ColdFusion MX 7 Blackstone

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ColdFusion MX 7Blackstone

• Macromedia, Inc

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Living With Todays Internet

• Chronic problems continue to exist for users and
  developers
• Printing content from the browser is barely
  acceptable
• Well-formatted information in the browser is
  constrained by poor HTML display options
• Information capture is inefficient due to HTML
  limitations using rows and columns in forms

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The Mobile Internet

• The digital world is changing
• Billions of mobile devices are Internet-connected,
  but without access to useful applications
• Secure, scalable protocols exist, but are
  primarily utilized by simple communications
  applications
• Small number of applications are available
  because its too complex and expensive to create
  and deploy them

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Introducing ColdFusion MX 7

• Building better applications Eliminating the
  chronic problems
• Printable web content
• Efficient information capture
• Well-formatted information display
• The Mobile Internet opportunity Removing the
  complexity and high cost
• Extending applications to the rest of the
  Internet beyond the browser

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Printable Web Content
Better Web Applications Printable Web Content
The Challenge
The Solution

• Automatically transform web content into document
  formats
• PDF
• FlashPaper 2
• Print
• Save
• Email

• Poor printing implementation with current
  browsers

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Rich Forms
Better Web Applications Rich Forms

• Macromedia Flash or XML Forms
• Complex, multi-step forms
• Tab and accordion navigators
• Flash grid, tree, and calendar controls

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Structured Business Reports
Better Web Applications Structured Business
Reports
The Challenge
The Solution

• High-quality, structured business reports in the
  context of your applications
• ColdFusion Report Builder for fast easy report
  design
• Seamless integration into your existing web
  applications

• Building reports with HTML is difficult and time
  consuming
• Poor quality results
• Not printable or portable
• Costly third party add-ons, poor integration

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The Mobile Internet Opportunity
Web Page HTTP
Mobile Devices SMS Instant Messaging
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Beyond The Browser
A New Class of Applications Beyond The Browser
Event Gateway

• SMS text messaging
• Instant Messaging

Developer
Server
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Reacting To Events
A New Class of Applications Reacting To Events

• Applications react to or create events
• File system changes
• TCP/IP
• Asynchronous CFML
• JMS

File SystemsGateway
SocketGateway
Asynchronous CFMLGateway
JavaGateway
Event Gateway

• SMS text messaging
• Instant Messaging

Developer
Server
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Enterprise Manager
Server Management And Deployment Enterprise
Manager

• Easily Manage
• Multiple server instances
• Server clusters
• High availability
• Scalability
• Security

COLDFUSION MX 7

• Scalable

Reliable

• Secure

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J2EE Archives
Server Management And Deployment J2EE Archives

• Applications and ColdFusion runtime deployed as
  standard J2EE package
• EAR
• WAR
• Run without source code

Java Bytecode
EAR / WAR
CONFIG INFO Datasources Settings
RESOURCES Components HTML Image
CFML
MACROMEDIA JRUN 4
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Reacting To Events
A New Class of Applications Reacting To Events

• Applications react to or create events
• File system changes
• TCP/IP
• Asynchronous CFML
• JMS

File SystemsGateway
SocketGateway
Asynchronous CFMLGateway
JavaGateway
Event Gateway

• SMS text messaging
• Instant Messaging

Developer
Server
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Key Benefits Review
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ColdFusion MX 7 Editions

• Build Accessible, high quality rich forms
• Transform HTML content into Adobe PDF or
  FlashPaper 2 format
• Create structured business reports
• Deliver beautiful charts and graphs
• Text searching

• J2EE packaging and deployment
• High-performance reporting and document
  generation
• Enterprise Manager
• Server-instance clustering
• Event gateways
• Expanded operating system database support
• Sourceless deployment

Standard Edition
Enterprise Edition
Create powerful web applications in record time
for workgroups or single web application
environments
Deliver a new class of applications for highly
scalable, reliable, multiple application or J2EE
application server environments
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ColdFusion MX 7 - Net Benefits Summary

• Shortens project development time
• Provide users with compelling new capabilities
• Printable web content
• Rich Flash Forms
• High quality formatted information
• Solves new problems
• Structured Business Reporting
• High-quality dynamic document generation
• Extends applications to mobile users

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ColdFusion MX 7

• The fastest, most cost-effective wayto build and
  deploy Internet applications