Phoenix Connected Systems User Group

PCSUG.org June Meeting Featuring Glenn Block on Node.js

Rick G. Garibay — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:43:40 GMT

June 14th 2012 @ Microsoft Southwest District Office in Tempe, AZ

Registration is required. Please visit pcsug.org for more information and to register for this event: http://pcsug.org/Home/Events

You asked for it, and here it is.

As a user group that is exclusively focused on distributed computing, the appeal of Node.js to a bunch of messaging guys is obvious. Node.js is new, fascinating and seductive.

After much excitement and buzz around Node.js in general and on Windows Azure in particular, PCSUG.org is thrilled to kick off the summer with Glenn Block, Senior Program Manager on the Node.js SDK for Windows Azure team.

Joining us from Redmond, Glenn will be sharing the latest on what the Azure SDK for Windows Azure has to offer, whether you are new to Node.js development or a seasoned veteran.

In addition, our own Developer Evangelist, J. Michael Palermo will help kick things off with a discussion on what the back-end developer needs to know about HTML5 and Windows 8.

Below is the agenda and logistics- we hope you'll join us for a great opportunity to learn about what Node.js on Windows Azure has to offer as well as network and connect with other members of the Phoenix developer community.

6:00 to 8:00 pm: "Unlock your Inner Node.js in the Cloud with Windows Azure" with Glenn Block, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation

If I told you that you can build node.js applications in Windows Azure would you believe me? Come to this session and I’ll show you how. You’ll see how take those existing node apps and easily deploy them to Windows Azure from any platform. You’ll see how you can make yours node apps more robust by leveraging Azure services like storage and service bus, all of which are available in our new “azure” npm module. You’ll also see how to take advantage of cool tools like socket.io for WebSockets, node-inspector for debugging and Cloud9 for an awesome online development experience.

About Glenn Block

Glenn is a PM at Microsoft working on support for node.js in Windows and Azure. Glenn has a breadth of experience both both inside and outside Microsoft developing software solutions for ISVs and the enterprise. Glenn has been a passionate supporter of open source and has been active in involving folks from the community in the development of software at Microsoft. This has included shipping products under open source licenses, as well as assisting other teams looking to do so. Glenn is also a lover of community and a frequent speaker at local and international events and user groups.

http://codebetter.com/glennblock/

https://twitter.com/gblock

5:30 to 6:00 pm: “What the back-end developer needs to know about HTML5 and Windows 8” with J. Michael Palermo, Senior Developer Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation

Understanding how client applications use and access data is essential for structuring and providing data through services. And just as back-end solutions evolve, so does the client. In this session, you will see how a Windows 8 Metro Style application written in JavaScript and HTML5 is developed to access data via REST APIs and web sockets.

About J. Michael Palermo:

J. “Michael” Palermo IV is a Developer Evangelist with Microsoft. In his years prior to joining Microsoft, Michael served as a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP. Michael has authored several technical books and has published online courses with Pluralsight on HTML5 technologies. Michael continues to share his passion for software development by speaking at developer events around the world.

http://www.palermo4.com

http://twitter.com/palermo4

Registration is required. Please visit pcsug.org for more information and to register for this event: http://pcsug.org/Home/Events

Celebrating 3 Years of Phoenix Connected Systems User Group

Rick G. Garibay — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:42:07 GMT

It’s hard to believe, but this month, the Phoenix Connected Systems User Group reached a significant milestone: 3 years in service.

Todd and I started this group because we both share a passion for distributed computing, particularly on the Microsoft platform. While other groups focus on broad .NET topics, ranging from presentation technologies to mobility, CMS and the web, we wanted to specialize on the Microsoft Application Integration stack, namely BizTalk Server, AppFabric, WCF and WF for two main reasons.

First, we believe in this platform. We’ve worked with countless clients and have seen how these technologies coupled with the right architecture and patterns can transform business operations. Secondly, we understood that middleware isn’t sexy. To be frank, attendance at many meetings is sometimes as low as 5, and our average is about 15 (once we had 24!). But those are 15 developers, architects and aspiring architects that can take the knowledge we share each month and begin to have a deeper, broader impact at their place of business and start thinking at enterprise scope because as we believe, middleware forms the cornerstone for delivering business outcomes.

