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Isomorphic announces AJAX for the complete product lifecycle AJAX

new SmartClient 5.6 enables enterprises to design with the same platform they deploy on

San Francisco, California, March 19th, 2007 - Isomorphic Software, a proven leader in AJAX technology, today announced version 5.6 of the SmartClient AJAX GUI system, including the new Visual Builder tool and the SmartClient Metadata Engine.

SmartClient Ajax technology goes beyond Ajax component libraries, embracing the complete product lifecycle and providing standards-based integration with enterprise infrastructure in a service-oriented architecture.

Visual Builder: prototype to production without waste

The Visual Builder tool, new in SmartClient 5.6, allows drag and drop screen building and databinding in a code-free environment. This tool is designed for non-technical business analysts and other users doing functional design, as well as enterprise developers new to SmartClient.

Visual Builder generates code similar to what a developer would otherwise write by hand, allowing a developer to take a screen built by an analyst and immediately start adding business logic, skipping the step of translating from the prototyping tool to the technology actually used for deployment.

"Many enterprises are very excited about streamlining development with Visual Builder. Other vendors offer a tool, but it is either not suitable for a business analyst, or the underlying platform is too limited or confusing without the tool." said Alexander Shvedoff, co-founder of Isomorphic Software. "SmartClient has already proven itself as an enterprise application platform, and now SmartClient has a powerful and customizable design-time tool."

Visual Builder allows both custom components and custom data providers to be added to the tool. This allows developers to pre-configure the tool for use by analysts and designers, complete with enterprise-specific components and data providers, and then simply direct the designer to a URL to get started.

SmartClient Metadata Engine: drive rich AJAX with standard metadata

The SmartClient Metadata Engine allows SmartClient applications to be generated directly from standard metadata formats, including XML Schema and web services description language. Generated applications can be customized and extended in a robust model that enables painless migration to new versions of metadata and services.

"The Metadata Engine is a boost for both enterprises and software vendors who use SmartClient." said Charles Kendrick, CTO of Isomorphic Software. "Enterprises get instant applications that they can then customize; software vendors can deliver customizable applications."

About Isomorphic Software

Isomorphic Software is the company making Ajax technology a reality for enterprises and software vendors. SmartClient takes Ajax beyond simple components, delivering a broad, customizable, extensible Ajax platform that supports the full software lifecycle with design-time tools, powerful diagnostics in production, and everything in between.

More information is available at www.SmartClient.com.

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