Cynergy Announces Silverlight Practice
Published on May 1st, 2007 by DannyT. Filed under Business, SilverlightRIA giants Cynergy Systems have announced they are creating a practice dedicated to RIA development using Silverlight.
I think this is a very sound move for Cynergy and one of the few I’ve seen who have managed disassociate themselves from an emotional tie to Adobe technologies and embrace alternatives from such a serious contender as Microsoft. Note this is not them saying “no more Adobe”, this is them saying they are experts in the RIA space and offer choice to their customers to have the most approriate solution using the most appropriate technology.
There will be big budgets being thrown around by big companies who get caught up in the excitement generated by Microsoft and by Mix07 and Cynergy are showing they will be there to ride that wave. Fair play to them, I’m a fan of Cynergy’s work and look forward to seeing what they come up with on the Silverlight front.
nwebb
May 6th, 2007 at 4:26 am
Nice to see some balanced posts on the Silverlight situation Dan.
I think it’s important for developers to understand that it is the company, *not* the developer who ultimately dictates the technology used, and that this is driven by both client demand, and (in the short term at least) by existing company infrastructure. This certainly has implications for me – I do not have any .Net experience but my employer carries out work for local government and is required to develop using certain Microsoft technologies. In many respects it would make more sense for them to go the Silverlight route.
Whether I have any preference or not is largely irrelevant.
As a developer who feels a little too pushed to be adding .Net to his ever expanding to-do list right now, I can at least focus my attention on transferable, platform-independent skills whilst still sticking with Flex. Besides, I think competition will be healthy.