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2005 Consensus Software Awards

Product Description

Created by Dan Green (Readify Technical Director and Microsoft MVP) and designed by Martin Granell (Readify Principal Consultant), INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH .NET is a premium level, intellectually based course which gets straight down to business teaching experienced .Net Developers hands on, design best practises, and efficient coding techniques.

INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH .NET uses end-to-end enterprise applications to illustrate its concepts and teach developers how to structure their code and design the application, in a way that takes advantage of tools like the Application Blocks of Microsoft's Enterprise Library.

INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH .NET participants walk away with the ability to ensure your applications address all key enterprise considerations, such as scalability; availability; reliability; maintainability; security and manageability. They can also immediately apply INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH .NET's reusable samples, tips, tricks and tools to reduce your applications' "time-to-market".

Testimonials

Nigel Watson, Architect Advisor, Microsoft Australia

“INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH .NET is the quickest way to get your head around the myriad of available building blocks for architecting enterprise-strength .Net systems. This is a well-crafted course that combines industry best practices with the extensive experience of Readify's course leaders - all of whom are software development community leaders in their own right.

The result is an incredibly useful course that's highly recommended for anyone who builds, or wants to build, enterprise applications in .Net".

Faisal Alamgir, EDS Consulting Services

“INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH .NET course structure was excellent. It plumbed the depths of some more advanced topics and focused on design. The presenters were well versed in the subject matter and the course also highlighted the maturing of the .Net platform, firstly in the availability of code blocks and patterns. Secondly, in the ability to create robust, reusable designs and assemblies which are scalable and can be deployed enterprise-wide.”

Innovation

INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH .NET makes Developers aware of enterprise requirements and the problems they face when building enterprise level applications. INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH .NET educates Developers how to approach these problems; provides them with the tools to aid effective resolution and enables them to become conscious of why they chose certain solutions the impact of their decisions.

Performance

INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH .NET has been produced by Readify’s consultants, who are world thought leaders, and follows Microsoft’s “best patterns and practises”. Unlike other training solutions, INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH .NET provides Developers with sample code from real world applications. These samples have already been proven to meet all enterprise requirements. This enables Developers to immediately implement this code into their enterprise applications, reducing “time-to-market”.

Potential

Microsoft Australia, recognising the premium content and value INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH .NET represents for their senior developer and architect communities, in conjunction with the Vic.Net cluster, introduced Readify to Learning Solutions product managers in Microsoft Corp (Redmond USA). Subsequently, Readify were invited to deliver INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH .NET to senior executives from their Learning Solutions, Patterns and Practices, and Architecture Evangelist groups, who unanimously insisted the course be made available to their international developer communities.

Readify and Microsoft Corp agreed to repurpose INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH .NET as an eLearning offering, which will be promoted and distributed by Microsoft Learning to their Senior Developers and Architects internationally. The content is also updated to align with the major new Enterprise Library release from Microsoft’s Patterns and Practices group.

Production of the INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH .NET eLearning version is scheduled to run until June 2005and is budgeted at A$750,000, and scheduled to run until June 2004 with the creation of 4 new roles within Readify. Readify royalties are estimated at $1m per annum for the next 3 years.

This is a Multinational win, with our IP to be distributed globally in training Programmers world wide.

This breakthrough agreement demonstrates how small Australian IT companies can compete in the international marketplace by producing premium, intellectually based offerings, be they curriculum, packaged solutions, or component based technologies.

This agreement also opens up new contacts and channels for, not only Readify, but other members of the Vic.Net community to promote their unique IP to Microsoft Corp and or their international partner and customer channels.

Microsoft Australia and the Victorian Government are to be congratulated on their Vic.Net cluster initiative and support. Vic.Net provided Readify the contacts and encouragement for us to confidentially pursue this opportunity knowing we had the back up resources and experience should we require them to negotiate and or deliver a favourable outcome.

Other information the judges should know

Readify History

Prior to 2001 – Readify executives and shareholders were individually engaged by Microsoft Corp in .Net Research and Development roles for several years leading up to the commercial release of Visual Studio .Net in early 2002

Early 2001 – These individuals come together to form Readify. The agreed MO is to assist Microsoft Australia cement .Net as the dominant software development platform by provide leading edge .Net Consulting and Training offerings, delivered by the most technically elite .Net consultants in Australia.

Mid 2001 – Readify launches with a major evangelising commitment, along side Microsoft, including the presentation of .NET PERSPECTIVES (a Readify independent assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of .Net) to many thousands of IT Decision Makers.

Early 2002 – Readify’s first course development undertaking was our .NET ESSENTIALS instructor led course, which provides the broad Windows and Web developer community a cost and time efficient introduction to developing commercial grade .Net applications.

2002 to 2003 – Microsoft Australia engaged Readify and our .NET ESSENTIALS course extensively, to up skill their constituent Partner and ISV community, resulting in 1500 developers being trained within the first 12 months of .Net’s release. Readify are also engaged extensively to provide Jumpstart consulting advise both ISV’s and Enterprise customers on the likely impact .Net would have on their development plans over the medium term.

Late 2003- Anticipating the uptake of .Net in the Enterprise application space, Readify developed our INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH .NET instructor led course which instructs Senior Developers and Architects on the best practice use of prescriptive architecture patterns (blocks) when developing Enterprise scale applications.

2004 – Not only have the senior developers and architects on most major Australian .Net projects undertaken INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH .NET training, Readify consultants and senior developers have also been engaged in risk mitigating, Technical Leadership roles on these same multimillion dollar development projects.

Mid 2004 – Microsoft Australia, recognising the premium content and value INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH .NET represents for their senior developer and architect communities, in conjunction with the Vic.Net cluster introduce Readify to Learning Solutions product managers in Microsoft Corp (Redmond USA). Subsequently, Readify are invited to deliver INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH .NET to senior executives from their Learning Solutions, Patterns and Practices, and Architecture Evangelist groups, who unanimously insist the course be made available to their international developer communities.

Early 2005 – Readify and Microsoft Corp agreed to repurpose INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH .NET as an eLearning offering, which will be promoted and distributed by Microsoft Learning to their Senior Developers and Architects internationally. The content is also updated to align with the major new Enterprise Library release from Microsoft’s Patterns and Practices group.

Since conception Readify has trained over 3,000 developers within Australia.

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