Lab49 has been at the forefront of the adoption of Rich Internet Application (RIA) technologies in financial services over the past year, especially in the electronic trading domain. RIA has become a strategic technology platform for dynamic companies that are seeking to provide clients with differentiated offerings that deliver research, trading and operational functionality. The arrival of the Silverlight 3.0 platform signals the new generation of rich solutions that can be delivered with quick time to ma
As a Microsoft Gold Partner, Lab49 created the first dedicated WPF practice on Wall Street and has since been a driving force in developing a wide range of desktop and RIA applications for the finance industry using WPF and Silverlight, developed in Expression and Visual Studio.
With the upcoming release of Expression 3 and SketchFlow, Lab49 has begun taking this process to an entirely new level. Lab49’s unique agile development process and dedicated User Experience consultants have already begun to use SketchFlow to radically improve the design and prototyping process on our projects within the financial services industry.
Lab49 In Virtual Launch of Silverlight 3.0
Daniel Chait was a featured industry expert for SketchFlow in the "Visual Kitchen" video produced by Microsoft for the launch event, visible at www.seethelight.com as of July 10, alongside Jon Harris, senior product manager at Microsoft Corp.
"Microsoft is excited for Lab49 to be part of the Silverlight 3 and Expression 3 launch event,” said Jon Harris, senior product manager at Microsoft Corp. “Lab49's experience with and commitment to Microsoft technologies like Silverlight and SketchFlow has helped enable Lab49 to create applications quickly and efficiently for the financial services market."
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Doug Finke provides an overview of Lab49's Quicksilver demonstration. The application is representative of some of the Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) many companies in the finance industry are building on the Silverlight platform. |
Tutorials & Demos
As part of the Silverlight 3 launch, Lab49 has produced a series of demonstrations and tutorials about Silverlight 3 and Expression 3 that can be found at http://www.lab49.com/insidethelab/tutorials
