Tibco Gets On The Microsoft Silverlight Bus

TIBCO (The Information Bus Company) which sells business process management and business integration software is reportedly verbally committing to use Microsoft's Silverlight technology. The company plans to use Silverlight for their product development to create rich internet applications (RIAs) in cases where AJAX might not meet their needs.

Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform, and cross-device plug-in for creating RIAs on the .NET platform. In an interview with InfoWorld, Rourke McNamara, Director of Product Marketing for SOA at Tibco said that "Tibco likes Silverlight over alternatives, such as Adobe's Flash platform, because developers can leverage existing skill sets like the ability to develop in C#. Silverlight also presents a lightweight environment, and Microsoft and Tibco have many joint customers."