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Cloud Date with Dr. Werner, CTO, Amazon

2011-09-29T05:07:00.000+05:30

Cloud Date with Dr. Werner, CTO, Amazon

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Selected students and top 5 Startups will get a chance to present to Dr.Werner at a glitterati function (attended by CTOs, Startups and VCs) to be held in Bangalore on 19th November 2011, also get a chance to have an exclusive breakfast session with Dr. Werner Vogels.

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Amazon Fire and Windows 8 Five Core

2011-09-29T05:01:00.001+05:30

Amazon's Kindle Fire: First impressions
With the wait for Amazon's Kindle Fire finally over, let's take a look at what stood out the most during the tablet's unveiling. READ FULL STORY
Five core criticisms of Windows 8
Windows Developer Preview: It's good, but not perfect, and some PC users and novice users may end up feeling alienated. READ FULL STORY

Tech-no-logy Demystified with Sandeep Joshi: Easiest way to setup a new virtual machine with Windows 8 Developer Preview 64 bit

2011-09-16T06:29:00.001+05:30

Easiest way to setup a new virtual machine with Windows 8 Developer Preview 64 bit

By sajoshi

#bldwin was an overwhelming experience. The keynote session, demos and content – all are awesome!!! I just can't wait my PC to have the new bits. I started the Developer Preview download around 30 minutes back. Lets see how long it takes.

It took around 1 hour 25 minutes for me on a 6Mbps connection. The wait is finally over and my download shows as finished. I download the one which has the base image and Metro Style App Tools and Samples.

If you are looking to get Windows 8 Developer Preview bits, you can download it from http://developer.microsoft.com.

Once you download it (as I did in the first place), you can either install it on a fresh machine or setup a dual boot or run it as a virtual machine on your Win7 machine. I don't have an additional machine and neither I want to dual boot the OS. I am more interested in running it as virtual machine and that's what I finally did. I created the VHD and then used it to power up my virtual machine.

In this post, I am going to share the steps that I have taken to create my VHD and configuring it as a new virtual machine.

Step 1:

Download the iso image. We need to access the install.wim file within the .iso file. To do that you must mount .iso images or burn them to physical media to access the .wim files within the .iso file. I choose to mount it.

How do I mount it?

If you already have some of the freewares like Deamon tools or Windows AIK, you can use them or else you can get one Virtual CloneDrive from here: http://www.slysoft.com/en/download.html

Once you install the software, you can go to your iso file and right click. You will see a mount option there. That's all you need to use.

Step 2:

To create and attach a VHD (Virtual Hard Disk)

You can find various ways to do this here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg318049(WS.10).aspx

I decided to use the command line approach i.e. Create and attach a VHD by using Diskpart. Here are the steps:

To start the DiskPart command interpreter, open an elevated Command Prompt window (click Start, right-click Command Prompt, and click Run as administrator), and then type:
Diskpart

The following example creates a dynamically expanding VHD that has 25 GB maximum size and saves the VHD file in the folder, C:\vhd.

create vdisk file=C:\VHD\test.vhd maximum=25000 type=expandable

select vdisk file=C:\VHD\test.vhd
attach vdisk
create partition primary
assign letter=v
format quick FS=NTFS label=VHD
exit

Please note that every line here represents a command that you need to type one time each. If you copy everything and paste in command prompt, you may get some errors. Have some patience and type one by one. Once you complete this command, you can see a new drive V: in your My Computer view.

Step 3:
Apply the install.wim to newly created VHD.

I chose to use the Install-WindowsImage.ps1 Windows PowerShell script. Windows PowerShell is included in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

1. First download this script at Install-WindowsImage PowerShell Script (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=204240).

2. Now I have to open the PowerShell command prompt and run this script

Click Start, and type PowerShell in the Start text box.
In the results pane, right-click Windows PowerShell, and then click Run as Administrator.
Type C:\vhd> Install-WindowsImage.ps1 –WIM d:\sources\install.wim -Apply -Index 1 -Destination V:

We're done. The VHD is ready for use. Last step is that you need to set this as a boot option.

