Monthly Archives: April 2011

Other Networking Opportunities in the Cedar Valley

In a recent blog post, we covered networking opportunities for IT professionals in the Cedar Valley. Now we’d like to highlight events and groups more focused on small businesses, entrepreneurs, and other business professionals. MyEntre.Net MyEntre.Net is a website dedicated … Continue reading

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Far Reach Soundtrack – Season 1

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Four Years

Far Reach celebrated its 4th anniversary on April 16th. The fact that I’m writing this blog post almost a week late might give you a little clue as to how things are going for us four years in. In short, we’ve never been busier! Not only that, but we’re busy doing things we’re really excited about. Continue reading

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MIX11 Highlights

By now everyone should have recovered from MIX11 and had some time to think about what we saw and learned during that 72 hour conversation.  Here are some of my thoughts from the conference.  (View MIX11 Sessions)   Windows Phone … Continue reading

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10 Reasons Developers Should Consider Microsoft Silverlight for Line of Business Applications

If you’re a cube-dwelling developer in a corporate IT department, chances are slim that you get the opportunity to do anything really cool very often. Microsoft® SilverlightTM might just change all that. Below are ten reasons you should consider pushing Silverlight as a viable and essential platform for building line of business applications. Continue reading

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MIX11 – Keynote Notes

Day one of MIX11 is in the books and as Larry David would say, “it was pret-ty, pret-ty good”.  There were lots of great sessions, good food, and good conversations occurring.  One of the best things about these conferences is … Continue reading

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The 2011 Prometheus Awards

Last night, we attended the 2011 Prometheus Awards, an annual event put on by the Technology Association of Iowa recognizing the outstanding accomplishments of high-tech companies throughout the state. We were extremely honored to have been named one of three finalists … Continue reading

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Top Ten Reasons IT Managers Should Consider Microsoft Silverlight for Line of Business Applications

Your users want an application that’s easy to use. Your developers want to do something cool. You want to complete the project on time and in budget. Can Silverlight help you? Below are the top ten reasons you should consider Silverlight for your line of business applications. Continue reading

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WP7 Insights #4: Detecting and Reacting to Connectivity

This article is the fourth in a series which discusses some of the things that I learned while developing my first Windows Phone 7 application.  Update – I now have two apps in the WP7 marketplace, so I have more … Continue reading

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