News posted 30th November 2010
Staff at ITDev recently enjoyed a celebratory dinner to mark the 10th anniversary of the company's formation.
It's not just ITDev that has come a long way since its formation back in November 2000...
| 2000 | Sony launch the PlayStation 2 and the dot com bubble bursts; as far as we know, these events are unrelated! | Bruce Mitchell leaves his role as software manager at Rural Radio Systems to form ITDev. |  |
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| 2001 | Wikipedia is launched (whatever did we do without it) and the original iPod goes on sale. | ITDev's first website goes live and ITDev wins a series of contracts to develop embedded software for a multinational client. |  |
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| 2002 | The world's second most popular web browser, Firefox, is released and M.I.T. develop the first commercially available robot vacuum cleaner. | ITDev continues to deliver a succession of successful projects including embedded software for industrial measurement systems. |  |
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| 2003 | Skype is launched, Toyota launch the Prius hybrid car and for the first time, DVD sales exceed those of VHS videos. | ITDev is incorporated as I.T. Dev Limited. and continues to build a reputation for high quality software development. |  |
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| 2004 | Intel and AMD show off their first dual core processors and Mark Zuckerberg creates a new website, TheFacebook, later shortened to Facebook. | ITDev contributes to a variety of projects, including the development of automotive vibration measurement equipment. |  |
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| 2005 | YouTube is launched, Microsoft Windows goes 64-bit and a probe lands on Saturn's moon, Titan. | Andy Culmer is appointed Engineering Director and ITDev launches a new website including electronics development services. |  |
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| 2006 | The 16 year project to sequence the human genome publishes the last chromosome sequence and Nintendo launch the Wii games console. | ITDev moves to the Southampton Science Park and completes its first electronics-based project. |  |
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| 2007 | The BBC launch their iPlayer service and Apple launch the iPhone. | ITDev completes 34 customer projects spanning control, communications and internet domains. |  |
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| 2008 | UK surgeons implant the first bionic eyes, a proton beam is circulated around the Large Hadron Collider and the Tesla Roadster electric sports car goes on sale. | ITDev continues to build expertise with major projects in video encoding and FPGA development. |  |
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| 2009 | The first Android phone is launched and "cloud computing" enters mainstream use. | ITDev launches its latest website with enhanced customer portal and project tracking hosted on ITDev's own high availability servers. |  |
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| 2010 | Sky launches Europe's first 3D television channel and a solar powered plane completes a 24-hour flight for the first time. | ITDev celebrates 10 years of business, during which we have never missed a single customer deadline. |  |