Here is how you do it:

Open a command prompt with elevated rights and navigate to the Windows\System32 folder of your existing Windows 7 installation (not the one of the mounted VHD!). Then use the following command:

 1: bcdboot.exe V:\Windows

This of course assumes that you've also used "V" as drive letter for your VHD.

And that's it! The next time you reboot, you will be presented with a nice new boot menu that let's you choose between your existing system and the Windows 8 VHD.

References:

I also looked at the virtual box solution as I had 64 bit machine and I download the 64 bit version of iso.

http://www.windows7hacker.com/index.php/2011/09/install-windows-8-developer-preview-on-virtualbox/

Another post which details out the options in much greater details can be found here:

http://www.pitorque.de/MisterGoodcat/post/Installing-Windows-8-Developer-Preview-as-bootable-VHD.aspx

Wish you happy playing with Windows 8 Developer Preview. Don't hurt yourself. Play carefully. Things are bound to change so make big assumptions. Play big guesses.

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New HTC TITAN and HTC Radar

2011-09-02T08:32:00.000+05:30

A smarter way to app

Windows Phone has the apps you need but takes them a step further, connecting apps to your searches, making them easier to discover and use. Pin your favorite apps to your Start Screen for live updates at a glance.

Discover smarter apps

Fast, beautiful web browsing

Enjoy the power and speed of Internet Explorer 9 and hardware acceleration—but it doesn't stop there. Use new Local Scout for recommendations on restaurants, shopping, and events closest to you, so you can live like a local no matter where you are.

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Fw: Judge rejects Oracle's $1.3B award against SAP, $199 Lenovo tablet; Worst exec decisions

2011-09-02T05:01:00.000+05:30

Breaking News

Judge rejects Oracle's $1.3 billion award against SAP

In a surprising twist, a judge has reversed a major ruling in favor of Oracle against SAP in a corporate theft trial.

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Samsung Galaxy Note: Is it a phone or a tablet?
Meeting Sony's Tablet S and P (first impressions)
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 (photos)
Cracking Open the Lenovo IdeaPad K1
Lenovo to launch the IdeaPad A1, a 7-inch Android tablet for $199


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Windows Phone Marketplace Developer - News & Resources

2011-09-01T09:29:00.000+05:30

Marketplace now open for Mango app submission

Microsoft is now accepting and certifying Mango apps through the App Hub! This means that new and existing titles optimized for Windows Phone 7.5 have begun publishing. This is not to say that Mango will arrive on existing devices in the coming days.

Learn more about getting your great Mango apps to market.

Read about publishing an update to your existing apps.

Windows Phone SDK 7.1 RC Now Available
Use the new WPSDK 7.1 Release Candidate (RC) to publish your app to the Marketplace. The RC provides a dramatic boost to getting great Windows Phone apps to market quickly – regardless of if you're targeting Windows Phone 7 or Mango devices. The RC includes such tools as the WP app profiling tools to quickly identify performance bottlenecks and memory leaks, and the Marketplace Test Kit to enable you to run the Marketplace technical certification tests on your local machine. For a run-down on what's in the RC, check out the App Hub announcement.

New Windows® Phone Marketing Kit for Publishers Now Available
You've built a great app – now you need to market it. The Windows Phone Marketing Kit for Marketplace App Publishers is now available on App Hub. This easy to use toolkit is designed to help you start promoting your Windows Phone app in all your marketing activities and on your website.

What you'll find in the toolkit:

Microsoft Logo, Button and Icon Guidelines for Windows® Phone Marketplace Application Developers
Windows® Phone Logos
Start screen (in lockup with chassis)
Windows Phone Chassis
Download for Windows Phone Buttons (English, French, Italian, German, Spanish)
Windows Phone Icon to denote that application is for Windows Phone
PSD file with sample banner

Get started marketing your Windows Phone app today!

