Optimus Consulting Wins Atlanta Web Developers Award; Microsoft .Net Talent Beats Competing Frameworks

Business Wire, Oct 24, 2005

NORCROSS, Ga. -- Optimus Consulting, the newly formed information technology (IT) consulting arm of Optimus Solutions, announces winning the first Atlanta Web Developers Users Group "Web Development Shoot-Out" contest. The Atlanta Web Developers Users Group is a group of technically savvy web development professionals who meet to discuss issues and innovations in web development on various platforms and languages. The "Web Development Shoot-Out" contest was designed to formally recognize and acknowledge the hard work and dedication that each team put into constructing web sites using their chosen framework. The requirements for the web sites were kept secret until the start of the competition and each team was given four hours to complete the task. Optimus Consulting won for building a sports league registration/scheduling web site using Microsoft .Net and SQL technologies.

"Web site awards are a great way to recognize talented individual and team efforts, such as this winning development team made up of Chris Postell, Kevin Harris, and Lisa Seyler," said Ted Chappell, Vice President of Optimus Consulting. "The Optimus team enters these competitions to hone our development skills, increase teamwork, and foster an educational environment shared with other knowledgeable professionals."

Optimus Consulting used robust tools from Microsoft, along with best practice techniques to develop the winning web site. Other teams competed using various technologies including Java on BEA Weblogic, Lotus Domino, and Ruby on Rails. Optimus chose Microsoft.NET with C# because of the group's expertise in the technology and Microsoft.NET's reduced development time. The Microsoft.NET framework is a development and execution environment that allows different programming languages and libraries to work together seamlessly to create Windows-based applications that are easier to build, manage, deploy, and integrate with other networked systems. SQL Server 2000, a fully enterprise-class database, was used to provide data management support and scalability.

The project specification and requirements were given to the teams at the same time. Each team chose their own framework and approach to writing and deploying the application. The code had to be flexible to change, because of shifting requirements at the half-way (2 hours) point. The final web sites were scored on functional completeness, creativity, and speed. First place winner Optimus Consulting received an Apple iPod and $50 American Express gift certificates for each team member.

ABOUT OPTIMUS CONSULTING

Optimus Consulting provides comprehensive IT solutions designed to streamline and integrate business processes across the enterprise. Optimus Consulting professionals use robust tools and best practice techniques for developing, implementing, and integrating information solutions effectively and efficiently. The organization has great expertise in application integration, IBM Domino/Lotus(R) groupware solutions, Research in Motion (RIM) Blackberry(R) mobile solutions, and web-enabled solutions such as Sun J2EE, Microsoft .NET, and IBM Domino and WebSphere. Optimus Consulting is poised to help large and medium corporations leverage their existing technology investments, reduce costs, increase productivity, and improve the quality of information and customer service. The firm is a division of the $190 million OHC LLC. For additional information, contact Optimus Consulting at 1.877.848.OPTI.