In addition, the middleware landscape is always changing, and it can be very hard for someone who doesn’t eat, live and breathe this stuff to keep up. What’s more, as companies rationalize cloud computing, we believe that middleware will serve an even more prominent role in the future of cloud and hybrid solutions. So, our goal today is the same as it was in August 2008: To educate and inform the community about the direction in which Connected Systems Development (distributed computing) is going, and how developers and architects of various, yet intersecting disciplines can start to prepare for what is ahead while serving the community through knowledge sharing and evangelism of current shipping technologies.

Thank you to our Leadership Team and Supporters

Starting and running a user group is a lot of work, much more than Todd and I probably realized when we decided to do this in the spring of 2008. There are many things that need to happen each month to put on a meeting:

First and foremost, we need to attract good speakers that are going to draw attendance. Working for a premier Microsoft Managed Partner and National Systems Integrator certainly helps on the speaker recruiting front, but one of the things that Todd and I were very mindful of when we started this group was ensuring that we were very vigilant in preventing any perception that this group was a shill for our employer. While in the true spirit of community, none of our speakers have ever used this platform to push a corporate agenda, it is something that we’ve protected diligently and as a result, we worked very hard to ensure that we created channels for other sponsors (be they competitors to our employers or otherwise) as well as really diversifying our speaker base. Another core goal has been to provide the community with an avenue to begin learning the art of public speaking. User groups are where I got my first start speaking about software development over 10 years ago and I’ve never looked back since. We are proud to say that in 3 years, we’ve only cancelled 2 meetings due to lack of speakers or logistics issues. You can find our full speaker/event portfolio here: http://www.pcsug.org/Home/Events

In addition to good speakers, and providing speaking opportunities, there is a ton of marketing that must take place each month to drive attendance. Ordering giveaways, getting the website updated, sending out the newsletter, scheduling tweets and posting to our user group pages on LinkedIn and Yahoo Groups (please, join the groups for the latest news and updates!) can sometimes be a full time job. Fortunately, with the help from our friends like @zannabanana, @danweinmann, @chrisconeybeer, @chadwatson and @rockysanders, we’ve been able to continuously deliver sessions and speakers in a consistent manner year over year.

One thing we learned early on is that location is essential to building a community and consistency in terms of meeting time each month is absolutely key.

Our first year we met at the Microsoft Southwest District Office in Phoenix which had become a great hub for other user group meetings. Microsoft, specifically Michelle Radford and Don Hiatt were extremely gracious in keeping the office open until 7:30 or 8:00 pm for several months. The other thing we knew is that nerds like pizza and if you want to start a user group, one way to get folks to attend is to feed them. In our first year of operation, Neudesic, namely @sonnyhorton, was kind enough to sponsor most meals.

Throughout the last 3 years, we only moved once, from the Microsoft Southwest District Office in Phoenix to Interface Technical Training just across the street. This move was a great one as it allowed us to remain very close to our base. On the 1^st Wed of every month, a great community comes together at ITT with user groups ranging from Silverlight to SharePoint and PowerShell all coming together at one location each month. Mike LaGioia, the owner at ITT has been extremely generous to open his business to us each month, and in addition, each month Mike orders tons of pizza for all of the user groups which provides a very nice social interaction before each group starts while Robin Gully keeps the office open late into the evening. I’d like to thank Mike and Robin at ITT for your warm hospitality, as well as @palermo4 for making the introduction and your support each month in coming out and saying hi to the group.

We’re Moving to Tempe

As we began planning for our 4^th year, we learned that the vast majority of our regular PCSUG members either live or work in the East Valley, including a large majority of the leadership team. As a result, we put it up to a vote and almost unanimously decided that it was time to make a move back to Microsoft in Tempe. This was not an easy decision since ITT has been so fantastic to us, but it makes sense from a utilitarian perspective and I won’t lie when I say that living in Ahwatukee along with the highly anticipated move of my employer to Tempe made this decision a little bit easier.

You’re Invited!

To celebrate our 3rd birthday, we’d like to invite you to our celebration on Wednesday, September 7th at 6:00 pm at Interface Technical Training. We will start by conducting a retrospective of the year’s past as well and hold an awards ceremony to recognize our sponsors and supporters such as Sonny, Mike, Robin, Michelle, Michael and Don over the years and wrap up with some cake. No session will be presented, but every attendee will take home a special gift prepared by the leadership team (that you can celebrate with at your own leisure, hint, hint ) so come on out and celebrate with us.

