The WinForms contest we started more than two months ago encouraged the creativity of many developers and we received very interesting and unique applications. Yet, just one of the finalists is to be declared winner and awarded $500.

 
We are happy to announce that the prize-winning project of the WinForms contest is the Logi Studio project, developed by Daniel Hull from LogiXML! Congratulations for the brilliant application!
 
The winning project was selected based on over 330 community votes and received an average rate of 3.15 out of 4. We would also like to recognize with honorable mentions the excellent projects of Arkansas Children's Hospital and World Market Center, who received rates of 3.0 and 2.9 respectively. 
 
Finally, our thanks go to everyone who participated in the WinForms contest and cast their vote.
 
For those of you who did not manage to participate this time, don't be discouraged - our next challenge is on the way!
 
Cheers and stay tuned for the upcoming contests!
 
The Telerik Team

Telerik Registers Exponential Growth of Its Portfolio

Newton, MA, November 7, 2008 - Telerik, a leading vendor of developer tools and user interface components for .NET, is excited to announce the Q3 2008 release of its RadControls UI components and Report designer. With the new volume, Telerik registers significant growth in its developer tools portfolio by adding an enterprise-grade ORM product and a rich suite of components for Silverlight, thus making it the widest product line on the market.

RadControls for Silverlight

Following its exceptional track record in UI component development, Telerik is proud to officially present RadControls for Silverlight - the richest set of components for next-generation RIA and line-of-business applications. Running against Microsoft Silverlight 2 RTW, the suite will help you deliver super interactive, robust and responsive Web applications. The great performance of the components is guaranteed by the smart use of UI and data virtualization, and by the built-in Load on Demand mechanism, which results in significant performance gains when working with heavy data. Furthermore the suite introduces unique Page Navigation and Drag & Drop Frameworks, which additionally extend the capabilities of the Silverlight platform. RadControls for Silverlight are fully stylable through Microsoft Expression Blend. Thanks to its full interoperability with ASP.NET AJAX, RadControls for Silverlight can also be used to enhance existing web applications. Moreover, RadControls for Silverlight also share the same codebase and API with RadControls for WPF, guaranteeing synchronized future development.

For more information, please visit: http://www.telerik.com/products/silverlight/whats-new.aspx

OpenAccess ORM

Another manifestation of Telerik's urge to offer complete developer solutions is the newly-acquired ORM product OpenAccess - an enterprise-grade tool, used by large companies in very demanding scenarios. Supporting both forward and reverse mapping, it offers transparent persistence for your DAL and business objects. OpenAccess ORM provides tight Visual Studio integration and allows you to easily create database independent code. At the same time, advanced techniques like multi-level caching and fetch plans deliver substantial performance optimizations. Now that the product is part of Telerik's portfolio it will undergo further improvements with respect to usability and overall developer experience.

For more information, please visit: http://www.telerik.com/products/orm.aspx

RadControls for WPF

Q3 2008 release of RadControls for WPF concentrates on rich data visualization and interactivity by introducing powerful and completely stylable charting, gauge and scheduling controls. Through powerful rendering, rich data binding support and attractive animations the new additions to the suite take data visualization to another level. New valuable resources that demonstrate how you can create visually rich, data driven UI with RadControls for WPF are also available.

For more information, please visit: http://www.telerik.com/products/wpf.aspx

RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX

The ASP.NET AJAX suite further establishes its position as the preferred and most mature toolset for building rich and responsive web applications. One of the focal points is that RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX are now able to work in the new Microsoft ASP.NET MVC framework. Plenty of blog posts and examples are available to educate customers on how to use Telerik ASP.NET AJAX controls as pure client-side components in this environment. Much attention was devoted to improving the usability experience and the client-side behavior of our most prominent components - RadGrid and RadScheduler. Due to the integration with the newly-acquired OpenAccess ORM, important data access capabilities were delivered to all databound controls. Styling the Telerik web controls will be a much easier task thanks to the new Skin Manager.

For more information, please visit: http://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/whats-new.aspx

RadControls for WinForms

The axis of the new release is the new RadScheduler control, which offers rich Outlook®-style functionality with swift performance, simplified deployment and limitless customization capabilities. Another essential addition to the Telerik WinForms suite is the ability to apply advanced Rich Text formatting to all products. RadGridView now has Multi-Row Header Views, which deliver pivot-like data presentation. The theming mechanism has also been enhanced to offer Themes Color Blending, which similarly to the Silverlight themes can easily create color variations of existing themes.

