January 14, 2008

Infragistics' Ed Blankenship is awarded Microsoft MVP

World leader in presentation layer tools now boasts six Microsoft MVPs

Princeton, N.J. & Elstree, United Kingdom — January 14, 2008 — Infragistics, the world leader in presentation layer development tools, announced today that Ed Blankenship has been awarded a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award for Client Application Development.  Microsoft MVP awards are given to individuals who are outstanding technical community leaders with real world expertise and technical skills.

Blankenship is a Microsoft Certified Application Developer and the Configuration Manager in the Engineering department at Infragistics.  As a technical evangelist for Smart Client applications, Blankenship has been a technical editor for the Wrox Silverlight 1.0 book, written articles for various technical publications, and has spoken at various user groups, events, and conferences.  Blankenship is Infragistics sixth Microsoft MVP on its staff.

"Having so many team members with such depth of knowledge in Microsoft technologies strengthens the company as a whole," said Dean Guida, CEO and President of Infragistics.  "Plus, our MVPs not only add value to our company but also make exceptional contributions and demonstrate commitment to technical communities worldwide."

Other Infragistics experts that have been recognized with the Microsoft MVP award are: Jason Beres, Visual Basic; J. Ambrose Little, Solutions Architect; Anthony Lombardo, ASP.NET; Josh Smith, Client Application Development and a Code Project MVP; and Craig Shoemaker, ASP.NET.

About Infragistics

Infragistics has been the market leader in the presentation layer components industry for over 18 years. With a comprehensive portfolio of multi-platform Enterprise Software products and services, Infragistics has achieved global reach in nearly every Fortune 2000 company. Infragistics empowers developers to build and style great application user interfaces for Windows Forms, ASP.NET, WPF and JSF, and additionally offers user interface test tools, support, training and consulting services.

With a history of success and a corporate culture focused on delighting customers, Infragistics continues to grow and prosper. Infragistics is constantly innovating and aggressively recruiting world-wide to fuel new ideas in offices in the US, UK, Japan, France, Canada and India. For additional information on Infragistics, products and career opportunities, please visit www.infragistics.com or call us in the US at 1 (609) 448-2000, in Europe, the Middle East, or Africa (EMEA) at +44 (0) 20 8387 1474, or in Japan at +81-3-5474-8040.

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