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Stout Systems’ Bill Heitzeg Leads Interactive Learning Group For Programmers
November 4th, 2009

Stout Systems’ business development and senior technical staff member Bill Heitzeg and his peers saw a need within the IT community for an organized and practical way to introduce computer programmers to new technologies and new problem solving techniques. So they created the Software Development Study Group.

“The study group gives developers an interactive, one hour introduction into a new technology,” said Bill Heitzeg. “So far it’s blown away all my expectations. In a month I’ve learned more than I would have in a year of user groups.”

The group meets from 5:30 to 6:30 every Tuesday evening in Ann Arbor. Each meeting is led by a volunteer expert from the IT community, who actively facilitates the learning of technologies and methodologies that often take programmers a substantial time investment to learn on their own. Whether it’s the latest dynamic language or an old standby technology, the goal of the Software Development Study Group is to ensure that one week’s concentrated hour is worth many more hours or even days of having to absorb new technologies by oneself.

The Software Development Study Group

“Group attendance is on the increase as the word spreads, and that pleases us a great deal,” adds John W. Stout, President of Stout Systems. “Our staff always have tried to give back to the IT profession, and to see such immediate success is gratifying.”

Information about the Software Development Study Group and its meeting topics, prerequisites and venue can be found on the Web at:

http://sites.google.com/site/softwaredevelopmentstudygroup/.

 
Stout Systems Enters the iPhone Market with its First App
July 30th, 2009

Stout Systems announces that it is has officially entered the iPhone application development market with its first offering released to the iTunes Store. Called iSoBusy, the application is a tongue-in-cheek twist on a traditional mobile phone app theme: the “fake phone call” that gives a user an exit strategy from dull or uncomfortable situations. iSoBusy features over twenty uniquely silly pre-recorded fake callers including Mom, Obsessive Boss, Unemployed Brother-in-law, Football Fan and Dry Cleaner Calling About That Stain.

“This is a new direction for us,” said John W. Stout, President of Stout Systems. “Our primary focus, of course, is still and will continue to be on expert level software and systems consulting services for our customers. Those customer services expanded to include the iPhone application development starting in 2009. At the same time, the idea for an app of our own, especially in the entertainment sphere, is just fun.”

VolumeOne culture and entertainment magazine states that iSoBusy is “already the best-ranked application of its kind.”

Stout Systems developed iSoBusy in partnership with marketing guru David Brier and his company DBD International. Information about the application can be found at www.isobusy.com.