Backstage Pass: A Day in the Microsoft CLOUD

Update:
I'm excited to announce that Pluralsight will be giving away a one-year standard subscription to their Pluralsight On Demand! training library. That's a $499 value!

Update:
I'm excited to announce that RBA Consulting is going to be giving away a pair of tickets to the U2 concert on June 27, 2010 at the TCF Bank Stadium on the University of Minnesota campus. These are field level tickets to what is going to be the biggest concert of the year.

Backstage Pass: A Day in the Microsoft CLOUD is a one-day event providing developers, architects, business decision makers, and technical decision makers with information on Microsoft's cloud computing platform. Given the breadth of the platform a wide range of topics are discussed including BPOS, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Windows Azure, and SQL Azure. Speakers will talk about how technologies differ in on premise versus cloud scenarios along with when and why organizations should consider moving their on premise solutions or new initiatives to the cloud.

Featured Products: Windows Azure, SQL Azure, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online

Recommended Audience: Developer, Architect, Business Decision Maker, Technical Decision Maker

Agenda:

8:00 AM – 8:30 AM
Registration/Breakfast

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Keynote: Are You Ready to be a “Plug-and-Play” Enterrise
Jack Calhoun - Business Process Reengineering Pioneer, Author, and Founder/CEO Accelare

Jack Calhoun is a leading expert in the role of information technology in modern business design, with extensive experience in business strategy, large-scale business reengineering, mergers and acquisitions, integration and turnaround projects. Jack was a contributor to the landmark work of James Champy and Michael Hammer including best-seller, Reengineering the Corporation. Recently, Jack co-authored the Harvard Business Review article, “The Next Revolution in Productivity”. With 20 years of practical experience in large project management, Jack has led a number of successful reengineering efforts. Prior to founding Accelare, Jack was a group director of Perot Systems. Jack had sold his previous company, Business Architects, to Ross Perot in 1997.

9:30 AM – 9:40 AM
Break

9:40 AM – 10:40 AM
Session 1: SQL Azure
Mike Jones - Practice Lead, RBA Consulting

10:40 AM – 10:50 AM
Break

10:50 AM – 11:50 AM
Session 2: .NET Services
Matt Milner - Chief Architect, M3 Technology Partners

11:50 AM – 12:30 PM
Lunch

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Session 3: Windows Azure
Jeff Brand - Developer Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation

1:30 PM – 1:40 PM
Break

1:40 PM – 2:40 PM
Session 4: SharePoint Online
Phil Wicklund - Consultant, RBA Consulting

2:40 PM – 2:50 PM
Break

2:50 PM – 3:50 PM
Session 5: Architecting for the Cloud
Todd Van Nurden - Architect Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation

3:50 PM – 4:00 PM
Closing Remarks and Raffle (Did I mention the U2 tickets and the Zune HD!)

Hope to see you there!!

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