Microsoft's Silverlight 1.0 Comes to India

Microsoft's Silverlight 1.0 Comes to India (Source : EFY News Network)


Thursday, November 01, 2007: Microsoft has announced the availability of Silverlight 1.0 in India. Silverlight 1.0 is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in that delivers media experiences through the Web. It is available to end users for free download from the Web.


According to the company, the platform integrates with existing Web technologies and offers consistent experiences to Windows and Macintosh users on a variety of browsers including Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari. The company is also working with Novell Inc to deliver Silverlight support for Linux, called Moonlight.

Tarun Gulati, general manager, developer and platform Evangelism, Microsoft India, said, "Many companies in India and across the world today are using path breaking customer experience as a competitive advantage for their businesses, and we believe that Microsoft’s products such as Silverlight, Expression, WPF will allow companies to take this to the next level in an easy, cost effective manner. We have seen a lot of excitement among consumers when they see interface with solutions developed on these technologies. I believe that businesses can use this to create strong differentiators and customer loyalty. This is particularly important because companies in India are beginning to increasingly adopt online models of business, often in addition to existing offline ones, and are using the Web as a tool to drive better and cost effective ways to increase customer interactions."

In India, some early adaptors of Silverlight 1.0 are Sify.com, Rediff.com, the Indian Cricket League, and Sulekha.com.

In addition to Silverlight 1.0, Microsoft has also recently launched for the first time, a product suite– Expression Studio, for the designer community, focused on enabling better collaboration between designers and developers. Together with Visual Studio 08, Expression Studio and Silverlight will allow seamless creation of rich user experiences, and in turn accelerate this trend across mobile, PC and Web.