For more information, please visit: http://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/whats-new.aspx

Telerik Reporting

With Q3 2008 Telerik Reporting also delivers enhanced performance and user experience by introducing a completely new report rendering engine, which allows for speedy report generation, better allocation of server resources, and optimized report layout management. The new engine has been developed to meet the exhaustive needs of business customers for first-rate performance and data presentation. Customers are now able to upgrade their Reporting projects with no effort due to the official release of the Project Upgrade Wizard, supports all previous and future versions of Telerik Reporting.

For more information, please visit: http://www.telerik.com/products/reporting/whats-new.aspx

Pricing and Availability

The price of the Premium Collection for .NET Bundle (including all suites + Reporting + OpenAccess ORM) is $1299 per developer seat. The license comes with a Priority Support (guaranteed 24h response time), full C# source code, redistribution rights and free updates for the latest products for one year. All the tools work without license keys and can be freely deployed on an unlimited number of development, testing, and production servers. A step-by-step self-paced tutorial and hundreds of code samples are provided to accelerate your learning.

RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX is available with a Developer License for $799 and with a Developer License with Subscription and Priority Support for $999.

RadControls for WinForms is available with a Developer License for $799 and with a Developer License with Subscription and Priority Support for $999.

RadControls for Silverlight is available with a Developer License for $799 and with a Developer License with Subscription and Source Code for $999.

RadControls for WPF Silverlight is available with a Developer License for $799 and with a Developer License with Subscription and Priority Support for $999.

Telerik Reporting is available with a Developer License for $399 and with a Developer License with Subscription and Priority Support for $599.

Telerik OpenAccess ORM is available with a Developer License for $399 and with a Developer License with Subscription and Priority Support for $599.

Presented by Lino Tadros, President and CEO of Falafel Software, and Microsoft MVP

The RadGridView is one of Telerik's most popular WinForms controls and clearly one of the most essential for LOB application developers. This one hour forty-five minutes session demonstrates how to use the RadGridView for WinForms, including connecting to a database to display and edit data, column types, high-performance binding features, and more.

Webinar Outline:

• Basic overview of the RadGridView's features, strong design-time support, and API
• Hierarchy support, grouping, filtering and sorting
• High-performance data binding features and configurations
• Introduction to exporting data

If you're a WinForms developer and you want to learn more about Telerik's RadGridView, don't miss this session.

• Download courseware (PDF, 3 MB)
• Download demo code (ZIP, 1 MB)
• Download RadWebinar video (MOV, 650 MB)

Presented and recorded by Falafel Software, Telerik Certified Partner on 6/18/2008

This two-hour-long session focuses on the features of Telerik Reporting - a virtual tour through the basic steps of producing and styling your report.

Webinar Outline:

• Creating Simple Output
• Creating a Simple Database Report
• Displaying Reports in a Windows Viewer
• Tour of the designer
• Telerik Reporting Menu
• Report Sections
• Report Items
• Questions & Answers

Don't miss this session if you already have a license of Telerik Reporting or plan to purchase one.

Presented by Lino Tadros, president of Falafel Software

The two-hour session focuses on the advanced features of RadGrid for ASP.NET AJAX. Learn about RadGrid's client-side features, Grid templates, LINQ performance optimizations techniques and many more interesting tips and tricks.

WPF & Silverlight - what's new in Q3 2008

RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX and MVC

Courseware for ASP.NET AJAX is now available!

New Telerik product - OpenAccess ORM

Sofia, Bulgaria - October 10, 2008 - Telerik, a leading vendor of developer tools and UI components for .NET, today announced that it has acquired Vanatec, a German company specialized in Object Relational Mapping (ORM) software. The latest acquisition will allow Telerik to offer an Enterprise-grade ORM product to its customer base and marks another step in the company's strategy to reduce development complexity in .NET applications.

