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Leading Weather Data Provider Accelerates Development With Easy-to-Use Technology

Overview WeatherBug is the world's leading provider of live weather information, delivering neighborhood-level weather reports via the Internet, proprietary desktop applications, and mobile devices. Founded in 1992, the company has received industry acclaim for its innovation, while earning a following of more than 17 million monthly users. At the end of 2007, WeatherBug initiated development of a new application that enables people to track historical weather data using an interactive graph on its Web site. Using the Microsoft Silverlight cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in; Windows Presentation Foundation; and Microsoft Expression Blend design software, the WeatherBug team completed the new graphing application in three weeks.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	WORD
Date Published	March 2008	Downloads	1
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Windows Server 2008, Application Development

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