And remember, starting Wed, October 5th, we’ll be meeting at the Microsoft Southwest District office in Tempe.

Thank you again for your support and we look forward to seeing you throughout our 4^th year!

PCSUG AZ Million Meal Event 11/21

Rick G. Garibay — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:42:10 GMT

The Phoenix Connected Systems User Group is partnering with the Feed My Starving Children organization to pack food for thousands of needy children who need your help.

Join us as we pack 1 million meals for Feed My Starving Children in just one weekend. That’s enough to feed more than 2,700 children for a year! We will need thousands of volunteers to pack these life-saving meals. We also need to raise more than $170,000 to pay for production costs.

About Feed My Starving Children

Feed My Starving Children is a non-profit Christian organization (see FAQs below) committed to feeding God’s starving children hungry in body and spirit. The approach is simple: children and adults hand-pack meals formulated specially for starving children, and FMSC ships the meals to more than 60 countries around the world.

This year, Feed My Starving Children is committing to providing 91 million meals.

How can you help?

Join PCSUG on Saturday, 11/21 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am at La Casa de Cristo Lutheran Church in Scottsdale, AZ. In this 2 hour shift, we’ll pack thousands of meals to be distributed worldwide and help FMSC get one step closer to their goal of 1 million meals.

Volunteering your time and energy to help pack these meals for which there is an urgent need is our highest priority. If you can help, please register for the 9:00 am shift on 11/21 here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/459671891

In addition, Feed My Starving Children is accepting donations of $40 per volunteer to cover the production costs of the food. Just $40 pays for the ingredients you pack, and $62 feeds a child for a year! To make an online donation, click here.

Please note that donations are not a requirement to contribute.

FAQs

Here are some common questions from the FAQ : http://www.fmsc.org/Page.aspx?pid=278

Where do you send your food?

We have sent food to more than 60 countries including Haiti, Sudan, Jamaica, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Tanzania, Lesotho, Liberia, Ghana, Guatemala, Malawi, Cambodia, East Timor, Nicaragua, Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Cameroon, Niger, Colombia, and El Salvador, and to Hurricane Katrina victims in Louisiana and Mississippi.

Do you feed children here in the United States?

Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) targets feeding programs to children who are in the most severe circumstances, those suffering from severe malnutrition and threatened with death from starvation. The United States does not have that level of hunger on a widespread basis. In the past we have supplied food to an Indian reservation in South Dakota and to those affected by Hurricane Katrina.

How long have you been doing this?

Feed My Starving Children was founded in 1987; the first shipment of the current food formula was sent in 1991.

Do you have to be a Christian to pack?

No. We welcome people of every faith to participate in our life-giving mission.

Do you require delivery of a Christian message when the food is served?

No. Our food is given to the neediest children, regardless of their faith or whether a Christian message is delivered. All of God’s children deserve to be fed.

Can the hunger problem ever be solved?

There is currently enough food in the world to feed everyone. The model FMSC has created works. With many people working together, we can have a significant impact on hunger and malnutrition worldwide.

What makes FMSC food so special for a malnourished child?

Our food was designed by food scientists at Cargill and General Mills to meet the nutritional needs of a 4-to-8-year-old malnourished child. Each meal has 20 different vitamins and minerals that are specifically tailored to meet a child’s nutritional needs for one day.

How old do you have to be to volunteer?

Children should be in third grade or older to participate. Younger children may have difficulty reaching to pour food into and packing food in the ingredient funnels. We realize that there will be some mixed age groups, in which case we ask that younger children work one-on-one with an adult and are not left unattended.

The Saturday shift is limited to 52 volunteers, which, at capacity can pack up to 30,000 meals. I would love nothing more than to hear that Eventbrite is out of tickets for that shift!

Thank you for considering this opportunity to volunteer and give back to the community in a much needed way!

Donate Here: http://www.fmsc.org/Page.aspx?pid=383

PCSUG Meeting this Thursday: Developing and Deploying a WCF Application with Azure Compute Services and Azure Table Storage

Rick G. Garibay — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:11:48 GMT

I will be speaking at the PCSUG this Thursday on how to design, develop and deploy a WCF application for Windows Azure. I’ll demonstrate configuration for testing locally in the development fabric as well as development storage and wrap up with deployment to Compute Service and Table Storage.

Pizza and sodas at 5:30 pm, and we’ll kick off at 6:00 pm and go until 7:30 pm.

