History of Cidenet
More than 12 years positively impacting people's lives through technology.
Multiculture
Cidenet has had a multicultural team from different cities in Colombia such as Medellín, Cartagena, Cúcuta, Santa Marta, Ibagué, Pereira, Barranquilla, Manizales, Armenia, Neiva, Valledupar, Tunja, Popayán and Bogotá; and from different countries such as the United States, El Salvador, Honduras, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Brazil and France.
Key milestones in Cidenet's 12 years of existence
2012
Five professionals had the initiative to have a research and development center in new technologies in Medellin, Colombia. In this year, Cidenet was created as a company that provided software development services of any kind.
2013
ITC was Cidenet's first client. For two years, 95% of the company's turnover depended on him. This high dependence made the negotiation position very weak and there was a latent risk of closure.
2014
A commercial area was structured, with only one person who was 100% dedicated to prospecting clients and exploring new business in the market. This resulted in two new clients, including CadenaApps.
2015
In the negotiation with Cadena, Cidenet decided to offer a work model not associated to hours; but associated to the sale of monthly capacity per person with a fixed monthly price.
2016
Cidenet found value in offering a work team model formed by developers and a scrum master with a technical background. This made a difference in the market.
2017
The team-based model became Cidenet's star service and achieved major clients in Colombia and Central America who today continue with the company: Arus, F2X, Banco Ficohsa and Ficohsa Seguros.
2018
Cidenet explored a different business model, specifically for an opportunity with Sura Colombia, where they required to have profiles with knowledge in some specific programming languages.
2019
Cidenet LLC, the company in the United States, was created with the advice of an American consultant and the strategy of attending Trade Shows specialized in technology was implemented. In this way, the first sales in this market were achieved.
2020
Cidenet defined its services: custom software development (traditional factory model) and managed capacity (staff augmentation). The team started to grow in terms of number of people and the organizational structure was consolidated in different administrative and operations areas.
2021
Cidenet in its quest to contribute to improving the quality of life of people and promote economic and social growth, opened a program to train young people in software development and employ them in the company.
2022
Cidenet inaugurates its new office in the city of Medellín, Colombia. Additionally, it participates in the creation of the ConverTIC program, which seeks to train people over 30 years of age in software development to provide them with a new job opportunity.
2023
Cidenet expanded its knowledge of the U.S. market and adopted new ways of working through a strategic alliance with a Mexican company. In addition, it launched CTO Insights, events aimed at technology leaders in the sector to create a strong and collaborative community. collaborative community.