Application compatibility testing in 'Mango'
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Tech Update Today

2011-08-26T04:55:00.000+05:30

onSale and B&N cancel HP TouchPad orders in continuing saga of a dead tablet

Retailers jumped into the TouchPad selling frenzy this past weekend, but it turns out a couple sold more than they had in stock so orders are being canceled and people are quite vocal about it.

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'Kill tool' released for unpatched Apache server vulnerability

The open-source Apache Software Foundation warns that active use of a 'killapache' attack tool targeting an unpatched vulnerability has been observed.

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RIM announces new $5 BBM Music service focused on the social experience

RIM announced the new BBM Music service that provides a unique way to increase the songs available to you and share your music experience through BBM.

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Jive's S1 suggests how little has happened in social business

Jive has filed its S1. For those that don't know, this is a document filed at the SEC which is the precursor to an IPO. The IPO doesn't have to happen but that's the general intention.

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Sprint to land Apple's iPhone 5

2011-08-24T04:27:00.000+05:30

Breaking News

Sprint to land Apple's iPhone: How wireless carrier dynamics will change

Sprint lands the iPhone 5 and the wireless carrier competitive dynamic changes.

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Facebook overhauls privacy controls; Earthquake shakes Net; More mobile patent pains

2011-08-24T04:25:00.000+05:30

Facebook moves privacy controls inline, simplifies sharing

Facebook is rolling out a major revamp to its privacy settings. The changes affect what you see on your profile as well as when you share content on the social network.

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More coverage:
Facebook moves privacy controls inline, simplifies sharing
Facebook was third for online video in July 2011
Facebook planning at least seven more acquisitions this year


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HP TouchPad $99 US Deals in Singapore

2011-08-23T07:55:00.000+05:30

HP TouchPad $99 US Deals in Singapore

The HP TouchPad fire sale proves something most people should have known: the world wants a great $100 tablet, and what doesn't sell at $400 (or even $300) will go like gangbusters if it's marked down by 75 percent.

There's no down side to buying a TouchPad right now. Even just for Web browsing, even just for email, the TouchPad so thoroughly spanks anything else in its price range that buying one is a no-brainer for anyone into gadgets. It has the specs of a respectable $400 tablet, and rough edges don't seem so rough when you're paying so little. If you're curious about what you'll do with a $99 HP TouchPad, here are 10 suggestions.

The TouchPad 4G fire sale doesn't show a way forward for most other manufacturers, though, because it's unsustainable. HP is taking a major loss on every unit here, and the company doesn't seem to be hoping to make any of that back.

I was wondering if the HP TouchPad $99 Deal will be available in Singapore too and was searching the web since last Friday like crazy. I searched up all the links and couldn't find anything on this topic. So I called the HP Customer Care in Singapore and guess what – they said they have stopped selling this item in Singapore starting last Friday.

Microsoft DreamSpark - Free Software For Students

2011-08-23T05:34:00.000+05:30

If you are a student, and looking to build your career in Microsoft Technologies, Here is a great initiative from Microsoft that given all professional tools to Student (Free of Cost).

https://www.dreamspark.com/default.aspx

Microsoft For Students

2011-08-23T05:12:00.000+05:30


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	U.S. only: Get a $100 Visa Prepaid Card It's a great time to be a student! Show your college ID and get an extra $100 back on select Windows 7 PCs from Staples. For a limited time. See full details here.
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	Students save big at the Microsoft Store Don't forget that the Microsoft Store has a new way for you to save. Eligible higher-education students can save big on special Academic products from Microsoft. Check out the Student Store here.
	U.S. only: Windows Phone Student App-a-thon The Windows Phone Student App-a-thon ends September 15, so you still have time to win exciting prizes when you develop Windows Phone 7 apps. Check out the details here and enter before it's too late.

