Laszlo Webtop allows you to deliver multiple applications inside an advanced framework and window management system. Coupled with its breakthrough user interface is a corresponding server-based SOA framework that provides advanced data management APIs, manages authentication and single-sign on, and includes other features that make a multi-application webtop a reality.

Based on OpenLaszlo, the leading open source RIA platform, Webtop not only delivers a Cinematic User Experienceâ„¢ in any browser, but also a complete workspace that consists of multiple components that integrate with each other, and a system to provide extensive visual styling and branding.

The Laszlo Webtop Early Access Program is designed for companies who are actively looking for an advanced Webtop framework to deploy internally or online. If you are interested in participating in this Early Access Program, please visit the Laszlo Webtop page.

Learn More > http://www.laszlosystems.com/software/webtop

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4th Annual Awards List Recognizes Top Companies in Software Development Industry

Laszlo Systems, the original developer of OpenLaszlo, the leading advanced open source platform for building and deploying Ajax applications, has been named as one of the 100 leading innovators in software development by the Software Development (SD) Times.

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Laszlo Systems and The Dojo Foundation Announce Strategic Partnership

- Open Ajax Innovators Mutually Contribute to Web Application Development Projects -

SAN MATEO, Calif. (April 25, 2006) – Laszlo Systems, the corporate sponsor of the open source advanced Ajax application development platform, OpenLaszlo, today announced a strategic technical partnership agreement with the Dojo Foundation, the popular community-driven open source project behind the Ajax software library, the Dojo Toolkit. Under this agreement, the Dojo Toolkit will be licensed for use in Laszlo’s open source projects and Laszlo, in turn, will contribute libraries to the Dojo Foundation, thereby furthering the advancement of the growing Ajax and open source communities at large.

Laszlo recently revealed that by the end of this year developers using OpenLaszlo will have the option to deploy their applications in Dynamic HTML (DHTML), in addition to the Flash runtime option that is currently available. Now by licensing the Dojo Toolkit and engaging the Foundation’s vast community of contributors, OpenLaszlo’s DHTML development will significantly benefit from the most robust, comprehensive library of cross-browser solutions and resources existing today. Laszlo will likewise make substantial contributions to the Dojo Foundation, enriching the overall functionality of the Toolkit and benefiting the Ajax development community in the process.

“We are pleased that Laszlo is so actively supporting non-proprietary development solutions and establishing their commitment to the future of Ajax, as evidenced by today’s announcement,� said Alex Russell, co-founder of the Dojo Toolkit. "We’re looking forward to working together on Laszlo’s DHTML runtime now, and also towards a more integrated Ajax solution for Web application developers in the future."

"This is what open source is all about—combining communities and resources in order to enable a better solution and foster lasting change," said David Temkin, founder and CTO at Laszlo. "We’re excited to add Dojo to our growing list of supporters and couldn’t ask for a better partner as we continue to broaden OpenLaszlo’s unified runtimes and development capabilities."

Both Laszlo and Dojo are founding members of the Open Ajax technology collaboration, which they established along with industry titans IBM, Oracle, BEA, RedHat, Yahoo!, Google and others earlier this year.

"We worked across the industry to create Open Ajax in order to bring together disparate Ajax development environments, and to create a central body that would eventually determine the evolution of Ajax development standards and best practices," said David Boloker, chief technology officer of Emerging Internet Technologies, IBM Software Group. "Today’s announcement embodies the basis of Open Ajax’s principles and is a great win for the industry as a whole."

To learn more about OpenLaszlo and to see a live demonstration of a sample OpenLaszlo application being run on both Flash and DHTML, visit www.openlaszlo.org. Training and support for OpenLaszlo, including tutorials on Laszlo's dynamic language, LZX, is available at www.laszlosystems.com.

About The Dojo Foundation

The Dojo Foundation is home to a broad community of JavaScript developers dedicated to building Open Source JavaScript infrastructure and applications. Foundation projects include the Dojo Toolkit and Open Record. Included in a growing number of server-side frameworks and responsive Web applications, the Dojo Toolkit provides a solid basis for the creation of compelling Web experiences based on open standards.

For more information on the Toolkit, Open Record, and the Foundation, visit www.dojotoolkit.org.

About Laszlo Systems

Laszlo Systems is the original developer of OpenLaszlo, the leading open source platform for building and deploying Web 2.0 applications. OpenLaszlo technology has been widely adopted by application and service providers in the consumer, enterprise, education and government markets. Laszlo Systems provides updates, training and support for OpenLaszlo and offers rich-experience web-based digital life applications such as Laszlo Mail, built on OpenLaszlo.

For more information about San Mateo, Calif.-based Laszlo Systems, visit www.laszlosystems.com.

Information Week. March 13, 2006.

Ajax is a bit like a temperamental actor. The technology does incredible things, but it's painful to work with. That has created a need for Ajax tools that lessen the great pain of crafting interactive Ajax applications for different browsers. The interactive, fast-responding Web applications programmers can create with Ajax (for asynchronous JavaScript and XML) are one part of what people are calling Web 2.0, where quality interactions with users count for more than the number of HTML pages downloaded.