Hope to see you there!

Slides and demo code are now available here: http://pcsug.org/Home/Events

What a Night!

Rick G. Garibay — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:42:31 GMT

Thanks to all who came out to the Phoenix Connected Systems User Group 1 Year Anniversary party!

I want to quickly recap the evening and then close out with our take-aways and action items. If I missed anything, please let me know.

We started off with a nostalgic year-in-review, highlighting each of the talks that were delivered over the last 12 months, including:

June 2009 – Scott Cate
An Insider's Look at CloudDB

May 2009 – Rick G. Garibay
Building Transactional Distributed Services with Windows Communication Foundation 3.5

April 2009 - INETA Sponsored Event – Robert Green
Client Application Services

March 2009 – Todd Sussman
Expose and Consume Web Services from Anywhere with the .NET Service Bus

February 2009 – Brendon Birdoes
A First Look at Microsoft ESB Guidance 2.0 for BizTalk Server 2009

January 2009 – Rob Bagby
Exposing and Consuming Resources with REST in WCF

November 2008 – Rob Wisehart
An Introduction to Windows Workflow 3.5

October 2008 – Rick G. Garibay
Building Service-Oriented Applications with WCF

September 2008 -Todd Sussman
Architectural Overview of BizTalk Server 2006 R2

Ausgust 2008 Todd Sussman and Rick G. Garibay
Putting The "A" into Service Orientation

Again, a BIG thank you to all of the speakers who dedicated themselves and their time to give something back to the community. You can find most presentations and sample source code on the PCSUG website here: http://pcsug.org/Home/Events

Next, we moved on to awards.

The First Annual PCSUG Sustaining Sponsor Award went to Rob Bagby at Microsoft Corporation. Rob has been instrumental to the success of the PCSUG and has been a sponsor and partner from day one. Always the pragmatist, it is Rob who has helped us to calibrate our message to gain the widest reach and to keep it simple. In addition, Rob has been kind enough to dedicate even more of his personal time to sponsor our location, arriving at 5:00 pm to help with setup and sometimes staying as late as 8:30 pm to tear down. Rob’s leadership and commitment to the PCSUG, local and worldwide community has been profound and we are proud to present him with this award. Due to extenuating circumstances, Rob was unable to accept the award in-person, so I had the honor of doing so.

The next award went to Jeff Stowe. Jeff has been an inspiration to the Phoenix community as far back as I can remember. If there is a Microsoft-focused community event, you can count on Jeff being there to support the leaders, ask questions and just be a part of the community. When starting a new user group, it is incredibly inspiring to know that no matter what the topic, you can count on Jeff being there. As a result, it was Todd and my pleasure to award Jeff with the PCSUG Sustaining Member Award. Thanks again Jeff!

After some much needed pizza and cake, we were ready to get to work, so we conducted a retrospective over the last 12 months and discussed what went well, what didn’t go so well, and what we can do better over the next 12 months.

We got some great feedback from everyone along with some new ideas for what we can do better going forward. Some of these initiatives include:

Alternating Foundational and Scenario-Driven sessions every other month. The idea being that there is a need for foundational content on Connected Systems’ related technologies and at the same time, we want to continue with our goal of delivering scenario-based-take-home-and-try-it-tomorrow content. The challenge has been that for scenario-focused sessions, we learned that we often lose folks who are new to a technology like WCF or BizTalk early on, so by staggering sessions we should be more successful at reaching as wide an audience as possible.

Another suggestion was to play with the idea of elastic content that starts off at level 200, goes for 45 minutes, then do a break and jump to 300+ level content. This would give the group both a foundational coverage of the topic as well as the opportunity to bail out or stay for the deeper coverage. I am interested in your thoughts around this approach, so please contact me and let me know what you think!

Tapping into colleges and continuing education providers. As stated in our mission statement, our goal is share the message of Connected Systems technologies and why we feel that the move from imperative software development to declarative and model-driven development is a profound one. What better way to incubate these ideas than within the academic community? This, year we will try to develop a channel with local educators like ASU, Devry, MCC and UAT to ensure that their CS programs have an open invitation to participate in our community.

Alternate Media. Let’s face it. Its hard to get people off the couch. I firmly believe that there is no substitute for in-person collaboration. Do we increase our reach with alternate media like podcasts, screencasts and recorded sessions on the PCSUG website or does this discourage in-person interaction? We’ll ponder this tough question over the next few months.

