Suite of Controls for Microsoft Silverlight 3 Heat up RIAs

ComponentOne Studio for Silverlight Controls for Smart Web Development

PITTSBURGH, July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Over the past 22 years, a leading
component vendor in the Microsoft Visual Studio Industry Partner program,
ComponentOne, has developed many traditions. One in particular is their
ability to simultaneously release their product offering with Microsoft's
technology release. The same holds true today as ComponentOne announced the
upcoming release of ComponentOne Studio for Silverlight, a suite of custom
Microsoft Silverlight 3 controls.

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"Our controls take full advantage of all the new features and functionality
Microsoft has built into the Silverlight 3 platform," said Gustavo Eydelsteyn,
managing director at ComponentOne. "Beginning with the first release of
Microsoft Silverlight, we have been recognized as a leader in the Silverlight
market by providing award-winning controls that enhance developer capabilities
when creating Silverlight applications."

The ComponentOne Silverlight 3 control suite includes grids, charts, gauges,
maps, books, menus, treeviews, rich textboxes, layout panels, uploaders and
other basic UI and line-of-business controls. With the longest standing
support community for Silverlight and more than 40 Silverlight samples with
full source code, ComponentOne makes it easy to create Silverlight
experiences.

Those who use ComponentOne's Silverlight controls will be able to take
advantage of the Silverlight 3 features, including the ability to run
Silverlight applications out of the browser, dramatic video performance and
quality improvements, and developer productivity improvements.

"ComponentOne is another example of how easy it is for our customers and
partners to use Microsoft Silverlight to rapidly develop the types of highly
interactive experiences that customers demand," said Brian Goldfarb, director
of the Developer Platform Group at Microsoft Corp. "The commitment and
ingenuity shown by ComponentOne, evidenced in their Silverlight 3 control
suite, enable Silverlight users to add design, interactivity and performance
to their applications."

ComponentOne offers online purchase options at http://www.componentone.com or
by telephone at 412.681.4343 or 1.800.858.2739. A full feature trial is
available at the ComponentOne Web site
http://www.componentone.com/SuperProducts/StudioSilverlight/

About ComponentOne

201 S. Highland Avenue, Third Floor
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15206
412.681.4343 or 1.800.858.2739

ComponentOne is a privately held company headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. As a
leading component vendor in the Microsoft Visual Studio Industry Partner
program, ComponentOne provides a wide range of Visual Studio components, IDE
tools, and Web Parts for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and Windows
SharePoint Services. For more information, visit www.componentone.com.

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Eve Turzillo, Communications Manager of ComponentOne, +1-412-681-4343,
press@componentone.com