TechNet Flash Special Edition: Planning for the Jump into the Cloud

2011-08-22T19:00:00.000+05:30

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TiE ISB Connect 2011

2011-08-22T18:43:00.001+05:30

14th & 15th Oct 2011 @ ISB Campus Gachibowli

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Kailash Kher Live Concert!! Techsparks Grand finale. Wedding Asia 2011 and more Events in your city

2011-08-22T18:37:00.000+05:30

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	Steinbeis Renewable Energy School - Solar PV Business & Technology Management August 22 - 27, 2011 Time : 9:00 am-6:00 pm	IndiaMART Process Engineering Expo 2011 September 1 - 3, 2011 Time : 9:00 am-6:00 pm
	The Mobile Beat India: App World 2011 on August 29, 2011 Time : 9:00 am-6:00 pm	JAL-THE BAND LIVE IN CONCERT September 10, 2011 Time : 6:30 pm-10:00 pm
	HITEX International Machine Tool Expo, September 1 - 3, 2011 Time : 11:00 am-7:00 pm	One Day Experiential Workshop on Professional Selling Strategies August 27, 2011 Time : 9:30 am-5:30 pm
	5 Days Export Workshop on Marketing, Procedures & Documentation September 21 - 25, 2011 Time : 10:00 am-5:00 pm	Web Designing Workshop for Non Techies August 27, 2011 Time : 9:30 am-6:00 pm
	ISEC presents Agile Tour 2011 October 1 9:00 am to 6:00 pm	First time in Asia Introducing - PMI Agile Certified Practitioner August 26, - 28, 2011 Time : 11:00 am-6:00 pm
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Delhi / NCR

	Paul Writer's The Futurist CMO August 25, - 26, 2011 Time : 8:30 am-5:00 pm on	Certifications on the Extended DISC System (A DISC based pyschometric test) On Sep 02 - 03 2011 Time : 9:30 am-06:00 pm
	Managing LIFE Creatively - By Swami Sukhabodhananda October 29 - 30, 2011 Time : 9:00 am-6:00 pm	First time in Asia Introducing - PMI Agile Certified Practitioner August 26, - 28, 2011 Time : 11:00 am-6:00 pm
	Social Media Marketing Workshop August 25 - 26, 2011 Time : 9:00 am-6:00 pm	Orientation on Entrepreneurship- Idea to execution August 22, 2011 Time : 10:00 am-4:00 pm
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	LIVING CHEERFUL PROGRAM - ADVANCE MIND & SPIRITUALITY WORKSHOP August 20 - 21, 2011 Time : 9:00 am-6:00 pm	Workshop on Investing in Equities by Yogesh Chabria September 3, 2011 Time : 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
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Bangalore

	Managing LIFE Creatively August 27 - 28, 2011 Time : 8:30 am-6:00 pm	First time in Asia Introducing - PMI Agile Certified Practitioner August 26, - 28, 2011 Time : 11:00 am-6:00 pm
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Chennai

	The Economics Times ACETECH November 25 - 27, 2011 Time : 10:00 am-6:00 pm	International Conference on Advanced Computing 6th to 8th December 2011
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Unobtrusive JavaScript – What is it?

2009-09-25T12:04:00.001+05:30

I came across this concept while reading “JQuery in Action”. I am on chapter 1 and the language and explanations given are excellent. (i.e. once can easily understand)

My understanding for it is:

It is a way to separate the behavior from the structure. Instead of clubbing the event behavior within HTML tags, we can use JQuery selectors to select the HTML element and apply the event behavior through script.

According to the principles of Unobtrusive JavaScript:

“Any JavaScript expressions or statements embedded in the <body> of
HTML pages, either as attributes of HTML elements (such as onclick) or in script
blocks placed within the body of the page, are considered as correct.”

Unobtrusive JavaScript, though a powerful technique to further add to the
clear separation of responsibilities within a web application, doesn’t come without
its price. Unobtrusive JavaScript not only may increase the amount of script that needs to be written, but also requires some discipline and the application of good coding patterns to the client-side script.

