BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3013851:Event:3619 DTSTAMP:20100731T151752Z SUMMARY:Backstage Pass: A Day in the Microsoft CLOUD DESCRIPTION:Update:\nI'm excited to announce that Pluralsight w ill be giving away a one-year standard subscription to their Pluralsig ht On Demand! training library. That's a $499 value!\n\nUpdate: \nI'm excited to announce that RBA Consulting is going to be giving aw ay a pair of tickets to the U2 concert on June 27, 2010 at the TCF Ban k Stadium on the University of Minnesota campus. These are field level tickets to what is going to be the biggest concert of the year.\n\nBackstage Pass: A Day in the Microsoft CLOUD is a one-day event p roviding developers, architects, business decision makers, and technic al decision makers with information on Microsoft's cloud computing pla tform. Given the breadth of the platform a wide range of topics are di scussed including BPOS, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Windows Az ure, and SQL Azure. Speakers will talk about how technologies differ i n on premise versus cloud scenarios along with when and why organizati ons should consider moving their on premise solutions or new initiativ es to the cloud.\n\nFeatured Products: Windows Azure, SQL Azure , Exchange Online, SharePoint Online\n\nRecommended Audience: D eveloper, Architect, Business Decision Maker, Technical Decision Maker \n\nAgenda:\n\n8:00 AM – 8:30 AM\nRegist ration/Breakfast\n\n8:30 AM – 9:30 AM\nKey note: Are You Ready to be a “Plug-and-Play” Enterrise\nJack C alhoun - Business Process Reengineering Pioneer, Author, and Founder/C EO Accelare\n\nJack Calhoun is a leading expert in the role of informa tion technology in modern business design, with extensive experience i n business strategy, large-scale business reengineering, mergers and a cquisitions, integration and turnaround projects. Jack was a contribut or to the landmark work of James Champy and Michael Hammer including b est-seller, Reengineering the Corporation. Recently, Jack co-authored the Harvard Business Review article, “The Next Revolution in Product ivity”. With 20 years of practical experience in large project manag ement, Jack has led a number of successful reengineering efforts. Prio r to founding Accelare, Jack was a group director of Perot Systems. Ja ck had sold his previous company, Business Architects, to Ross Perot i n 1997.\n\n9:30 AM – 9:40 AM\nBreak\n\n9:40 AM – 10:40 AM\nSession 1: SQL Azure\nMik e Jones - Practice Lead, RBA Consulting\n\n10:40 AM – 10:50 AM\nBreak\n\n10:50 AM – 11:50 AM\ nSession 2: .NET Services\nMatt Milner - Chief Architect, M3 Technology Partners\n\n11:50 AM – 12:30 PM\n Lu nch\n\n12:30 PM – 1:30 PM\nSession 3: Wind ows Azure\nJeff Brand - Developer Evangelist, Microsoft Corporati on\n\n1:30 PM – 1:40 PM\n Break\n\n1:40 PM – 2:40 PM\nSession 4: SharePoint Online\n Phil Wicklund - Consultant, RBA Consulting\n\n2:40 PM – 2:50 PM\n Break\n\n2:50 PM – 3:50 PM\ nSession 5: Architecting for the Cloud\nTodd Van Nurden - Arc hitect Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation\n\n3:50 PM – 4:00 P M\n Closing Remarks and Raffle (Did I mention the U2 t ickets and the Zune HD!)\n\nHope to see you there!!\n\nFor mo re information visit http://www.tccloud.com/events/backstage-pass-a-da y-in-the DTSTART:20091208T140000Z DTEND:20091208T220000Z CATEGORIES:meeting LOCATION:Microsoft Office - Bloomington WEBSITE:http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCC&cp=44.85 3072~-93.353235&style=r&lvl=14&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&phx=0&phy=0&ph scl=1&where1=8300%20Norman%20Center%20Drive%2C%20Bloomington%2C%20MN%2 055437&encType=1 URL:http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCC&cp=44.853072 ~-93.353235&style=r&lvl=14&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&phx=0&phy=0&phscl= 1&where1=8300%20Norman%20Center%20Drive%2C%20Bloomington%2C%20MN%20554 37&encType=1 CONTACT:952-404-2676 ORGANIZER:RBA Consulting ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://api.ning.com:80/files/Rtgc4VOT2sltR tnZX1ChGb9Es8YYXgxcijn1sNc1GWA_/Backstage_Pass_Cloud.png ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Scott Da vis":http://www.tccloud.com/profile/ScottDavis ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Matt Mil ner":http://www.tccloud.com/profile/MattMilner ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Michael Wood":http://www.tccloud.com/profile/MichaelWood ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Brian Ro otes":http://www.tccloud.com/profile/BrianRootes ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Mike Jon es":http://www.tccloud.com/profile/MikeJones ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Chris Bj ugstad":http://www.tccloud.com/profile/ChrisBjugstad ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Tim Plas ":http://www.tccloud.com/profile/TimPlas ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="james sw anson":http://www.tccloud.com/profile/jamesswanson ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Bob Macl ean":http://www.tccloud.com/profile/BobMaclean ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Michael Williamson":http://www.tccloud.com/profile/MichaelWilliamson ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Scott Se alock":http://www.tccloud.com/profile/ScottSealock ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Jim T":h ttp://www.tccloud.com/profile/JimT ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Jeff Wob bema":http://www.tccloud.com/profile/JeffWobbema ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Kathy Fr aser":http://www.tccloud.com/profile/KathyFraser ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Bruce Ja cobson":http://www.tccloud.com/profile/BruceJacobson ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Daniel M uonio":http://www.tccloud.com/profile/DanielMuonio ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="John Alt enbernd":http://www.tccloud.com/profile/JohnAltenbernd ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Phil Wic klund":http://www.tccloud.com/profile/PhilWicklund ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Adam Gro cholski":http://www.tccloud.com/profile/Adamgrocholski ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Bryan W oodward":http://www.tccloud.com/profile/BryanWoodward ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Johnny Harbieh":http://www.tccloud.com/profile/JohnnyHarbieh ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Shikhar Agarwal":http://www.tccloud.com/profile/ShikharAgarwal ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Dan Lam ppa":http://www.tccloud.com/profile/DanLamppa END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR