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Delivering Rich Business Intelligence


David Meeker

David Meeker

WHITTMANHART

Ryan Carlos

Ryan Carlos

WHITTMANHART

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. The Old-School Way of Doing Business
  3. From Poor to Rich
  4. The Benefits of Using Flex
  5. Building a Rich Client Interface
  6. Conclusion
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Created:
29 March 2004
User Level:
Intermediate, Advanced

Since its announcement in fall 2003, Macromedia Flex has generated a lot of excitement among developers of Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). In addition to the numerous technical benefits that this new development platform provides, Flex applications also deliver tremendous benefits for businesses. For example, our team at WHITTMANHART used the Flex platform to create a mission-critical business application for our consulting organization; it has played a major part in the growth of our business by allowing us to visualize real-time, actionable data on which we base key business decisions. Our experience with Flex has been so overwhelmingly positive that we plan on using Flex as a platform for the delivery of applications for our clients.

In this article, we want to share with you some of our experiences working with Flex and demonstrate how you might be able to use the Flex platform to find and build creative solutions to your business challenges.

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About the authors

Dave Meeker leads the custom application development team for WHITTMANHART Interactive in Chicago. Dave has been developing custom web solutions for clients throughout his professional career. He has also given a lot of thought to the challenges and benefits of the integration of multimedia into the workplace and the convergence of media such as the Internet and television, and how social systems can benefit from the use of messaging, collaboration, and other technology. For the last two years, he has managed the partner relationship with Macromedia, specializing in usable interactive software strategy, design, and development.
Ryan Carlos started using Macromedia products in college with the release of Flash 3. Since then he has always been interested in interactive design, and improving usability of software and emerging technologies. Ryan has an application development background and is currently a senior consultant for WHITTMANHART Interactive, where he devotes his attention to the development of Rich Internet Application. Ryan has a passion for new technology and is an expert in Bluetooth devices and networking.