19 September, 2007 | News Archive

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Microsoft has been making a lot of noise and announcements relating to Silverlight, including the recent announcement about support for Linux. Silverlight is an interesting area to look at for new products in the UI area that will appeal to a potentially new audience of Web site designers and content creators. There are a lot of good resources available on the Microsoft Web site which will help you understand what Silverlight is about and also help you get started with using this new technology - including a download of their latest SDK.

Why Silverlight? http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/why-compelling.aspx
Tools & Resources - Silverlight SDK http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/tools.aspx
Getting Started with Silverlight http://silverlight.net/GetStarted/

Often we expect to see a quiet summer for sales with the US on vacation in July and Europe on holiday in August. This year August has again surprised us by being much stronger for sales than expected. Not only did the North American sales show signs of people returning from vacation, but the sales in Europe were at very high levels. Strong US Government sales through our GSA Schedule agreement also contributed well. This all led to us having the second highest sales month ever in the history of the company in August 2007. (The highest ever sales month was in March 2007). It would appear that demand for software components and development tools continues to be high. So make sure you continue to revise, update and release your products to give customers a reason to buy your product licenses, upgrade releases and subscription renewals.

If you have any questions about your sales, please email Chris Brooke chrisb@componentsource.com or Harry Kelly at: harryk@componentsource.com or email Scott Sata: scotts@componentsource.co.jp.

US News - Redmond Developer News The latest ComponentSource paper catalog was poly-bagged and mailed with the Sep 1st issue of Redmond Developer News. So if you were in our catalog issue # 63 - then you have also reached this audience too. Please email Chris Brooke in our US Office if you have any questions about this: chrisb@componentsource.com.

EMEA News - Looking to reach the German speaking marketplace in Europe? We run different marketing campaigns in EMEA to help us reach German speaking customers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, including the quality MSDN member audience. If you would like further information on growing your sales to German speakers in Europe please email: harryk@componentsource.com.

Asia/Pac News - Do you wish to improve your sales in Japan? Our Tokyo office has been open for over 4 years now and our Japanese Web site is full of both English and Japanese products that are selling well to our Japanese customers. If you would like more assistance with growing your sales in Japan - please email Scott Sata: scotts@componentsource.co.jp

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