At Xceed, we’re always pushing the boundaries of what components for Microsoft’s software development frameworks should offer. What we’ve accomplished with Xceed DataGrid for Silverlight is no exception.

“Speed” is a common theme in how every other Silverlight datagrid on the market is described. They all say they’re fast. But Xceed has found a way to be fast where others simply aren’t: with remote data over the Internet.

This is possible thanks to the innovative design choices we’ve made. First, at the heart of the datagrid is an intelligent, on-demand record retrieval system. Instead of loading the entire data source to give the appearance of speed with remote data—which takes time—Xceed’s Silverlight datagrid loads only what is visible. And by pre-fetching and caching nearby records in the background, that data is ready to be displayed when the end-user pages or scrolls: there are no just-in-time requests that make the end-user wait, which makes your application feel sluggish.

Network communications are greatly optimized, which has a positive influence not only on the datagrid’s performance but also on the server’s load.

Of course, the UI is beautiful, with animations that lend it a modern, fluid feel and lag-masking smooth scrolling. Plus, using asynchronous operations—as is done with data requests too—the UI remains responsive at all times. The product comes with 6 perfect themes. Coming soon to Xceed.com!

Why risk your company’s reputation on free WPF themes and the unprofessional-looking apps they can create? The WPF themes in Xceed Professional Themes for WPF are meticulously designed by our graphic design and dev teams, so they are pixel-perfect, have properly aligned graphical elements and correctly rendered children, and fully support template binding! It’s also the only product to provide important themes such as Office 2007 and Windows 7. All seven of the product’s themes let you style your entire app—including Microsoft’s datagrid and datepicker controls—in under two minutes with just a couple of lines of XAML.

A fully functional trial version of the product is available for download at xceed.com.

Xceed Ultimate Suite provides well over 65 components and libraries for WPF, Silverlight, .NET, and ActiveX at a price comparable to what you might pay for a couple of standalone components! All of its .NET products are fully compatible and compiled with Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.

The suite provides everything you need to save time—and therefore money—in your development cycle. It takes care of the coding of such crucial UI elements in applications as datagrids with integrated reporting capabilities (Xceed DataGrid for WPF, Xceed Grid for .NET), charts (Xceed Chart for .NET), and others controls in Xceed SmartUI for .NET, Xceed Docking Windows for .NET, and Xceed Editors for .NET. Rounding out the suite are several libraries that defined the industry of data manipulation, such as Xceed Zip for .NET with Self-Extractor, Xceed FTP for .NET. It also includes our ActiveX products.

Fully functional trial versions of all of our products are available for download at xceed.com.

We’ve modified our website so it automatically displays our prices either in United States dollars or in euros. Various contact numbers and addresses are also customized to the visitor’s region.

We are constantly improving our products at Xceed. From minor bug fixes to major, game-changing new improvements, we keep our noses to the grindstone to make sure that you have the latest and greatest components and libraries for Silverlight, WPF, .NET, and ActiveX. And you can get these updates by going to our Update Center, which lets you sort the packages to your liking.