Obviously, it's easier to do with some developers, but I'm sure many of us are on teams that prefer the status quo.

You know the type. You see some benefit in a piece of new technology and they prefer the tried and true methods.

Try, for example, DBA/C# programmer the advantages of using LinQ ( not necessarily LinQ to SQL, just LinQ in general ).

For example, When a project requirement is to be cross-platform... instead of thinking about how one can run Windows on a Mac through a VM Machine, introducing the idea of using relatively new Silverlight or creating it in Java ( as an option to look into ).

I know most people don't like to be out of their comfort level, so it takes a bit of convincing, and not ALL new technology makes business sense... but how have you convinced your team to look at a new technology?

What technologies have you successfully introduced to your workplace?

What technologies do you think are hardest to introduce? ( I'm thinking paradigm-shifting ones, like MVC from WebForms... or new languages )

What strategies do you employ to make these new technologies appealing?