Learn how to build RIAs that deliver the full fledged functionality of client/server applications with the flexibility and reach of web-based applications.
  • Technology Study by Sonata
    Triggered by AJAX based popular websites like Google Map, YouTube and Flickr there is now a high demand for next generation Internet applications called RIAs. Surveys by leading research firms indicate that enterprises are taking a closer look at implementing RIAs as they foresee a direct or an indirect influence on their businesses. Enterprises that embark on RIA have a challenging task at hand – choosing the right RIA development platform. The decision is critical as there are many options, vendors and technologies in the market with varying degrees of support for RIA. Download the report to read more.

Use Case Scenarios

Customer Case Study


  • Panasonic

    Panasonic AVC Networks chose Curl as the development platform for its Service Information Sharing System because it provides the ideal environment for live documentation and interactive education enabled Panasonic AVC to retain the comprehensive information storage capabilities of its existing database system, yet enhance the capabilities of that system with a powerful and flexible front end.

    For more case studies visit our Customer Stories page.  

  • Okamura
    Okamura launched its first Curl-powered grid computing web application, and began shifting all its estimation and sales quote operations to the Curl platform shortly thereafter. The results were astoundingly positive
  • Paisley - Complex Reporting and Visualization
    Paisley adopted Curl as the platform for developing its Paisley Enterprise GRC and Paisley GRC On-Demand solutions because it is ideal for creating business-critical, delivered applications. Read the full case study.

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