Why Choose A ColdFusion CMS?
Hot Banana is a mature, stable and proven ColdFusion CMS application built using Adobe's ColdFusion MX Server. We chose ColdFusion because of its ease of integration with other technology platforms and it can leverage all the features available to a J2EE application server and be deployed on IBM's WebSphere, Microsoft.Net or Adobe's JRUN.
Hot Banana's ColdFusion CMS is 100% Web browser-based and therefore requires no software to be installed on the end user's computer. It is fully compatible with the latest versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox. Hot Banana is an excellent ColdFusion Content Management System to select - it's cost competitive, feature-rich and technically stronger than many other ColdFusion CMS's.
Hot Banana's database engine is Microsoft's SQL Server, plus, Hot Banana is AJAX, .NET, XML, and Web Services-ready. Hot Banana's software engineers have taken all aspects of Web server performance into consideration by caching database queries, creating persistent Web page objects, and producing cached, XML-based navigation structures.
ColdFusion CMS Flexibility With An Open Architecture
Our ColdFusion CMS has an open architecture which allows developers to leverage the power of ColdFusion to extend and customize Hot Banana with modules. Custom code can be easily added, or integrated with other third party or custom Web applications.
Because ColdFusion MX is a J2EE Application Server, Hot Banana can run on Linux, Unix and Windows. With Hot Banana's open API you can integrate with a wide variety of servers and services such as: LDAP, Active Directory, Verity Search, Google Mini Appliance, Mail Servers, File Servers, XML and Document Management Systems.
Check out Hot Banana's list of Features and specific ColdFusion CMS System Requirements.
A Leading ColdFusion CMS From Only $4,999!
A ColdFusion CMS such as Hot Banana allows IT departments and Webmasters to implement a powerful Web content management system across the entire organization for Web sites, micro sites and landing pages. Programmed in ColdFusion, Hot Banana's code-base is open and permits ColdFusion certified developers to access the core modules, create add-ons and integrate third-party applications.
Clients and channel partners can host a licensed version of Hot Banana in their own IT environment provided they have Adobe's ColdFusion MX Server, Microsoft IIS and Microsoft SQL Server. Product licensing starts at $4,999 for 1-5 seats and extends to full server licenses for unlimited users.
Full training sessions, technical documentation and support are available.
We're also glad that the initial reviews of ColdFusion 8 are looking very postive ... Take these couple of reveiws for example:
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Adobe Unveils ColdFusion 8 Public Beta
5/30/2007 from newsshark at http://www.gilbane.com
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) announced the public beta of Adobe ColdFusion 8 software. ColdFusion 8, designed for developers building dynamic Web sites and Internet applications, addresses day-to-day development challenges to increase developer productivity, integrate with complex enterprise environments, and deliver rich and engaging application experiences for users. The ColdFusion 8 public beta is a feature complete preview.
ColdFusion 8 leverages Adobe Flex technology and Ajax-based components. The new ColdFusion 8 development environment also features advanced Eclipse-based wizards and debugging. The ColdFusion 8 Server Monitor lets developers identify bottlenecks and tune the server for better performance. ColdFusion 8 integrates with a broad range of platforms and systems, including integration with .NET assemblies, support for Microsoft Windows Vista and new J2EE servers including JBoss. ColdFusion 8 also delivers significant performance gains over ColdFusion MX 7 and earlier versions of the product. Additionally, ColdFusion 8 applications interact with Adobe PDF documents and forms. The ColdFusion 8 public beta is immediately available at Adobe Labs at http://labs.adobe.com or through Adobe's hosting partner, http://www.hostmysite.com/cf8
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Adobe's ColdFusion warms to .Net
Upcoming version 8 will bridge Java and Microsoft worlds
5/30/2007 10:43:00 AM
by Paul Krill at http://www.itbusiness.ca
SAN FRANCISCO -- Adobe Systems Inc.'s ColdFusion software for building Internet applications and Web sites is being improved with Microsoft .Net support, enabling .Net objects to be invoked from within the ColdFusion language. A public beta of ColdFusion 8, is to be offered starting today. The general release is set for mid-year. Version 8 is the first Adobe-branded release of the former Macromedia technology.
ColdFusion is a server-side Java application; it is partnered with a markup language for writing ColdFusion applications. .Net support in the upcoming version 8 bridges the Java and Microsoft worlds. "Customers don't need to select one technology to the exclusion of the other," Tim Buntel, Adobe senior product marketing manager, said.
Also featured in ColdFusion 8 is generation of PDF documents as well as capabilities for working with PDF forms and manipulating existing PDF documents. Support for the JBoss application server has also been added. For developers, Adobe is adding interactive debugging based on the Eclipse IDE. A Server Monitor capability, meanwhile, identifies bottlenecks in the server.
Adobe's Flex rich Internet application technology and AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) components are leveraged in the new product for integration of complex environments with intuitive interfaces, Adobe said. ColdFusion differs from Flex in that Flex is a client-side technology featuring a language and compiler to convert code to Flash content. With ColdFusion, the server-side technology can integrate with databases and Java and .Net objects while also offering text searching. However, ColdFusion also can generate an HTML interface for Web applications.
The ColdFusion upgrade puts to rest questions about Adobe's commitment to the technology after acquiring Macromedia, said analyst Ray Valdes, research director for Internet platforms and Web services at Gartner. "People may have wondered if Adobe appreciated ColdFusion, and I think they do. I think it's part of their enterprise software strategy," Valdes said.
While Adobe recently offered the Flex software development kit to the community at large via open source, there are no plans to open-source ColdFusion. This stance gives the company the ability to make certain ColdFusion integrates with other Adobe technologies, Buntel said.
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For additional information, check out Ben Forta's Blog, ColdFusion Developer's Journal (CFDJ), CMSWire, and our Adobe Solution Partnership.
You can meet with our staff by visiting our booth out at - CF United 2007, The Premier Coldfusion Conference, Washington DC, June 27th - 29th, 2007.
