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Coghead Powers Next Generation Web Experiences With Adobe Rich Internet Application Technologies

Business Wire, Jan 14, 2008

Coghead Application Development Platform Uses Adobe Flash and Adobe Flex Software to Achieve New Level of Richness for Web Applications

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Coghead today announced it is delivering an entirely new rich Internet experience to the rapidly growing base of Coghead developers and affiliates by leveraging Adobe[R] Flash[R] and Adobe Flex[TM], core elements of Adobe's rich Internet application (RIA) technologies. Coghead 2.0, the latest version of the Coghead web application development platform, provides web-based applications with a new level of richness, performance, and cross-platform support. With this release, Coghead is closing the gap between the desktop experience and the web experience.

Coghead 2.0 is transforming the web experience, going beyond existing technologies such as AJAX, to deliver a new class of web-based applications that combines the responsiveness and interactivity of desktop applications with the broad reach and ease of distribution of the web. Using the latest version of the Coghead platform (announced today) and Adobe RIA technologies, DIY developers can rapidly create powerful web-based applications that advance the way users interact with the web. The collaboration with Adobe also provides Coghead with a clear path to new capabilities, such as off-line and mobile support.

"The Adobe Flex framework for creating RIAs is designed to significantly enhance the performance of web applications, and is ideally suited to the next generation of web applications, like those developed on the Coghead platform," said Tim Buntel, senior product manager of Adobe Flex at Adobe. "Coghead's customers will gain a rich experience and speed that approaches that of desktop applications with the flexibility to access them via any major operating system and any major web browser."

Adobe Flex software is an open source development framework for fast, end-to-end development of RIAs. Applications developed with Adobe Flex are engaging, interactive, expressive applications that dramatically enhance user experience, increasing customer satisfaction and user productivity. Adobe Flex and Adobe Flash Player deliver rich, dynamic, branded content and applications across all major operating systems and browsers.

"Through our use of Adobe RIA technologies, we are taking a major step forward in the way users experience the web," said Paul McNamara, Coghead CEO. "The integration of Adobe RIA solutions into the Coghead platform sets a new high water mark for interactivity, speed, functionality, and usability of web-based applications."

Currently, more than 25,000 do-it-yourselfers have registered to use Coghead's online application development service to create business applications and entrepreneurial opportunities. An intuitive, drag-and-drop interface makes it easy and fast to build sophisticated, robust applications - from managing sales pipelines to tracking supplies for restaurants - without any coding. The web-based services are developed and delivered using Coghead's infrastructure, so there is no significant upfront investment and the platform automatically scales to meet user demand.

About Coghead

Coghead provides a radically new way for tech-savvy businesspeople to create, manage, and deploy their own web-based applications. The Coghead service enables the users closest to a business challenge to create customized solutions in hours or days at a fraction of the cost of large packaged applications or custom development projects. Founded in May 2003 and funded by American Capital, El Dorado Ventures, and SAP, Coghead is staffed by industry veterans, serial entrepreneurs, and some of the brightest minds in software. For more information, visit the company's web site at http://www.coghead.com and the company's blog at http://blog.coghead.com/.>