ColdFusion is a complete Web application server for developing and delivering scaleable e-business
applications. Whether you're revolutionizing your company's HR operations, building a new generation
of your firm's global intranet, launching the next killer .COM, building your own presence on the Web,
or providing back-end power to interactive Flash applications, you'll find the proven technology you
need in ColdFusion.
ColdFusion is designed to deliver on the key requirements of e-commerce and enterprise Web applications:
Intuitive visual tools and an innovative tag-based programming environment make
ColdFusion a highly productive platform for delivering applications.
A high performance, multithreaded architecture and advanced features such as
just-in-time compiling, load balancing, and failover ensure that your applications will scale to
handle the most demanding sites.
Open integration with databases, email, directories, J2EE, .NET, XML, SOAP,
and enterprise systems means you can develop complex Web applications quickly and easily.
The latest advanced Internet security technologies and clean integration with
network and Web server security, give you the services to build secure systems.
ColdFusion was the original application server (predating the term itself), is used by
over 1/4 million developers on over 60000 servers making it the most popular commercial cross-platform
application server on the market.
Source : http://www.forta.com
Ben Forta is MacroMedia's ColdFusion Evangelist.
Official Web Site : http://www.macromedia.com/software/ColdFusion/productinfo/overview/