“Centare Group is proud to be a constant in recent Inc. 5000 listings, especially in today’s challenging marketplace,” said President and CEO Dave Glyzewski.  “Because of our innovative and service-oriented full-time consultant team, our strong partnerships with leading technology companies like Microsoft, and the continued support of our clients – some of the biggest, best and brightest in Southeast Wisconsin – Centare Group can continue to achieve at such a high level.”

Centare Group showed 15 percent growth over the past three years (2006-2009) ranking as the 50^th fastest growing private company in Wisconsin and the state’s 8^th fastest growing IT company. Centare Group’s Inc. 5000 profile can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000/profile/centare-group.

To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by June 30, 2006. Additionally, they had to be based in the United States, privately held, for profit, and independent (not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies) as of December 31, 2009. The minimum revenue required for 2006 is $80,000; the minimum for 2009 is $2 million.

Inc. 5000, an extension of Inc. magazine’s annual Inc. 500 list, recognizes the many growing businesses that drive the economy.  Taken as a whole, the Inc. 5000 list is also an indicator of which segments of U.S. industry, within the private sector, have been prospering over the past three years.  According to Inc. the IT Services industry accounts for a little more than 12 percent of the 5,000 companies on the list, suggesting a healthy outlook for the technology services field.

“The leaders of the companies on this year’s Inc. 5000 have figured out how to grow their businesses during the longest recession since the Great Depression,” said Inc. president Bob LaPointe. “The 2010 Inc. 5000 showcases a particularly hardy group of entrepreneurs.”

For 2009, the Inc. 5000 posted an aggregate revenue of $321.6 billion, up more than 50 percent from the previous year. Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found on www.inc.com/5000.

In Jailbreaking iPhones puts buyer’s trust in hackers, Miller addressed the pros and cons of jailbreaking an iPhone or any other iOS device – a process that has been made easier by the recently released mobile Safari-based app JailbreakMe 2.0 by Comex.

In the article, Scherrer cautioned owners about jailbreaking, reminding them that it voids their device’s warranty and can make them susceptible to security problems.

“You are not trusting Apple at this point; you are trusting some individual,” Scherrer said. “You have to trust the people coming up with these hacks that they are not trying to get you.”

Scherrer reminded the reader that while Apple may take extreme measures in ensuring the reliability and security of their software library, outside programmers may not.

“Apple has a lot to lose if they do something incorrect,” he warned. “You are kind of in the wild, wild west once you go into the jailbreaking world.”

“Creating an environment that builds camaraderie and encourages personal and professional development can be a challenge when your employees are not congregated in a single office building, that’s what makes this award so important to me,” says Centare Group President and CEO Dave Glyzewski. “We try to afford employees the time and resources to learn best-practices, work with innovative software technologies and become actively involved in the local community.”

If you’re interested in hearing more about employment opportunities at Centare Group, contact Amy Walz in the Centare Group recruiting department or simply visit Careers.

Scherrer goes on to address some of the inherent concerns over using the iPad for business, such as the lack of a local file system, as well as security and encryption issues.

According to Scherrer, the iPad’s touch screen makes it more intuitive for users than previous tablet devices.  And doctors and nurses can make additional use of its large screen to enter and read text and show patients videos and test results while explaining a diagnosis.

The iPad’s comparable screen size, minimal product weight and immediate accessibility make it less restrictive and potentially more attractive than a laptop.  According to Eiring, this can help save doctors, nurses and lab technicians valuable time and even reduce the potential for error.

Scherrer is confident that Apple techs and third party developers like Centare will be able to work with or curb any initial problems the iPad faces and that it is a viable option for many such businesses moving forward.

Contact Centare Group for more information about the iPad and other mobility solutions to improve business process and efficiency.

“Schmelzer did a fantastic job explaining how new Visual Studio tooling can be used to develop SharePoint 2010 applications and workflows,” said Ed Chaltry, Centare Group’s Chief Technology Officer.

Schmelzer and his team are responsible for the Visual Studio design-time tools and runtime components used to build applications that leverage Microsoft Office client and server products, many of the Visual Studio features vital to end-to-end application development experience including Data Design-time, building and consuming WCF services and Deployment, as well as the application programmability and extensibility available in Visual Studio Tools for Applications.

