LiveCycle and ColdFusion- -ADOBE MAX 2009 keynote report (Part 2)

　Adobe Flash Platform has a strong image of the entertainment field such as games, animations, and video distribution, but in Adobe Systems (Adobe), the use of RIA (Rich Internet Application) in the enterprise field by the platform (LIVECLYCL) is promoted.And the functions of "ColdFusion" products are strengthened and the affinity with Flash technology is being improved.

フロントエンドのFlashテクノロジーとの親和性が高められる「ColdFusion」と「LiveCycle」。

　As you may know from old developers and users, ColdFusion is an old Macromedia product, interpreting a unique script language described in HTML and running a variety of business logic in server side.server.LiveCycle, on the other hand, is a brand name that integrates a series of server products used to control and generate the electronic document format, ADOBE PDF, as a sweet.

　ColdFusion is a product with many fans as a web application construction engine using browser as a client.LiveCYCLE, on the other hand, has evolved its own as a client with Adobe PDF (Adobe Reader) as a client, as a business app construction server centered on documents, such as forms and workflows.Data services that connect to backend databases and business systems are continuing.

　Since Adobe's acquisition of Macromedia, these products have been adjusted to play a mutual complementary role in one framework.The front end is integrated into rich clients mainly based on Flash technology.The server products are set as an intermediate layer in the fields that they are good at, and are in a direction that can be used properly according to the contents of the necessary business processes.

ColdFusionとLiveCycleは、それぞれの得意とする分野を担う中間層のアプリケーションサーバとして位置づけられている。

　The Adobe Max 2009 has released the latest version of "ColdFusion 9" for ColdFusion and LiveCycle, and the provision of the "LIVECYCLE ES2" premium.

　Rob Tarkoff, a senior vice president and general manager at Adobe's Business Productivity Business Unit (BPBU), explained the new features in each product.