One of the most promising of those Ajax-taming tools is OpenLaszlo, a development framework that until now has focused on the Macromedia Flash Player.

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Laszlo Systems Announces Plans to Extend OpenLaszlo Platform to Support Delivery of Web 2.0 Applications in Browsers Without Flash™

- Advanced Ajax Application Development Company to Demonstrate New Native Browser Support at O'Reilly ETech Event -

ETech 2006, SAN DIEGO, Calif. (March 7, 2006) - At the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, Laszlo Systems today announced the planned extension of its advanced Ajax application development platform, OpenLaszlo, to support the delivery of applications in browsers with or without a Flash plug-in. By the end of this year, developers using OpenLaszlo will have the option to deploy their applications using either Flash or Dynamic HTML (DHTML), an open-standard technology built into most Web browsers. Laszlo executives will preview the company's DHTML deployment capabilities at the conference with a live demonstration, which is also accessible on the open source community site, www.openlaszlo.org.

Today's announcement reinforces Laszlo's commitment to the Open Ajax community, which it established last month along with IBM, Oracle, BEA, RedHat, Yahoo!, Google and others. The extension of OpenLaszlo, already open source, to support not only Flash but also DHTML will give developers the option to deploy applications using a fully open software stack. This natural evolution capitalizes on the architecture of OpenLaszlo, designed from its inception to be able to support multiple client runtimes across computers and consumer devices.

"OpenLaszlo has always been independent of Flash from a developer's perspective," said David Temkin, founder and chief technology officer, Laszlo Systems. "The use of Flash to run OpenLaszlo applications was a pragmatic choice when we started Laszlo in 2000 because it was the only ubiquitous and consistent runtime option at that time. But since then, DHTML has evolved as an open standard and is now a viable alternative to Flash to run many OpenLaszlo applications."

Steve Ciesinski, chairman and chief executive officer of Laszlo Systems, added, "Our vision from the start was to enable compelling applications across different runtimes and consumer devices, including mobile phones and TV set-tops, and our plans to support DHTML are consistent with that vision."

Now in version 3.1, the OpenLaszlo platform uses Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax) in a highly evolved mark-up language, enabling development of Web-based applications that are as rich and robust as traditional client-based software programs. In contrast to more recent "Ajax toolkits," OpenLaszlo offers a sophisticated framework and a comprehensive set of components that are abstracted from client runtime software, thereby dramatically reducing the cost and complexity of application development. OpenLaszlo has already been adopted across various market sectors, including enterprise, consumer, government and education, and has over 125,000 downloads to date.

Laszlo Systems' partners, IBM and Roundarch, commented on the importance of the OpenLaszlo native browser support news:

"Laszlo has always been an innovator in the rich Internet application development experience, which makes them a great community partner for Eclipse Foundation framework as well as with the Open Ajax technology collaboration," said David Boloker, chief technology officer of Emerging Internet Technologies, IBM Software Group. "We welcome this announcement as it gives users of the OpenLaszlo platform the choice of deploying their applications on DHTML or Flash."

"The advent of the term Ajax has drawn attention to the unstoppable transformation of the Web into an on-demand application delivery environment, where rich user experiences are now accessible by simply entering a URL into any browser," said Charles Fiesel, director at Roundarch, and recognized Ajax evangelist. "The extension of Laszlo's powerful and mature Web application platform to support DHTML is a welcome development for the Ajax community."

Online Information and Demonstration

To learn more about OpenLaszlo and to see a live demonstration of a sample OpenLaszlo application being run on both Flash and DHTML, please visit www.openlaszlo.org. Training and support for OpenLaszlo, including tutorials on Laszlo's dynamic language, LZX, is available at www.laszlosystems.com.

About Laszlo Systems
Laszlo Systems is the original developer of OpenLaszlo, the leading open source platform for building and deploying Web 2.0 applications. OpenLaszlo technology has been widely adopted by application and service providers in the consumer, enterprise, education and government markets. Laszlo Systems provides updates, training and support for OpenLaszlo and offers rich-experience web-based digital life applications such as Laszlo Mail, built on OpenLaszlo. For more information about San Mateo, Calif.-based Laszlo Systems, visit www.laszlosystems.com.

Here is an article from IBM providing an introductory overview of the OpenLaszlo language and application development framework.

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David Temkin, CTO of Laszlo Systems, discusses the recent announcement of Open Ajax, Laszlo plans for its platform to run on Ajax/DHTML.

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- February 13, 2006

Music discovery service uses an open-source development platform to connect users to the songs they love.
- February 13, 2006

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David Temkin, CTO of Laszlo Systems, explains that while the OpenAjax works to provide basic frameworks for Ajax, the challenge still lies with finding a good client-side developer.

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The Pandora music discovery service uses an open-source development platform to connect users to the songs they love.

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