"In today's .NET enterprise applications approximately 30% to 50% of the code is dedicated to data access. At the same time, the majority of the application bugs usually come from that same data layer", says Hristo Kosev, CTO of Telerik. "OpenAccess ORM is designed to bring the number of coding hours and possibilities for bugs to a minimum, leaving developers focused on the core business logic rather than on the infrastructure. I believe that customers will be very happy with the extensive capabilities of OpenAccess ORM and will see immediate productivity gains. "

The German team will continue to work primarily on the ORM software. The Munich office will grow to become Telerik's hub for servicing customers from Western Europe, which follows the company's efforts for building regional sales and technical support operations.

"Vanatec is very excited to become a part of the successful Telerik team.", says Peter Brunner, Managing Director of Telerik GmbH, formerly General Manager and Co-Founder of Vanatec.  "We feel there is a great synergy with Telerik as both companies have market-leading products and a burning desire to continuously deliver more and more value to their customers."

Vanatec OpenAccess will be rebranded to Telerik OpenAccess ORM and will be made available to Telerik customers immediately with the upcoming Q3 release, scheduled for the week of November 3, 2008. During the following months till the Q1 2009 release a lot of substantial improvements will be implemented: new wizards and intuitive design-time, effortless integration with all Telerik products, as well as a number of powerful new features.

About OpenAccess ORM
Telerik OpenAccess ORM is a tool for building highly optimized persistent data layers. The product supports both forward and reverse mapping, which makes it suitable for any application scenario. Built with usability in mind, OpenAccess ORM offers deep Visual Studio integration and powerful wizards that almost eliminate the need for writing any DB-access code. At the same time advanced techniques like multi-level caching and fetch plans deliver substantial performance optimizations.

About Telerik
Telerik is a leading vendor of development tools and components for Microsoft .NET. Developers from most of the Fortune 2000 companies, many of the world's leading educational and non-profit organizations and thousands of consultants rely on Telerik products to build applications with unparalleled richness, responsiveness and interactivity. For more info on Telerik and its products, please visit www.telerik.com.

If you miss the chance to visit us at any of the upcoming US West Coast events, and happen to be in Europe in late November, we inviteyou to stop by Telerik's booth at MicrosoftTechnical Summit-the premier conference for professional developers andIT-decision makers.

The event will take place in the ICC Berlin, Germany,November 19-21, 2008. Our new partners from Vanatec will be happy to meet with you and discuss Telerik's products andinnovations.

Learn moreabout Microsoft Technical Summit and register today

If you need moredetailed information about the conference, or want to schedule a meeting with aTelerik representative during the event, please drop us an email at events@telerik.com.

Presented by Todd Anglin, Telerik Chief Technical Evangelist

An hour-long webcast session demonstrating how RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX can be used to build modern, high performance web applications leveraging completely the features built in Microsoft's ASP.NET AJAX and .NET 3.5 frameworks.

• Download slides from webcast
• Download complete Q&A PDF
• View on-demand recording of WebCast

Telerik has the pleasure to invite you to DevReach-the premier developer conference on Microsoft technologies in Southeastern Europe, organized and exclusively sponsored by Telerik. The conference is intended for IT professionals engaged or interested in application development based on Microsoft technologies. It will take places in Sofia, Bulgaria, October 13-14, 2008. The event is also a great opportunity for you to visit our headquarters in Sofia.

Learn more about DevReach and register today!

Telerik is also a proud Gold Sponsor of the upcoming Microsoft PDC 2008 conference, which will take place in the Los Angelis Convention Center, Los Angelis, California, October 27-30, 2008, and a Platinum Sponsor of the fall edition of Microsoft ASP.NET Connections, which will be held in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 10-13, 2008.

Visit us at PDC or ASP.NET Connections and you'll have a chance to win $1000 in cash or five Telerik Premium Collection licenses by playing the "Guess the UI" game. You can also experience Augmented Reality, Gesture UI, and some other innovative applications made with Telerik controls. Last but not least, you'll get the latest updates on all Telerik offerings, plus a sneak preview of a completely new product that will be revealed for the first time during the events.

Learn more about Microsoft PDC 2008 and visit Telerik at booth #403
Learn more about Microsoft ASP.NET Connections and visit Telerik at booth #113

If you need more detailed information about the conferences, or want to schedule a meeting with a Telerik representative during any of the events, please drop us an email at events@telerik.com.

