On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 12:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> They're rebranding and reorganizing from scratch. It's driven by the > Marketing > folks and they want my feedback on what we should use, but the angencies > talk > about that there's more, less expensive developers out there with these > other > technologies. They're just trying to sell what their staff knows so they > can > land the account. I need a list of reputable agencies that use CF and not > just > a CF development house. > > Our company went through a new CIO & CTO, both were very skeptical of ColdFusion coming in. After working with them showing some of the apps and the time it took to produce they began to see the value. It also helps that hey respect me as an individual and see me as technology fan not just a ColdFusion bigot. Regardless, I clearly explained and went through the real cost savings the came from what ColdFusion offered us. I did not focus on CFML or the general CF faster RAD etc talk. I focused on real world examples of how we leveraged ColdFusion internally to save money or develope more application in paralell. I focused in on exact platform features we didn't need to build and maintain ourselves like JMS integrations, file manipulation, charting and webservices. As a side note since I love pimpin the OS side of CFML if you are worried about cost and not utilizing the platform, checking out alternative CFML engines like Open BlueDragon or Railo might be an option. As for reputable agencies, Kroger and Hasbro come to mind as well as GE and Bank of America (though if I recall they really don't do greenfield development with CFML). Not to mention, seemingly, every branch of the government; you could look through all the different gov't agencies that use ColdFusion as well. Ping me off list if you want to talk more about what I've done in Kroger to help CF flurish, heck I'd even be happy to take some personal time and talk with executives there if they want to talk to other companies using CFML. Really at the end of the day in simple terms I evangilised, spoke up and showed I was proud of platform I use and I did so confidently without hesitation. So many times I see folks so proud to be a CF developer but then around others like Java devs or CIO types they cower in a corner overshadowed by thier "superiors." Bah I say stand up and be proud ColdFusion is a great platform, CFML is a great language . Oh and if all else fails Kroger is hiring send me a resume (seriosuly anyone interested send me a resume, Mid-Senior preferably) ;) Adam! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:308573 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