Topics

Moving on to topics, these are the topics the community would like to see over the next several months:

Windows Azure
- Compute and Table Services
- SQL Data Services
- .NET Services
A closer look at Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) technologies like N-Service Bus and Neuron ESB.
Oslo & M – You’d likely like to see M broken out.
WCF 3.5 – you want to learn about WCF so you can apply it today and also take a look at what’s new in WCF 4.0
WF 4.0 – why the change? What’s new, better, different? Where should you start if you are new to WF modeling?
Understanding the progression from imperative code, to declarative and model-driven software ala objects to components to services to composable services.
BizTalk 2009 ESB Toolkit 2.0

Sponsors

We are also looking very closely at the possibility of moving our meeting to Interface Technical Training. We are currently discussing this with J. Michael Palermo and promise to make a decision as soon as possible to minimize any venue change disruptions.

We are also looking for sponsors for pizza and sodas. In exchange, we’ll put your logo on our website on the www.pcsug.org/events page and our sponsor thank you slide during the introduction of the presenter/topic. Please contact me if you are interested in sponsoring a meeting.

I think that just about covers it. If I missed anything, or you have any other ideas for what you’d like to see over the next 12 months, please drop me a line.

Thanks again to everyone for making our first year a success!

Phoenix Connected Systems User Group 1 Year Birthday Party this Thursday!

Rick G. Garibay — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:55:25 GMT

Just a reminder that you are invited to the 1 year birthday party celebration of the PCSUG. The cake order has been placed, award layouts have been finalized and the list of prizes continues to grow.

We also want to provide some parking tips for folks who do not want to pay for parking in the parking garage:

A very reliable alternative is to park on the NW corner of Catalina and Central in the Interface Technical Training parking lot. This is a public parking lot, however please use caution when crossing Thomas street, and be sure to use the cross walk.

Another option is to use the LightRail which stops just in front of the Microsoft building. If you haven't used the LightRail, it is a very clean and convenient way to get around. Check out the map here: http://www.valleymetro.org/images/uploads/system_map/0727_light_rail.pdf and the schedule here: http://www.valleymetro.org/bus_schedules/transit_routes_0727/Metro_Light_Raila.html#wp1111582

Please see original invitation below and feel free to bring a friend!

Join us as we celebrate the 1 year anniversary of the Phoenix Connected Systems User Group!

We will have pizza, sodas and cake along with some special community awards to mark one year of community around Connected Systems Technologies!

In addition, we will present a one-year in review, highlighting the speakers and topics over the last year. Following that, we will have an open, round-table forum to do a retrospective on what you've liked so far, what you didn't like and talk about our plans for the next year including your feedback on topics and speakers you'd like to see over the next year.

If you have been involved in PCSUG, please come out and share in the celebration of a community that YOU have helped create.

If you are interested in distributed application development, connected systems technologies, or SOA, this is a perfect opportunity to come meet our members, and contribute thoughts and ideas to mold the topics and structure for the next 12 months.

Please feel free to forward this invitation to friends and colleagues and thank you all for making PCSUG a success!

Meeting Place: Microsoft District Office - 2929 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1400, Phoenix, AZ

Meeting Time: Thursday, August 13th 6pm to 7:30pm

All attendees will receive the latest copy of CODE Magazine and we have several prizes to give away, so be prepared to provide candid feedback on this month's topic to be entered to win.

Hope to see you there!

Rick & Todd

More about PCSUG:

The goal of the Phoenix Connected Systems User Group is to educate, evangelize and inform the community about the direction in which the Microsoft Connected Systems Division (and software engineering) is going, and how developers and architects of various, yet intersecting disciplines can start to prepare for what is ahead while serving the community through knowledge sharing and evangelism of current shipping technologies.

We meet the 2nd Thursday of each month at the Microsoft District Office - 2929 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1400, Phoenix, AZ from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm.

Follow us on:

Twitter: #PCSUG, @rickggaribay, @biztodd

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Invitation: Phoenix Connected Systems User Group 1 Year Birthday Party

Rick G. Garibay — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:10:13 GMT

Join us as we celebrate the 1 year anniversary of the Phoenix Connected Systems User Group!

We will have pizza, sodas and cake along with some special community awards to mark one year of community around Connected Systems Technologies!

