Windows Phone 7, Silverlight Are Business-ready

The new Microsoft mobile platform, Windows Phone 7, and the rich Internet application platform technology, Silverlight, are business-ready, writes Paul Krill at InfoWorld. In the article, he quotes Jonathan Zuck, president of the Association for Competitive Technology, saying that when developers get beyond games and other "fun" applications, infrastructure is there to support more serious applications leveraging databases and Microsoft's SharePoint collaboration platform. With Silverlight and other tools, Microsoft is trying to create a single experience across multiple platforms ranging from the phone to the TV and computer.

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