Free webcast series - MYSORE UG

2009-09-13T05:59:00.000+05:30

Date / TimeSpeaker/ PresenterTopic September 12thMr. Renuka PrasadSQL Server 2008 : Beyond Rational Databases 5 pm to 6 pm India JOIN September 12thMr. Deepak Rangarajan SQL Server 2008 : Change Data Capture 6 pm to 7 pm India JOIN September 19thMr. KM Murali Compression in SQL server 2008 5 pm to 6 pm India JOIN September 19thMr. Artemakis ArtemiouFlexible data synchronization with Microsoft Sync Framework 6 pm to 7 pm India JOIN September 26thMr. Tarek Ghazali TSQL Improvements & Data Types in SQL Server 2008 5 pm to 6 pm India JOIN September 26thMs. Sujata MehtaSQL Server Integration Services 6 pm to 7 pm India JOIN October 10thMr. Anil MahadevSQL Server 2008 Policy Based Management: A Practical Approach 5 pm to 6 pm India JOIN October 10th Mr. Pinalkumar DaveSQL Server 2008 High-Availability 6 pm to 7 pm India JOIN

Be aware of http://www.hyderabadonlineflorists.com

2009-05-11T18:48:00.001+05:30

I happen to order a delivery from this site: http://www.hyderabadonlineflorists.com . The numbers given at website never works. It always go to voice mail. Also the checkout response doesn’t come.

Please be aware and don’t place any orders with these folks. They are not professional at all and doesn’t deserve to be in business.

SSWUG.ORG Spring Ultimate Virtual Conference - Discount Code for INUG Members

2009-04-08T10:57:00.000+05:30

Dear Indore .NET User Group Members,

SSWUG.ORG Spring Ultimate Virtual Conference

April 22, 23 and 24, 2009

SQL Server vConference

.NET Development vConference

Business Intelligence vConference

Sharepoint vConference

As Affiliates with SSWUG.ORG, all of our group members get a discount when registering for any of the disciplines for their Spring Ultimate Virtual Conference. In addition to the discount code INDNETUG, SSWUG.ORG has started a contest for all of their Affiliate Groups to enter.

The rules of the contest are as follows:

If we can get 100% of our members to sign up for one or more of the disciplines at the Spring Virtual Conference, everyone in our group will receive a one year membership to SSWUG.org (a $79.95 value). If you already have a paid SSWUG membership, your account will be extended for an additional year.

In addition, the user group that signs up the highest percentage of members (under 100%) also receives SSWUG one year paid memberships for everyone in their group.

SSWUG Free Community Event

2009-04-08T10:46:00.000+05:30

There is going to be a 100% free Community Event brought to you by SSWUG.ORG that is taking place on April 17^th. All you have to do is register and you get to see these speakers:

Donald Farmer (Principal Program Manager for SQL Server Data Mining)
Callahan (Author)
Tim Heuer (Silverlight Program Manager)
Ted Malone (Microsoft MVP)
Paul Nielsen (Author and SQL Server MVP)
Stephen Wynkoop (Microsoft MVP & Founder of SSWUG)
Chris Shaw (Microsoft MVP)

Here is the quick rundown on the sessions:

· Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services - Designing and Managing High Performance Cubes: Donald Farmer. With Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Analysis Services offers advanced features for design and manageability. This session will explore in data two of these features: the best practices design alerts and dynamic management views. Design alerts guide you with important advice throughout the development stage of a cube. We’ll show how to work with the alerts, and how to manage their various subtleties. Having deployed a more efficient cube, the dynamic management views enable the administrator to query for information regarding connections, sessions, and server performance. We will introduce these views and drill down into many examples of their usage.

· Useful, effective, pre-made SharePoint templates– from Microsoft, for free: Callahan. Need a help desk, timecard, or vacation request site? Considering just creating them yourself? Don’t. Not until you explore the pre-existing application templates available from Microsoft. Free for download, Microsoft has 40 fantastic application templates, not to mention the Community Kit for SharePoint with offerings such asenhanced blog templates, or sites for user groups. So before you invest time and technology in rolling your own, check out this session and get an idea of what’s been rolled for you.

· Silverlight for Beginners: Tim Heuer. XAML, WPF, VS, Blend…what are all these acronyms? Let’s take a deep breath and step back to look at the spectrum of what Silverlight is (and isn’t) and what you need to know starting from ground zero. No knowledge of WPF or Silverlight is required and well get you started building your first Silverlight application in no time!