September 3, 2008 Sofia, Bulgaria; Newton, MA; and Boston, MA - Telerik, a leading vendor of software tools and components which allow developers to rapidly build cutting-edge web and desktop applications, today announced that it has received an investment from Summit Partners, a private equity and venture capital firm that has raised more than $11 billion since inception. The investment will be used to fund both organic growth and acquisitions.

Founded in 2002, Telerik offers a dynamic portfolio of products which can be used to build powerful web and desktop applications that are run using the latest Microsoft technologies, such as ASP.NET, Windows Forms, Windows Presentation Foundation, and Silverlight. Building on the company's expertise in interface development and Microsoft frameworks, Telerik's software helps customers build applications with unparalleled richness, responsiveness and interactivity-quickly and inexpensively.

Telerik also provides Sitefinity, a rapidly growing web content management system that substantially reduces the amount of time required to produce and manage websites, portals, and intranets.

More than 20,000 organizations in more than 70 countries -- including Fortune 500 companies such as Vodafone, Citigroup, Kodak, and Nike, as well as renowned educational, governmental and not-for-profit institutions including NASA, The World Bank, and Harvard University -- rely on Telerik's products.

Telerik has won numerous technical and business awards. The company was named to the Red Herring 100 list for Europe in 2008, and was recognized as the Best Employer in Bulgaria for small to medium sized companies by Hewitt Associates.

Vassil Terziev, Co-founder and Co-CEO of Telerik, said, "Telerik has been 100 percent employee-owned and profitable throughout our rapid growth. The decision to raise outside capital was an important and strategic move for Telerik, and we believe that Summit will assist us in achieving even greater results." Svetozar Georgiev, Telerik's Co-founder and Co-CEO, added, "With Summit's strategic guidance and global network of contacts, we are now uniquely positioned to expand Telerik's product offering and achieve continued optimal growth -- allowing us to become the sole source of a software developer's needs."

Tom Jennings, a Managing Director with Summit Partners, said, "We have been impressed by Telerik's track record and exceptional management team, as well as the company's unwavering focus on delivering technologically innovative and reliable products to developers." "Summit has a twenty-year track record of investing in software companies, and Telerik shares many attributes that have helped other companies become market leaders. We look forward to working with the management team to help Telerik achieve even greater success."

About Telerik
Telerik provides the leading suite of software tools for developers building applications using Microsoft technologies. The company's development tools and components are used by software developers from most of the Fortune 2000 companies, many of the world's leading educational and non-profit organizations and thousands of consultants. Telerik also provides Sitefinity, a rapidly growing web content management system that substantially reduces the amount of time required to produce and manage websites, portals, and intranets.

Telerik's global customer base relies on its award-winning products to build applications with unparalleled richness, responsiveness and interactivity. Telerik is headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria and its US division is based in Newton, Massachusetts

About Summit Partners
Summit Partners (www.summitpartners.com) provides private equity and venture capital for growth companies. Founded in 1984, Summit has raised more than $11 billion in capital and has provided equity, recapitalization, and management buyout financing to more than 300 growing companies across a range of industries. These companies have completed nearly 125 public offerings and more than 110 have been acquired through strategic mergers and sales. Summit Partners has offices in Boston, Palo Alto, and London.

Summit Partners works with outstanding management teams that have self-financed their companies to profitability and market leadership. Summit's notable software investments include AvePoint, Hyperion Software, McAfee, OPNET Technologies, Postini, RightNow Technologies, SafeBoot, and Sybari Software.

The business of Summit Partners in the UK is regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Summit Partners Limited is registered in England and Wales. The registered number is 4141197, and the registered office is located at 20-22 Bedford Row in London, WC1R 4JS, UK. In the US, Summit Partners operates as an SEC-registered investment advisor. This document is intended solely to provide information regarding Summit Partners' potential financing capabilities for prospective portfolio companies.

August 2008 Newsletter 

• IntelliSense for Expression Blend
• Free Webinar on RadGrid for ASP.NET AJAX
• Early Adoption Program for RadControls for WPF and Silverlight
• Q2 2008 SP1 for RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX and RadControls for WinForms Released
• RadControls for Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Released
• Telerik Events Planner
• Tips and Tricks