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Macromedia® ColdFusion® MX Evaluator's Guide

TOP 10 REASONS TO BUY COLDFUSION MX

1. Increase your productivity. Build dynamic websites and Internet applications quickly
with powerful and intuitive server scripting. ColdFusion MX lets you easily publish
dynamic data, manage session information, process HTML forms and handle XML
data  all with an easy-to-learn scripting environment. Plus, you can customize the
environment with your own reusable tag libraries, components, and functions.
2. Optimize your development with Dreamweaver MX. Combining powerful visual
design controls with a newly redesigned code editor, Dreamweaver MX provides
robust application development, rapid visual prototyping, integrated debugging
and complete support for new ColdFusion MX language elements and features.
3. Build rich Internet applications with an optimized connection to Macromedia Flash.
Easily create rich applications with support for server-side ActionScript, a fast,
secure protocol for passing data from ColdFusion MX to Macromedia Flash
clients, and integrated debugging in the Flash MX authoring environment.
4. Harness the power of XML and web services. Easily integrate XML data using built-
in XML document parsing, XSL transformations, and automated serialization of
data into XML. Work with SOAP-based web services or those created using the
Microsoft .NET Framework. Or publish your own using a standards-based web
services engine.
5. Flexibly deploy applications to leading operating systems and on industry-leading
application servers. Deploy ColdFusion MX Server on any of the leading server
operating systems, including Windows, Linux, Solaris, and HP-UX. Or deploy
ColdFusion MX on leading Java application servers with the ColdFusion MX for
J2EE™ Application Servers product line.
6. Enhance your sites with a powerful suite of integrated application services. Simplify
searching with built-in Verity full-text search. Deliver professional business
graphics with the embedded charting and graphing engine. Secure sites by
integrating role-based security with your existing directory infrastructure.
7. Leverage the developer community. Increase productivity with reusable libraries of
ColdFusion and JSP tags. Create your own or download any of thousands
available on the Developers Exchange or from third-party sites.
8. Integrate with enterprise systems. Connect to virtually any database or directory
server with high-performance Type IV JDBC drivers and LDAP support. Integrate
with legacy systems through web services or industry-standard component
interfaces, including COM, CORBA, and JavaBeans/EJB.
9. Combine rapid ColdFusion development with the power of the J2EE™ platform.
Create applications that leverage the reliability and performance of the Java
platform while benefiting from the legendary productivity of ColdFusion.
Applications also benefit from dynamic load balancing, automatic failover, and
high-performance database connectivity.
10. Effortlessly manage your applications with advanced server administration. Utilize the
web-based ColdFusion MX administration console to quickly configure servers,
schedule tasks, monitor performance, and analyze server logs. Easily archive or
deploy entire applications with powerful Application Deployment Services.
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