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<webpage id="dixite-history">
  <config param="rcsdate" value="$Date: 2011-02-02 19:59:53 -0500 (Wed, 02 Feb 2011) $"/>
  <head>
    <title>History</title>
    <summary>Dixite history since 1999</summary>
    <keywords>Dixite, History, Overview</keywords>
  </head>

  <variablelist id="chronological">
    <varlistentry id="1999">
      <term><olink targetdoc="archive-1999">1999</olink>: 
      Getting Started</term>
      <listitem><para>
	Dixite founded.
      </para></listitem>
      <listitem><para>
	<olink targetdoc="team" targetptr="rde">Rudy Demo</olink>, 
	Arnauld Van Muysewinkel, and <olink targetdoc="team" 
	targetptr="jhe">Javad K. Heshmati</olink> have put together their 
	expertise in the field of e-business to 
        create Dixite, an innovative Internet Engineering company.
      </para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry id="2000">
	<term><olink targetdoc="archive-2000">2000</olink>: 
	First Big Project</term>
	<listitem><para>
	  Dixite and <olink targetdoc="client-iconmedialab">IconMedialab
	  </olink> won the <olink targetdoc="reference-fides-II">FIDES II
	  </olink> contract worth, a million Euros.
	</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry id="2001">
	<term><olink targetdoc="archive-2001">2001</olink>: 
	Restructuring and New Approaches</term>
	<listitem><para>
	  While other Internet startups struggling to survive, Dixite 
	  restructures its management team and wins two contracts in the Media 
	  sector.
	</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry id="2002">
	<term><olink targetdoc="archive-2002">2002</olink>: 
	The Age of Maturity</term>
	<listitem><para>
	  With the rise of the market demand, Dixite Follows up on the success 
	  of the <olink targetdoc="methodology">Open Source</olink> Community 
	  by developing Open Source based application software for its clients.
	  </para><para>
	  Dixite takes on the most pressing challenge of the IT market - 
	  quality, by starting the process for the ISO 9001 certification for
	  quality.
	</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry id="2003">
	<term><olink targetdoc="archive-2003">2003</olink>: 
	Unveiling quality</term>
	<listitem><para>
	  Dixite takes on the most pressing challenge of the IT market - 
	  quality, by starting the process for the ISO 9001 certification for 
	  quality. This process will end up in 2006 with the company 
	  certification;
	</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry id="2004">
	<term><olink targetdoc="archive-2004">2004</olink>: 
	Partnerships</term>
	<listitem><para>
	  Dixite set-up a strong <olink targetdoc="partners">partnership
	  </olink> program with key actors of the computer industry;
	</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
  </variablelist>
  <sidebar id="founders">
    <title>Founders</title>
    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem id="founder-rde"><para>
        <olink targetdoc="team" targetptr="rde">Rudy Demo</olink>
      </para></listitem>
      <listitem id="founder-avm"><para><ulink url="http://users.skynet.be/arnauld/">Arnauld Van Muysewinkel</ulink></para></listitem>
      <listitem id="founder-jhe"><para>
        <olink targetdoc="team" targetptr="jhe">Javad K. Heshmati</olink>
      </para></listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
  </sidebar>
</webpage>

