Rich Media Platform Architecture

<Prev  Next>     Rich Media Platform is developed over the latest base technologies that make possible a flexible, robust and high performance platform for creating and delivering Rich Media content. The following illustration highlight the key base technologies that are ingredients of the Rich Media Platform.

Technologies mentioned in the above illustration:

• Multiple client browsers supported, such as Internet Explorer, and Firefox
• Microsoft Silverlight 2.0 used for Rich Internet Application delivery
• ASP.Net AJAX used to provide a non-interruptive user interface that exchanges data with the server in the background
• Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) is a web and application server supporting scalable .Net applications
• Microsoft ASP.Net is the technology of choice for all code-behind programming
• Microsoft Workflow Foundation (WF) is a technology framework that provides support for programming workflows, such as user-registration workflow in this case
• Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is a technology for creating scalable services in a Service Oriented Architecture on which the Rich Media Platform is based
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is the database engine of choice due to its support for scalable and high performance transactions that Rich Media Platform needs, especially due to the Ultra Tracking feature and the large number of viewers that UltraLearn expects to serve
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services and Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (Business Intelligence) are used to create summarized and detailed reports that are a key feature of the solution.