It certainly is gratifying to see we haven't sat on our hands throughout all these years. Our quick response to market conditions have enabled us to prepare for a variety of trends well in advance, and develop solid platforms to offer our clients should their needs adapt as well.

We pride ourselves in our agility, our passion for change and our desire to remain a national leader in technology development. Here are some examples of our record.

1999
The Internet Archive starts offering their Wayback Machine program to the public, which is a way to view archived versions of websites from as far back as 1996. CYKRON is one of the first pioneers in using their Archive-It! system to create authenticated backups of websites for customers around the world.

As of 2006 the Wayback Machine contained almost 2 billion megabytes of data. This tool is useful for looking at retrieving information from websites that our clients may have previously had. Although some firms claim to have recently discovered this technology in the last six months, it has been in use at CYKRON for nearly 8 years.

2000
XML becomes a recommended technology from the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium). This group, started in 1994, creates recommendations to improve the efficiency and usability of websites on the Internet. CYKRON proudly becomes one of the first firms to design web sites for XHTML 1.0, which ultimately makes our products easier to use.

2001
CYKRON creates the first website to allow the purchase of streaming, full-resolution video. Over 500 full‐length, DVD-quality videos for promoters were edited, digitized and posted online to “rent” for a 24‐hour period using pre-paid "points". Subsequent technology is now used in movie rental services that have since started in 2007.

2002
California-based printing company chooses CYKRON to create a way for website visitors to design a full‐resolution, 300dpi business card in real time. We partnered with a Russian development firm to finish a system that would automatically create a CMYK print‐ready PDF that would be e‐mailed directly to press for printing.

2003
White paper published regarding the phasing out 800 x 600 designs by 2009. The new design standard of 1024 x 768 was subsequently published in 2005 as a proof-of concept and has since become mainstream in 2007 among major content providers worldwide.

Flash intros begin to be phased out this year and replaced with AJAX-based Flash websites with custom control panel interfaces. They are later phased out in early 2005 because of SEO impact.

First iterations of iCan, our control panel framework, appear. This control panel is a nation-wide first as it has a customized, learning approach to managing website functions, using simple icons and language that adapt to each user.

2005
First Canadian automated geo-coding system (which converts addresses within Canada to a latitude and longitude pair) was completed in January, 2005. This technology is now used in map pin-pointing software.

Initial involvement with Brightcove media platform starting in October. Brightcove development continues into 2006 with public Flash-based platform launch in 2007.

2006
Production of new JavaScript animation begins in February,2005 with production version ready for May, 2006. Image animations allow smooth fading, sliding, and side-to-side movement through the use of simple JavaScript commands.

iCan framework phased out and replaced by new centralized REFRESH control panel. Customized for each client specifically in function and language, this new approach is able to integrate with a variety of technologies as needed, such as SMS, Excel, and media uploading.