July 28, 2009

Infragistics Ships User Interface Components for Microsoft Silverlight 3

A comprehensive set of UI controls help enable developers to build powerful business-focused applications for productivity-focused users

Princeton, N.J. & Elstree, United Kingdom — July 28, 2009 — Infragistics, a world leader in user interface (UI) development tools and experts in the User Experience (UX) market, today shipped the NetAdvantage Silverlight control toolset to develop UIs in Line of Business applications that is part of NetAdvantage for .NET 2009 Volume 1 and NetAdvantage for Web Client 2009 Volume 1. Built on Microsoft Silverlight 3, Infragistics provides developers with advanced, unique controls to quickly and easily develop UIs that are familiar and create new experiences inherent to Silverlight.

"Silverlight 3 is perfect for enterprise development and by working closely with customers, we created a powerful Silverlight UI control toolkit for Line of Business applications that takes advantage of Silverlight 3 capabilities such as animation, easy styling and templating," said Jason Beres, director of Product Management at Infragistics. "Our Silverlight 3 UI toolkit provides customers with controls and functionality above and beyond what is currently available 'in the box' and offers everything developers need to create great user experiences with Silverlight 3 today."

With Microsoft Expression Blend 3 support, rich data visualization capabilities and UI automation, Infragistics Silverlight controls enable developers to produce stunning UIs that are highly productive and generate dynamic user experiences.

"Infragistics Silverlight UI components provide a variety of controls that enable developers to replicate familiar, well-established user interface patterns, while evolving those patterns to take advantage of the new platform’s capabilities," said Brian Goldfarb, director of the Developer Platform Group at Microsoft Corp. "Microsoft is pleased that Infragistics is helping developers expand their Silverlight 3 toolbox and move into next-generation UI development."

Infragistics has used its more than 20 years in the enterprise UI development market to create high performance, powerful and easy to use Silverlight controls. Infragistics Silverlight Grid delivers an expansive set of tabular hierarchical grid features that allow end users to view, search, arrange and manipulate data in ways that mimic Microsoft Office Excel behaviors, all while maintaining a high level of performance. This comprehensive toolkit offers a complete array of UI controls that developers are familiar with using such as charts, trees, menus and dialog windows while introducing new controls that embody the capabilities of Silverlight 3 such as Tile Views and Tag Clouds.

To help developers ramp up quickly on Silverlight and Infragistics' Silverlight components for Line of Business applications, Infragistics offers Community Sites and Forums designed to educate and connect to other developers. Quince, Infragistics free UX patterns library is not only built on Silverlight but allows developers to browse, learn and replicate UI patterns for the best user experience.

Pricing and Availability
Available today, customers who already subscribe to NetAdvantage for Web Client or NetAdvantage for .NET will automatically receive the Silverlight control set as part of their current subscription.

Pricing for NetAdvantage for Web Client is $995 USD (MSRP) and $1,495 USD (MSRP) with priority support included. Customers who wish to add Windows Forms or Windows Presentation Foundation control sets to their existing NetAdvantage for Web Client subscription can upgrade to a NetAdvantage for .NET subscription for an additional $200 USD (MSRP). Quantity pricing and corporate licensing is also available. Infragistics can be reached at 800-231-8588 or Sales@Infragistics.com.

About Infragistics
As the market leader for 20 years, Infragistics offers the most comprehensive user interface component toolsets available for the Windows Forms, ASP.NET, Windows Presentation Foundation, Silverlight and JSF. Infragistics also offers user interface testing tools, support, training and consulting services. Infragistics continues to grow worldwide with offices in the U.S., UK, Japan, Bulgaria, France, Canada and India. For additional information on Infragistics, products and career opportunities, please visit www.infragistics.com or call us in the U.S. at +1 (800) 231-8588, +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 8034.
 

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