Rich Internet Applications

The explosive growth of the World Wide Web has led to the widespread adoption of a thin-client application and content model.

This new model was designed around a very thin HTML client linked to powerful application servers and promised to lower the cost of developing and delivering applications to the desktop.

The pervasiveness of the Web today bears witness to how successful this new model has been.

However, this architecture is not without its limitations as it provides poor support for rich client interfaces, multimedia content and sophisticated applications.

A new breed of Internet applications is required to overcome these limitations. These next generation Web applications are known as “X Internet" or “Rich Internet" applications.

Rich Internet Applications combine the functionality of desktop software applications with the broad reach and low-cost deployment of Web applications, resulting in significantly more intuitive, responsive, and effective user experiences.

Rich Internet Applications are well suited for productivity applications, data visualisation, high-usability applications, real-time interactivity or multiple media applications.

Key Benefits

Increased User Productivity
A single screen interface reduces multiple steps, eliminates multiple page-loads, and offers users a single application view, which results in improved user productivity and satisfaction.

Leverage Existing IT Environment
Native support for leading Internet industry standards - such as Java and .NET - reduces business and development risks.

Lower Operational Costs
Reduce bandwidth usage and server load by moving processing to the client, resulting in fewer server requests and compressed data transfers.

Please contact us if you would like to find out more about Rich Internet Applications or how Rock Solid IT can help you.