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Data services

Adobe offers a range of solutions focused on the development of rich Internet applications that include high levels of data integration. These solutions include BlazeDS, LiveCycle Data Services Community Edition, and LiveCycle Data Services ES. Using data services technologies from Adobe, you can more easily build applications that add rich data capabilities to RIAs:

BlazeDS

BlazeDS is an open source remoting and web messaging technology that enables developers to easily connect to back-end distributed data and push data in real-time to Adobe Flex and Adobe AIR applications. Learn more about BlazeDS open source.

LiveCycle Data Services, Community Edition

LiveCycle Data Services, Community Edition is a subscription offering from Adobe that includes access to the latest certified builds of BlazeDS and developer and enterprise support. Learn more about LiveCycle Data Services, Community Edition.

LiveCycle Data Services ES

LiveCycle Data Services ES is a comprehensive technology that enable the development and deployment of rich Internet applications with LiveCycle services, J2EE applications, and business logic. This is a solution for customers requiring commercially-licensed software for deploying business critical applications or who wish to go beyond the infrastructure features of BlazeDS by adding higher-level data functionality such as data synchronization, offline support for Adobe AIR, portal integration, RIA integration with LiveCycle ES software, and advanced deployment options for maximum scalability. Learn more about LiveCycle Data Services ES.

Model-driven development: What's next?

Christophe Coenraets

Get a sneak peek into powerful model-driven development of Flex apps using the “next“ generation of Flex Builder and LiveCycle Data Services ES.


LiveCycle ES vs LiveCycle DS vs BlazeDS – clearing up the confusion

Greg Wilson (Mar. 31, 2008)
Understanding the differences and relationships between the products in the LiveCycle and BlazeDS product family.

Working with LiveCycle Data Services ES

Anil Channappa

What's new in LiveCycle Data Services 3 beta

Anil Channappa (June 17, 2009)
Get an overview of the new capabilities in the beta release.

Christophe Coenraets

Externalizing service configuration for BlazeDS and LiveCycle Data Services ES

Christophe Coenraets (Apr. 27, 2009)
Configure your services at runtime to simplify deployment.

Todd Ruhl

Streaming real-time data into Xcelsius apps (PDF, 616K)

Todd Ruhl (Jan. 26, 2009)
Use the Xcelsius Connector for Adobe LiveCycle Data Services.

Kiet Trang

Creating Adobe LiveCycle projects in Business Objects Xcelsius 2008 (PDF, 467K)

Kiet Trang (Jan. 26, 2009)
Deploy the project to Tomcat and use the LiveCycle Data Services Connector to attach an Xcelsius model to the feed for real-time data stream visualization.

Zee Yang

Accessing cross-domain services with LiveCycle Data Services ES or BlazeDS

Zee Yang (Aug. 18, 2008)
See how Flex clients can bypass the cross-domain restriction.

LiveCycle

Developer video tutorials on LiveCycle Data Services ES

Ben Forta & James Ward (June 30, 2008)
Use the data management services to support concurrent users on the same server infrastructure and synchronize data between the application server and the client.

LiveCycle Data Services ES

Download LiveCycle Data Services ES trial version

Get the trial version of LiveCycle Data Services ES software for application development and testing.


Working with BlazeDS

BlazeDS

BlazeDS now available

Adobe (Feb. 25, 2008)
Get the open source technology for connecting to back-end distributed data and real-time data push for Flex and Adobe AIR applications.

Christophe Coenraets

Externalizing service configuration for BlazeDS and LiveCycle Data Services ES

Christophe Coenraets (Apr. 27, 2009)
Configure your services at runtime to simplify deployment.

Adobe Developer Week 2008

Adobe Developer Week 2008 recap

Get up to speed with the latest development trends and coding techniques.

Zee Yang

Accessing cross-domain services with LiveCycle Data Services ES or BlazeDS

Zee Yang (Aug. 18, 2008)
See how Flex clients can bypass the cross-domain restriction.

More BlazeDS articles

BlazeDS technical tips:

Flex Data Services 2 article archive

Flex 1.5 article archive