Rich Internet Applications, popularly known as RIA, are web applications that are loaded with features and functionality of a desktop applications. Against the old HTML, RIAs typically transfers the processing necessary for the user interface to the web client but stores the bulk of the data back on the application server. Using the broad reach of the Internet, RIAs can be deployed across browsers and desktops. Some RIA are developed to work on a platforms sleemlessly without any alteration. Development in Ajax or other client-side engine approaches, such as using Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex and, more recently, Microsoft Silverlight are some example.