· Introduction to Data Dude: Ted Malone. In this session attendees will learn about Microsoft Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Developers aka Data Dude. This product provides database developers with tools for database development, change management and testing. This session will walk through the available features of data dude and detail where they can be best utilized.

· SQL Server Round Table: Paul Nielsen, Chris Shaw, Stephen Wynkoop. Stephen, Chris and Paul sit down in an open forum and discuss questions about SQL Server 2008 and questions that have come up from the past conferences. This session will show some of the different opinions that developers and administrators have when working with SQL Server.

Oracle Application User Groups - Collaborate 09

2009-03-14T06:30:00.000+05:30

COLLABORATE 09 — OAUG Forum provides the best practices and user-driven training the OAUG has to offer for Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, Hyperion and more. Hear directly from your peers in-the-knowas they explain why COLLABORATE is the essential training and networking event on their calendars — from practical education to face time with Oracle executives to the generous exchange of ideas between users.

Spread the world - INUG at Multiply

2009-03-04T07:34:00.000+05:30

Hello Everyone -

Would request you to please spread the news to all your old and new friends - who are passionate about technology - to join your own Indore .NET User Group at http://indoreug.multiply.com.

Thanks,
Sandeep Joshi

Business Ideas for 2009

2009-02-24T08:09:00.000+05:30

Leaders are certainly facing among the most challenging business environments in recent years. With grim economic news constantly in the spotlight, executives need to focus on areas in which they can make a meaningful impact and make 2009 a year of overcoming the challenges they face within their organizations — regardless of the economic climate.

The editors at The Harvard Business Review have released their annual list of breakthrough business ideas for 2009. In addition to the economy, the list addresses other topics of importance to senior leaders, from strategic decision-making to talent acquisition and retention.

Each of the 20 ideas mentioned is explored further in a separate article. For instance, The Dynamics of Personal Influence dispels the value of "six degrees of separation," claiming that a person's influence is reduced as degrees of separation increase. Another article, Harnessing Social Pressure, examines the effects of peer influence on behavior. If you're looking for a new idea to tackle this year, this list offers plenty of options.

Networking - what does it mean?

2009-02-24T08:07:00.000+05:30

The word "networking" is undoubtedly overused. Every interaction — face-to-face or virtual — is considered networking; every online community is a network; every meeting is a networking event.

But think of networking as more than a cliché or all-purpose panacea. The very heart of networking is relationship building, and the investment you make in developing a profound connection with someone will pay dividends, regardless of whether you are on the giving or receiving end. Networking is more than a transaction; it is a lasting bond with a natural ebb and flow. Some of these relationships move to the forefront during certain periods while others retreat to the background, but there is always a sense of reliance, dependability and trust at the foundation.

It is my belief that the best relationships cannot be sustained in a simply one-dimensional communication medium, and I have found my association to others deepens when there is dialogue beyond our initial connection point. A LinkedIn invite augmented by a personal email; a Twitter posting followed by a direct message; an in-person meeting fortified by email; or reacquainting with someone from the past with a phone call all seem to solidify my attachment to my "network.

Microsoft Virtual TechDays: Have you registered yet?

2009-02-17T07:56:00.000+05:30

Keynote by Steve Riley
'First they came for bandwidth, now they want to make a difference'

Steve Riley is a senior strategist and worldwide security evangelist in Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Group. Steve specializes in the process of information security, including policies, networks, and hosts. Steve is a frequent and popular speaker at conferences worldwide, working to spread a better understanding of security science.

Avail the opportunity to learn and explore how Microsoft products and tools can help you quickly address your most time-consuming development challenges. Join fellow developers, architects and project managers at this online event to:

	Learn about the latest Microsoft tools and platforms from technology experts;
	Learn about how to extend your expertise on technologies that you work on every day; and
	Interact with the best-in-class technologists attending the event.

Please Note: This is an online event and you are not required to pay any fee to attend it.