New Java Swing Demo Available

We have released a new Lightstreamer demo based on a JavaSE Swing client, which replaces the old Java demo, for which no source code was available.

Visit us at SIFMA 2010 (New York)

Lightstreamer will have a booth at SIFMA Financial Services Technology Expo 2010.

June 22-24, 2010
Hilton New York, New York City
Booth 1822

SIFMA’s 30th Annual Financial Services Technology Expo is the premier event focusing on technology in the financial services market. The Conference & Exhibit is the industry's leading event with over 300 vendors and 8,000 attendees. The conference will address the rapidly-changing world of technology and how the financial industry is using technology to drive productivity, comply with regulatory requirements, and adapt to converging markets, products and investors.

You will have a chance to meet both sales and technical representatives of Lightstreamer and know the latest news on state-of-the-art push technology.

New Patch Release Available

An upgrade to the Lightstreamer distributions is available for download.

The changes regard the Lightstreamer Server, the Flex Client SDK, and the Web Client SDK.

SHOULD YOU UPGRADE?

Upgrading is recommended in the three cases below:

"Implementing the Real-Time Web" - Video Now Available

In 2008, Alessandro Alinone (Lightstreamer's CTO) gave a talk in Bangalore (India) at the Great Indian Developer Summit, titled "Ajax and Comet: Implementing the Real-Time Web".

The video of the talk is now publicly available:

Tutorial on using Flex AMF with Lightstreamer

A new Lightstreamer tutorial has been published, covering the use of native Flex AMF objects, a new feature of Lightstreamer 3.6.

The tutorial shows how to push binary ActionScript objects directly to a Flex application in real-time, using AMF (Action Message Format), which is used for serializing binary ActionScript objects in order to transmit them over the wire).

Read the full tutorial.

Lightstreamer 3.6 is out!

I'm very happy to announce that we have publicly released updated versions of all the Lightstreamer components, with many improvements and new exciting features, including: the official Silverlight client, AMF support for the Flex client, efficient bidirectional push for the new faster JavaScript client, a new threading model for the Server, and much more.

After downloading the new package, please remember to get updated licenses. If you are a Moderato user, just generate a new license online. If you are an Allegro/Presto/Vivace user with a valid support contract, please get back to us.

SSL/TLS protocols renegotiation vulnerability (Lightstreamer is safe)

Very recently, a new vulnerability in the SSL and TLS protocols was discovered, which may allow attackers to execute an arbitrary HTTP transaction. It seems that many SSL/TLS libraries will need to be patched in order to prevent such vulnerability.

A global update on the issue is available from CERT.

We have checked the Lightstreamer Server code and we can confirm that Lightstreamer is not affected by this vulnerability.

JQuery Grid (jqGrid) Demo

We have released a very simple demo showing how to integrate Lightstreamer with JQuery Grid Plugin. jqGrid is a nice widget with many advanced features for creating and managing tables.

The integration is straightforward, based on a few lines of JavaScript code that act as a bridge between Lightstreamer and jqGrid.

Concrete Comet Examples

A new article, "Concrete Comet Examples", was published on Comet Daily, featuring some Lightstreamer widgets running live within the page.

The article summarizes and demonstrates three typical applications of the Comet paradigm: financial market data distribution, chats, and monitor consoles.

New Demo Gallery

I'm very happy to announce that we recently released a brand new demo gallery for Lightstreamer.

The online demo applications are grouped by client-side technology, based on the categories below:

• HTML & JavaScript
• Third-Party AJAX Frameworks
• Flash - Flex - AIR
• Silverlight
• .NET
• Java SE
• Java ME
• Others (Excel, iPhone)

Lightstreamer Goes Social

All the news, updates, and musings regarding Lightstreamer are now available via the major social networks and tools.

If you were previously subscribed to the Lightstreamer newsletter, you should now switch to a new delivery method. In particular, to keep receiving email updates, follow this link.

You can easily read the news in your RSS Reader via the RSS feed. You can follow Lightstreamer on Twitter, or decide to join the Lightstreamer group on LinkedIn.

You could become a Lightstreamer fan on Facebook, or follow us on FriendFeed.

Learn the details...

Lightstreamer to Exhibit at SIFMA 2009 (New York)

Lightstreamer will be an exhibitor at 2009 SIFMA's Technology Management Conference & Exhibit, the premiere financial services technology event. Come and visit our booth to ask any questions on Lightstreamer technology and see some demonstrations of our products.

Lightstreamer Booth Number: 1830

June 23-25 2009
Hilton New York
1335 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019

For more info visit SIFMA 2009 web site

Ozone Browser

I just tested version 0.9 of Ozone, a new browser for Symbian phones.

It is based on the WebKit engine and seems to be very fast and compliant to standards.

Lightstreamer Web Client works great on Ozone :-)

Mozilla Prism and Lightstreamer

With Mozilla Prism you can package a web application as a desktop application. You can launch it from a desktop icon and have a browser process dedicated to the application, so that it runs in full isolation.

Lightstreamer works great with Prism, as shown in this video:

GroovyDB Uses Lightstreamer for Web Push

GroovyDB is an appliance made by GroovyChannel that provides "SQL Virtualization" technology. It will be offered as a hosted "Cloud" service too.

They recently added Web Push capabilities, so that any changes to the data are reflected in real time through a Web front-end. The Comet Server used by GroovyDB is Lightstreamer.

Their site hosts a live demo of news pushed in real-time from the GroovyDB.

The Lightstreamer Adapter code they developed is available for download.

Adobe AIR Example

The Adobe AIR version of the Flex Stock-List Demo for Lightstreamer is now available.
The download link is available from this forum thread.

Silverlight Beta-Test Program for Lightstreamer

A beta version of a Silverlight client library for Lightstreamer has been released today.
It is generally available, as part of a public beta-test program open to anybody.

All the details and the download links are available from this forum thread.

You can also check out an online Silverlight demo right now!

Thanks in advance for any feedback you might provide on this new Lightstreamer SDK.

New Maintenance Release Available

A new maintenance release of the Lightstreamer software suite is publicly available.
Below is a summary of the changes.

A Third-Party Tutorial

I've just found out this new Lightstreamer tutorial written by Shreyas Purohit:

Lightstreamer : A tutorial for java Adapters and Flex clients : Part 1

New Lightstreamer Version Released Today

A new version of the Lightstreamer software suite has been released.
Below is a summary of the main changes. The detailed change log is available.