With over 10 years of Web application development experience mostly for Fortune 500 companies utilizing Microsoft, Java and Adobe technologies, Mike Grushin - currently CTO of the CTO of SharpStyle Labs, a software products company focusing on building Rich Internet Applications - will in New York City later this month at AJAXWorld 2008 East be giving a session entitled "RIA Development on the Microsoft Stack Using Flex."

"ASP.NET AJAX is a natural candidate for RIA development under the .NET framework," says Grushin. "However, there are other complementary or even alternative technologies that are worth your consideration," he adds.

His session will start with a brief market overview, he says, in which he will outline the pros and cons of some of the emerging and established frameworks, particularly JavaFX, Silverlight and Flex.

"I will then dive into hands-on labs for delivering applications using Flex and .NET. You'll see specific implementations utilizing Web services, FlourineFX (open source Flash remoting) and WebORB (commercial Flash remoting)," says Grushin, whose past projects include delivering enterprise e-Learning software, content management systems and eCommerce sites for various industries.

He is actively involved in the New York software development scene and blogs actively on everything tech-related on http://blog.sharpstyle.com.

Grushin's session is just of the 90+ sessions, presentations, discussion panels, and keynotes that together make up the 3-day conference program of this month's 5th International AJAXWorld.

The March event features six content-rich tracks:

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