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Lightstreamer Releases Free "Moderato" Edition
Lightstreamer,
the high-performance Streaming-AJAX (Comet) engine is
now available for free.
AJAXWorld, New York, 20th March 2007 –- Lightstreamer is the leading push server for live data
distribution to "zero-install" clients, based on the
Comet paradigm (also known as "Streaming AJAX" or "AJAX
Push"). Lightstreamer Server is able to deliver any
real-time data to any browser, enhancing the AJAX
paradigm with True Push.
The rapid adoption of AJAX and Web 2.0 has meant that
Streaming AJAX is finding an increasing number of new
application areas, beyond its original use in the
finance industry and more recently in gaming and online
auctions. A new edition of Lightstreamer, called
Moderato and based on a subset of the commercial
editions, is now available free of charge, to add push
functionalities to any service or product, whether free
or commercial.
"Lightstreamer is fully committed to the evolution of
AJAX", said Mauro Fantechi, CEO of Lightstreamer, "We
have invested in developing a free version, to
contribute to the AJAX community, where Lightstreamer
provides the natural progression that bridges the gap
between AJAX polling and real-time push".
Lightstreamer began over six years ago and has
evolved into a very mature and reliable technology that
is currently used within mission critical systems. The
architecture of Lightstreamer Server features massive
scalability, sustaining thousands of concurrent
connections without the need for expensive hardware.
"The new free Moderato edition will bring AJAX-based
push technology to other application domains, such as
online communities (through messaging and presence),
sporting, monitoring consoles or any web solution that
needs real-time updates", said Alessandro Alinone, CTO
of Lightstreamer, "With Lightstreamer Moderato we want
to encourage the development of new solutions that will
literally push the boundaries of how the Web is
currently used".
About Lightstreamer
Lightstreamer is a high-performance push/streaming
engine based on the AJAX-Comet paradigm that delivers
real-time textual data to Web browsers and to thick
applications. When using browsers as a client, nothing
is installed or downloaded (no applets or ActiveX, but
only pure HTML/JavaScript). Lightstreamer (legal entity
Weswit Srl) is part of Par-Tec Spa. Development began in
2000, originally by the Financial Systems Integration
activity within the group, then in 2004 Lightstreamer
became an independent ‘ISV’ to provide Lightstreamer
'push' technology to a wider global market.
Lightstreamer is compatible with many browsers on the
market, such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera,
Safari, etc. For more information see
www.lightstreamer.com where several on-line
demonstrations are available. |