Today at MIX09, Microsoft announced a set of platform investments to help companies more efficiently and affordably engage with their customers through a rich, interactive presence on the Web. This includes the release of Silverlight 3 Beta, Expression Blend 3 Preview, and continued progress in the cloud with updates to the Azure Services Platform. The company also pointed to strong momentum in platform adoption and demonstrated solutions from key partners including Netflix, Bondi Digital Publishing, StackOverflow.com and KEXP.

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