In addition, we will present a one-year in review, highlighting the great speakers and topics over the last year including summaries and take-aways on WCF, WF, and BizTalk. Following that, we will have an open, round-table forum to do a retrospective on what you've liked so far, what you didn't like and talk about our plans for the next year including your feedback on topics and speakers you'd like to see over the next year.

If you have been involved in PCSUG, please come out and share in the celebration of a community that YOU have helped create.

If you are interested in distributed application development, connected systems technologies, or SOA, PCSUG, this is a perfect opportunity to come meet our members, and contribute thoughts and ideas to mold the next 12 months.

Please feel free to forward this invitation to friends and colleagues and thank you all for making PCSUG a success!

Meeting Place: Microsoft District Office - 2929 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1400, Phoenix, AZ

Meeting Time: Thursday, August 13th 6pm to 7:30pm

All attendees will receive the latest copy of CODE Magazine and we have several prizes to give away, so be prepared to provide candid feedback on this month's topic to be entered to win.

Pizza will be served at 5:30 pm and we will get started at 6:00 pm sharp.

Hope to see you there!

More about PCSUG:

We meet the 2nd Thursday of each month at the Microsoft District Office - 2929 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1400, Phoenix, AZ from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm.

Follow us on:

Twitter: #PCSUG

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groupRegistration?gid=138312

Facebook: Search for Phoenix Connected Systems User Group

March Phoenix Connected Systems User Group Meeting this Thursday 3/12!

Rick G. Garibay — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:07:51 GMT

Web services allow users to communicate with applications over a network. This works great in intranet and internet scenarios, but what happens when you want to expose or consume a service that is behind a firewall or home/office router?

Join Todd Sussman, PCSUG Co-President, and Connected Systems Practice Lead at Neudesic as he shows you how to expose and consume services across the largest network in the world, even behind a home or corporate firewall using the .NET Service Bus and a BizTalk RFID client.

Meeting Place: Microsoft District Office - 2929 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1400, Phoenix, AZ

Meeting Time: Thursday, March 12 6pm to 7:30pm

The first 10 people through the door will get a free copy of the October 2008 draft specification “The Oslo Modeling Language”, which provides an introduction, and extensive coverage of ‘M’, a new imperative language for describing models in the technology family code-named Oslo.

Pizza will be served at 6 pm and we will get started shortly thereafter.

Hope to see you there!

More about PCSUG:

We meet the 2nd Thursday of each month at the Microsoft District Office - 2929 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1400, Phoenix, AZ from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm.

February Phoenix Connected Systems User Group Meeting - Tonight 2/12

Rick G. Garibay — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:31:38 GMT

Don't miss a great discussion with Brendon Birdoes, Principal Consultant with Neudesic who has been working with the Patterns and Practices Group over the last several months on the next version of Microsoft ESB Guidance.Brendon will discuss some of the new enhancements to ESB Guidance and how they can be applied to common customer integration scenarios.

More info here.

Meeting Place: Microsoft District Office - 2929 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1400, Phoenix, AZ
Meeting Time: Thursday, Feb 12 6pm to 7:30pm

Please note: We cannot validate parking for this event. If parking fees are a problem, please park at a free or metered parking spot.

See you there!

Rick

For a recap of previous events as well as what's coming up next, be sure to bookmark: http://www.pcsug.org/Home/Events

January Phoenix Connected Systems User Group Meeting - Jan 8th

Rick G. Garibay — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:05:54 GMT

The Phoenix Connected Systems User Group is gearing up for what promises to be an exciting year for Connected Systems technologies.Our first quarter is already booked, with talks covering the .NET Services Service Bus in January, BizTalk ESB Guidance 2.0 in February and a big event in March that you will not want to miss.

Speaking of the January meeting, please join Glenn Kees, Principal Consultant with Sogeti USA who will be presenting on the Microsoft .NET Services Service Bus on January 8th.

Glenn will present a scenario-based approach for using the .NET Service Bus to address challenges that occur when implementing Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) solutions, particularly across disparate networks with various network traffic restrictions.

Going forward, we will be sharing relevant information via www.pcsug.org. To ensure that you do not miss any important updates throughout the new year, please take a moment and register for our mailing list: http://www.pcsug.org/Account/Register

More about PCSUG:

We meet the 2nd Thursday of each month at the Microsoft District Office - 2929 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1400, Phoenix, AZ from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm.