With all of the things going on at igNew our blog has been a little neglected. 

We've had a busy 5 weeks and a lot of good things are going on.  We moved from our Middletown office and are now operating out of Suite 600 in 9300 Shelbyville Road aka Hurstbourne Place.  We have been here for a little over a month and we are still waiting for "the man behind the curtain" to pick out a couch and bring in the flat panel television so we can hook up the Wii.  Brandon and John did get their Geek Desks put together, which is nice and Joey's door hanging basketball goal with a breakaway rim finally arrived.  Jason seems very excited to be next to the kitchen since the refrigerator is stocked with enough caffeine to run the lights and Mike feels fortunate to have an office without any windows.  Dan could use some help buying furniture for his office and for the time being, Dave seems content.  

In other news, we are now working with two new companies, Hillsdale Furniture and Presbyterian Publishing, and everyone is excited about the long term opportunities with both.  We have taken on more of a leadership role with an existing client and it looks like a couple other clients are prepared to tackle some new project as well.  With all the new work we are prepared to add some needed bandwidth to our team and are currently evaluating some potential new igNew team members.

Our first quarter started out a little slow, but we are rockin' and rollin' now and feeling really good about where we are headed.  

As of today, February 19th, 2010, igNew is a Microsoft Certified Partner with a competency in Custom Development Solutions specializing in Web Development.  Easy for me to say, right?  This partnership only makes sense since we do specialize in building custom solutions using Microsoft tools and technologies.  With that being said, we will be working to upgrade to a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner in the near future.  Congrats igNew team and keep working hard.

Are you a part of a company that suffers from "The Lizard Brain" when it comes to software development.  Obviously, there are many things that can delay the delivery of a new piece of software, a version release or even an idea.  But, are your deadlines being missed because of these many things or just one?

Admist the poor economy and high unemployment rate, igNew had a really promising 2009.  We were able to grow over 60% from 2008 to 2009 and had the great fortune of bringing on a couple new team members.  We have built some strong relationships with some new clients and are looking forward to working with them in the New Year.  igNew is working hard to build a brand that is respected in the industry and by continuing to work with great companies we will get there.  Thanks to everyone who aided us in our recent sucesses and we are excited about what 2010 has to offer. 

I found this video that portrays the client vendor relationship from an interesting perspective and it's pretty funny.  igNew is fortunate in that we haven't had to deal with very many of these situations because all our cost and potential cost is discussed up front before we start on a project.  Take a look!

Client Vendor Relationships in the Software Development World.