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Adobe ColdFusion 8

If your organization is not yet ready to upgrade to Adobe® ColdFusion® 9 software, you can continue to use ColdFusion 8 to rapidly build and deploy Internet applications.

Key capabilities of ColdFusion 8

More than 770,000 developers at over 12,000 companies worldwide rely on Adobe® ColdFusion® software to rapidly build and deploy Internet applications. Here are just a few reasons why:

  • Optimal developer experience

    ColdFusion is easier to use and requires fewer lines of code than alternative solutions.

  • Adobe Flex integration

    ColdFusion provides the server-side functionality required for rich Internet applications (RIAs) using Adobe Flex™ software.

  • Enterprise ready

    ColdFusion runs natively on industry-standard J2EE application servers and can easily extend or integrate with other Java™ applications and enterprise data sources.

  • Bundled features

    ColdFusion includes charting and graphing, Verity text searching, high-performance database drivers, and other features that would cost extra with other solutions.

Why upgrade to ColdFusion 9

Adobe® ColdFusion® 9 software introduces a multitude of productivity enhancing features, deeper integration with the Adobe Flash® Platform, and simplified integration with enterprise environments that enable developers to rapidly build enterprise-ready Internet applications. Here are eight reasons to upgrade:

  1. Improved performance
  2. Office File Interoperability
  3. Object Relational Mapping
  4. Adobe AIR database synchronization
  5. Microsoft Office SharePoint integration
  6. Server Manager
  7. Apache Solr Search Integration
  8. Enhanced Caching

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