Microsoft Uruguay, ARTech and Zonamérica -with Hewlett
Packard?s support- inaugurated on June 15th the laboratory of .NET Solution
Center. It is a Microsoft technology environment where software development
companies will be able to evaluate the software they develop and explore new
technologies with global quality standards.
The leaders of the export software industry and the
academic sector attended the event.
This new technology laboratory, located in Zonamérica,
will require an investment of USD 300 thousand in facilities, hardware, software
and services in the next 2 years. The main objective is to achieve an ideal
working environment, where the companies devoted to software development in
Uruguay will access state-of-the-art resources to improve and enhance their
products, as well as the quality and volume of their exports.
The laboratory .NET Solution Center will have the support
and assistance of specialized technicians from both Microsoft and ARTech. This
lab responds to the high potential for development of the national software
industry. The lab is linked to the Software Trial Center Associated Laboratories
program, an initiative of the Uruguayan Chamber of Information Technologies
(CUTI) and the Institute for Computer Sciences at the School of Engineering,
University of the Republic.
Gabriel Andrada, Microsoft?s general manager, emphasized
the importance of this new laboratory and stated that business models based on
true strategic alliances that use Microsoft are the key to success. He also
pointed out how the local software industry continues to increase its share of
the global market.
Gustavo Carriquiry, ARTech?s operations manager and
responsible for the LAB, said: "I think it?s a great opportunity for those
GeneXus clients who are working in .NET technology to try and optimize their
applications with a ?ready to use? hard, soft and HR infrastructure." In
addition, people who have not worked on that platform will access these
resources without the initial investment (in time and money required. Based on
those resources they will be able to provide much higher quality solutions,
therefore achieving a better position for global competitiveness.
How to participate in the .NET Solution Center?
The objective consists of brief projects, about a week
long, aiming to: 1. Optimize already existing applications or processes in .NET
platform.
2. Convert an already existing application to the .NET
platform
3. Develop a concept test on the .NET platform
4. Performance and scalability test on the .NET platform
You may send the description of your project to