GreenPoint's WebCharts3D Licensed by Macromedia; ColdFusion MX Gains Leading-Edge Graphing Capabilities

Business Wire, May 8, 2002

Business/Technology Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2002

GreenPoint, Inc., the leading developer of the XML-enabled interactive web visualization solutions, announced today that Macromedia, Inc. has integrated WebCharts3D into Macromedia ColdFusion MX, which was announced on April 29. ColdFusion MX now offers enhanced charting capabilities based on the WebCharts3D technology.

Macromedia ColdFusion MX, the rapid server scripting environment for creating rich Internet applications, brings the proven ease of use and productivity of ColdFusion to the highly scalable, standards-based Java technology architecture. ColdFusion MX is built on a breakthrough new architecture that delivers the scalability, reliability, and power of the Java platform without the complexity.

GreenPoint's WebCharts3D delivers complex charts and graphs as Macromedia Flash content or interactive images in browsers and mobile devices. The proprietary GreenPoint technology, including caching, resource management, API emulation and font rendering, results in industry leading performance and enables WebCharts3D to serve the needs of the most demanding projects.

"Using WebCharts3D, Macromedia was able to enhance the integrated charting capabilities of ColdFusion MX. These enhancements offer ColdFusion developers more flexibility and power as they utilize dynamic charting to build rich Internet applications," said Phil Costa, senior product marketing manager, Macromedia.

"We are excited about bringing our charting and graphing technology to one of the largest development communities on the web," said Vadim Sokolovsky, CTO of Greenpoint, "Web applications are increasingly complex and powerful, demanding the proven, robust, high-performance offered by WebCharts3D and ColdFusion MX."

About GreenPoint, Inc.

GreenPoint is a leader in enterprise-wide visualization solutions for distributed Web applications. Cutting-edge technology makes GreenPoint's products simple to use, yet powerful enough to meet the needs of the most demanding projects. Evaluation versions of GreenPoint's products can be downloaded from www.gpoint.com.