Carson Hager

Monday July 14, 2008

A Mix of New Applications

The past few weeks have been an interesting time here at Cynergy and indicative of the changes we've experienced as a company. In our beginnings Cynergy was purely about backoffice, line of business software development. Our entrance into the RIA world four years ago came with lots of changes and the releases of the past few weeks demonstrate just how dramatically things have changed here. Here is a quick recap of a few of the different kinds of software we're out there building for our customers.

LineRider - It would be tough to get further away from backoffice development than online games but here we are releasing the newest version of LineRider written completely in Microsoft Silverlight featuring integration with Live Services and social networking.

Cynergy TV - We released the newest version of Cynergy TV to showcase a number of the applications we've built here at Cynergy. Built as a Flex RIA, the new Cynergy TV is a great example of how RIAs can be used to convey a very powerfuil sales message to customers. We're very proud of the new Cynergy TV and of course of the applications presented.

Quickcomm Enterprise - Quickcomm Software released the newest version of its telecom expense management software - Quickcomm Enterprise. Quickcomm engaged with Cynergy to take its suite of client/server backoffice applications and turn them into a single, intuitive Rich Internet Application built in Adobe Flex with a complete Java/SOA backend based on Spring, Hibernate and our Cash framework. Quickcomm Enterprise is a great example of the value Cynergy can bring to ISVs like Quickcomm that have powerful software hampered by a poorly designed user interface. We literally breathed new life into Quickcomm's software through a combination of great design and great technology. You can read more about Quickcomm Enterprise at www.quickcomm.com or you can watch a video about it on CynergyTV.

A popular online game, a video showcase and a truly enterprise software application all released in just the last month...and we have a ton more coming out in both the enterprise and consumer spaces. These are exciting times here at Cynergy...really looking forward to talking about the rest of it with you.

Thursday July 10, 2008

Lunch with Steve Ballmer

I had the opportunity to have lunch today with Steve Ballmer at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference to hear from the man himself about Microsoft's vision for Silverlight, WPF and working with agencies like Cynergy. Although most of the discussion is protected under a crushing pile of NDAs, I'm pleased to say that at the highest levels of Microsoft there is the firm belief that user experience driven design is the future of software development.

As everyone here at Cynergy knows, we are fully committed to the Microsoft stack and are investing very heavily into recreating the success we've enjoyed in the Adobe world in the new Microsoft world. We feel that Microsoft has an incredibly compelling, holistic offering across form factors with technologies such as Silverlight, WPF, Surface, Windows Mobile and beyond. It's going to be a very exciting next few years working hand in hand with Microsoft to help push these technologies to their limits.

A quick thanks to Darren McCormick and the the rest of the folks at Microsoft for bringing us together for this meeting today to hear from Ballmer himself about the vision and future.

Monday June 23, 2008

Coming up for Air...

No, not the Adobe Integrated Runtime, the real thing. I promised myself I'd keep up the blogging through all of our growth but I failed miserably. I'm back to give it another shot. Tons of things have happened since I was last out here in November. Here's a quick list of the highlights... Read more...

Saturday November 24, 2007

In London This Week

Dave Wolf and I are heading to London this week where Cynergy is the primary sponsor of the Butler Group's Rich Internet Applications Briefing. We will be making some very exciting announcements during our presentation on Tuesday that we are sure will be of interest to anyone building RIAs in the greater London area.

If you're a Flex/AIR or Silverlight/WPF developer in London, we'd love to meet up with you while we're there. I promise we'll have lots to talk about. If you're interested in getting together, drop me a line at carson.hager@cynergysystems.com or call me on my mobile at 1.703.489.6466. Dave and I will be in town through Thursday afternoon and will most definitely be out and about each evening so if you're interested in talking about RIA over a few drinks, drop me a line and we'll set up a time to meet up.

Wednesday October 10, 2007

In Sydney This Week

Dave Wolf and I are in Sydney this week meeting with the local Cynergy team here, customers, partners, etc. If you're in Sydney and are interested in speaking with us about joining our team on any of our fronts including Flex/AIR or WPF/Silverlight, we'd love to meet with you. Read more...

Tuesday October 02, 2007

Cynergy Needs Developers!

Calling all Flex, Java, C# and WPF/Silverlight Developers...Cynergy needs you! Read more...

Thursday June 07, 2007

We're growing like crazy...we need you.

if that's not clear enough (you're not into the whole brevity thing - bonus points if you get the reference), let me spell it out. The RIA business is exploding and because of it, Cynergy is growing like crazy. We're looking for talented and passionate developers interested in building next generation applications with Adobe Flex/Apollo and Microsoft Silverlight. Incredible technologies, challenging and exciting projects, cool customers and great people...you just can't beat being a part of Cynergy. I'd love to personally tell you all about it and share our excitement with you. If you're interested in working with some of the best people in the industry and having fun while you're at it, drop me a line at carson.hager@cynergysystems.com , or for the more bold of you, pick up the phone and call me on my cell phone - 703.489.6466. Looking forward to talking to you.

Tuesday January 23, 2007

Cynergy and Adobe Co-Sponsor AJAXWorld 2007

These are exciting times for anyone doing Flex development and they're especially exciting for us here at Cynergy. We've recently deployed a number of new Flex applications and we continue to push the envelope of this powerful platform. So when Sys-Con approached us and Adobe not only about co-sponsoring AjaxWorld 2007, but also to team up together to sponsor a whole day Flex training event at the show, we were incredibly excited. Given what a tremendous success AJAXWorld 2006 was for both Cynergy and Flex, the decision was a no brainer.

For us at Cynergy, AJAXWorld is all about showing the world the kinds of amazing applications that can be built with Flex and continuing our history of leadership to the ever growing Flex development community. Cynergy’s top Flex experts will be presenting at both the conference as well as the one day Flex Seminar on a variety of advanced topics on the design, development and deployment of Rich Internet Applications. If Flex is on your radar, this is not something you're going to want to miss.

We're very proud to join Adobe as co-sponsors of this exciting conference and to continue to spread the word about RIA development with Flex. We'd love to meet you so be sure and stop by our booth or just grab any of us during the conference. Just look for the Cynergy red shirts or the 6' 8" guy in fliplops. That would be me. :)

See you in New York!

Tuesday September 05, 2006

Cynergy Sponsoring AJAXWorld

As many of you probably already know, Cynergy made the decision recently to invest heavily in the AJAXWorld/RIAConference being held in Santa Clara, CA in October. As Platinum sponsors we share the stage with some very elite and much larger companies such as Adobe and TIBCO, both of whom are billion dollar companies... Read more...

Wednesday August 30, 2006

Thoughts on the NYC Flex Seminar

Just a few thoughts on the Flex Seminar we sponsored in New York. Read more...

Sunday August 27, 2006

Getting in on the fun

Response to our new blogs has been nothing short of outstanding so I thought I would get in on the fun and use this powerful medium to share thoughts, news, revelations, etc. about Cynergy in general as well as the exciting new market that we find ourselves in today. Read more...