Centare Group has recently been involved with Microsoft’s launch efforts for Visual Studio 2010.  Chaltry participated in Microsoft’s traveling Next Generation Testing Events. These assorted one-day tour stops offered various U.S. cities demonstrations of the latest capabilities offered with Visual Studio 2010.

Centare Group is also well-versed in SharePoint 2010 and its many new developer-oriented capabilities. Centare consultants are experienced with collaborative applications that leverage new platform capabilities and allow the easy deployment of new solutions.  Centare experts also make use of built in monitoring capabilities to help keep tabs of application behaviors after deployment.

Contact Centare Group for more information about how Visual Studio 2010 and SharePoint 2010 can work to your business advantage.

“The testing events have been terrific,” commented Chaltry.  “We had more than 100 people attend the demonstrations in Milwaukee and Indianapolis.  I remember visiting Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington just a few short months ago.”

Chaltry continued, “We were brought in specifically to gain a deeper understanding of Visual Studio 2010’s capabilities and various configurations to help better prepare for the traveling road shows.  Now, here I am actually out there showing off exactly what is possible – specifically with the new ‘Lab Management’ feature – with everything pushing the envelope for how we can incorporate new standards and efficiencies for manual testing processes.”

Chaltry has already demonstrated Lab Management at both the Milwaukee and Indianapolis Next Generation Testing Events, and he will fill that same role at the upcoming Chicago event.  According to Chaltry, Lab Management enables organizations to build higher quality applications by better integrating development and test teams throughout the application lifecycle.

Microsoft defines Visual Studio 2010 as the premier development and testing toolset for Windows, Web and cloud development.  Microsoft has made significant investments to improve the testing/QA tools in Visual Studio 2010. The Next Generation Testing Events offer opportunities to experience what these new tools can mean for the QA and testing process.  Each event hosts a comprehensive overview, as well as a deep dive, into the range of new tools and how they can enable you to improve the way you develop and test software on the Microsoft platform.

For more information about Visual Studio 2010 and how to can fit into your enterprise, or to setup a personal demonstration, contact Centare Group.

“I based this demo off of a SharePoint 2007 project I initially did for one of our clients,” explained Palfery.  “I tried to focus the discussion on a couple of key areas, including LINQ to SharePoint, unit testing, proper multi-layer architecture and most importantly, the new SharePoint project types in Visual Studio 2010.”

Palfery deemed his presentation a 300-level demonstration, which was appropriate for the audience given that many had previous experience in SharePoint development.  According to Palfery, attendees engaged in very spirited conversations centered around LINQ to SharePoint and its pluses and minuses, as well as the upgradability of current 2007 development.

More more information about SharePoint and Visual Studios, contact Centare Group.

The combination of complete Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, Live Meeting and Unified Communications, along with a reliable and expandable network storage solution, has proven very valuable for client expansion.  With a complete cloud solution in place, The Ritterbusch Group now has access to a true collaboration solution that offers an intuitive and cost-effective way to share information, files, business processes, calendars, instant messaging and more.

Nearly 100 developers, project managers and business executives gathered at Direct Supply Inc and listened as Albrecht offered his suggestions on how to avoid common pitfalls when transitioning to Agile.  Albrecht also addressed how TFS 2010 can successfully be utilized as an Agile platform.  He demonstrated some of the effective new features of TFS 2010 as they related to Agile estimation, planning, execution and measurement.  Albrecht fielded dozens of questions from the enthused audience, many regarding specifics on Agile estimation as well as TFS process template customization.

“It was a fantastic event with an encouraging turnout,” reflected Albrecht.  “I was thankful for the opportunity to talk in detail about Agile and TFS 2010.  As those in attendance can attest, I strongly support using Agile methods to develop software.  The shorter cycles and iterations are effective in driving immediate software value.

“Through TFS 2010, Agile methods can be utilized to impact business collaboration from start to finish.  It’s something we at Centare Group are very familiar with and offer as a service to our clients.”

For more detailed information about Albrecht’s presentation, or to discuss how Agile and TFS 2010 can help improve business process, contact Centare Group.

The Wisconsin .NET User Group is a peer group of developers, architects, and managers who are interested in learning, sharing and growing their Microsoft .NET knowledge and capabilities.  Through regularly occurring  meetings and events, they provide members with a forum to hear from top industry experts speak on the latest technologies and issues in the .NET community.