SHANGHAI, China and FOSTER CITY, Calif., June 6 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Augmentum, a leading provider of offshore outsourcing for software product and
IT application development, together with Tencent, the operator of the leading
Internet community in China, will present an online photo album concept built
for QQ based on Microsoft Silverlight, at Microsoft MIX07 Hong Kong conference
on June 5th.
Microsoft Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for
delivering the next generation of media experiences and rich interactive
applications for the Web. The album's convenient tag search function, user-
friendly free view mode, and flexible interaction break the traditional photo
album management model, and provide a unique user experience. Using new
generation design, technologies and tools, Augmentum was instrumental in
delivering Tencent's online photo album, adding value with next generation
design, technologies and tools.
Tencent Innovation Center Director Richard Chang commented: "Developing
products that are more humanized, easier to use, and emotionally closer to our
users has always been our concept. The Silverlight-empowered online photo
album concept is a good example of this. Throughout the project, I was deeply
impressed by Augmentum's deep understanding of Silverlight, expertise in User
Experience, and their dedication and enthusiasm, as well as their high
efficiency and on-time delivery. In addition, we are very glad to update our
services using Microsoft technologies. I look forward to continuing our long-
term cooperation."
"We are very pleased to help Tencent serve its huge community with greatly
improved and highly flexible user experiences made possible by the Silverlight
technology," said Wayne Hom, Augmentum CTO. "In addition to being able to
target multiple platforms and multiple browsers, Silverlight will enable
Tencent to maintain their market leadership with the rapid creation of
innovative and immersive online services."
Taking place in Hong Kong for the first time, MIX07 conference offers web
design professionals and business decision makers a sneak peek at the
technologies and tools for designing the Next Generation User Experience. At
the conference, Augmentum and Tencent will demonstrate new functionality
enabled by Microsoft Silverlight.
About Augmentum
Augmentum provides Outsourcing Leadership for Innovation. Augmentum
engineers augment their clients' teams as an extension, utilizing leading edge
development tools and technologies, as well as proven processes, to create
commercial-quality software. The management team has decades of collective
experience outsourcing commercial software and solutions. Augmentum, Inc. is
headquartered in Shanghai and Beijing in China and in Foster City, California.
The company has grown to 800 people in China out of 850 worldwide in three
years since its founding and won the inaugural Red Herring Asia Top 100 award
in 2005, and the Risk Management award at the China Outsourcing Summit in
2006. For more information, please visit www.augmentum.com or call
(650) 578-9221 x104.
About Tencent
Founded in Shenzhen in November, 1998, Tencent is recognized as the
operator of the leading Internet community in China. Tencent's instant
messaging service platform, "QQ," was formally launched in Feb 1999. After
years of strong business growth, on July 16, 2004, Tencent Holdings Limited
(SEHK 700) went public on the main board of Hong Kong Stock Exchange.