Here is an overview of the software technologies and platforms used in the Crystal CMS system:

• C#
• ASP.NET
• .NET Framework 4.0
• Generics
  
• Traditional Web forms
• Javascript
  
• ASP.NET AJAX
  
• AJAX Control Toolkit
  
• VirtualPathProvider
  
• LINQ
• SQL Server 2008
• Data caching / SqlCacheDependency for automatic cache invalidation notification
  
• IIS 7.0
  
• HTTP deflate and GZip compression
• SSL
  
• Google AJAX Language API