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IT professionals can never rest on their laurels. In fact, just
the opposite is true—the technology world is moving and changing
faster each day, and those who do not keep abreast of the changes
get left behind.
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At Lyon Technologies, we pride ourselves on keeping up with the
latest skills and technologies in our industry.
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An excellent example of this is our experience with the relatively
new technology from Microsoft, .NET®. The .NET® product was in beta
in September 2002, and it moved into its first release phase in
July 2003. Just after the beta version of .NET® was released, Lyon
Technologies had just begun drafting a specification for a web-based
solution for DataDirect Technologies. The client expressed a desire
to use the cutting edge of web development in their new software,
and we recommended .NET®.
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DataDirect Technologies agreed with our recommendation, and even
though the product was still in the beta phase of development, the
professionals at Lyon Technologies already had 80% of the knowledge
base necessary to develop it because we had already learned Visual
Basic® and Internet technologies. We delivered their application
to them before .NET® went into production. In doing so, we became
one of the region's first consulting firms to have completed and
deployed a .NET® software product, which remains in production at
DataDirect Technologies to this day.
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Our success with this and other projects that involved new emerging
technologies is a result of our commitment to keep our skills on
current, as well as to continuous employee training.
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