The year 2007 was a crucial year for Rich Internet Application (RIA) technologies
such as Adobe Flex, AIR, Ajax and the new entrant, Microsoft Silverlight. Over the
last few years, the Web browser was increasingly becoming the face of Enterprise
apps; however, the Web technology was still mapped to the Document Publishing Model
and there was a clear disconnect between customer aspirations and the power of Web
applications.
With Flex 2.0, the industry saw the first real developer tool to build full-fledged
desktop-style Web applications running on the browser. Flex actually became an epiphany
for the industry, and no wonder, both product companies like Microsoft and consulting
companies like ours pushed hard to get leadership in this new sector.
Web Spiders is proud to have become the pre-eminent provider of RIA development
services on a global level – across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. In the
last year, we accelerated the momentum of our RIA offerings and continue to extend
it into 2008. We sponsored various industry events such as Shop.org, Ajax World
(Santa Clara), Adobe Max (Chicago), 360|Flex and many more. Our marketing team coined
the term – “Say No to Refresh” to explain the benefits of RIA technologies to the
common man, and launched sub-sites such as www.webspiders.com/ria and www.norefresh.net.
This capability focus has seen our sales and market share grow steadily in 2007,
and we continue our tradition of year-on-year growth in revenues and earnings since
inception in 2000.
In terms of infrastructure, we had already announced the campus development for
over 650 employees. Unable to wait in the interim, we decided to move into the new
premises in Sector V, Salt Lake in early FY 08-09.
RIA is dominating the next wave of software product development, and rich Web applications
are being embraced at an unprecedented rate globally. Web Spiders continues to remain
ahead of the curve – providing specialized RIA-based product development services
for Entrepreneurs, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Corporations using a
global delivery model.
FY 08-09 has begun with great momentum, customer wins and investor confidence. I
am indeed very thankful to my colleagues who have truly believed in delivering innovation
rather than just talking about it, and have made Herculean efforts to see our customers
win in the marketplace.
Please stay tuned to Web Spiders throughout the year at our blog http://blogs.webspiders.com.
Best Regards,
Siddharth Jhunjhunwala
CEO, Web Spiders