1. Sriram Krishnan on Windows Azure

Date: Jul 28-Aug 3, 2010

Led by: Sriram Krishnan

Please join Sriram Krishnan, author of Programming Windows Azure, in an online book club about Azure: Microsoft’s solution to cloud computing.

Sriram will explore:

• Under the Hood: Why Azure?
• Questions about other clouds and experiences
• What is unique to Azure?
• Limitations of all clouds
• Storage solutions and options
• High performance computing in the cloud
• Which apps work well in the cloud? Which don’t?

How does it work?

Sriram Krishnan, author of Programming Windows Azure, joins our new online book club, The Inner Circle, starting on Jul. 28. We hope you jump right in and post your questions about Windows Azure for Sriram to answer and participate in the discussions with other readers. If you sign up for the online book club using the button on the right, we’ll send you a reminder email.

Sign up here:

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/e/1689?utm_content=em-orm-ug-AzureBookclubHTML&utm_campaign=UG+Mailings&utm_source=iPost&utm_medium=email&imm_mid=05fe6d&cmp=em-orm-ug-AzureBookclubHTML

2. Best Practices in Developing Requirements for SharePoint Projects:

Poor requirements can be attributed to failed SharePoint implementations. The key to successful SharePoint implementation is properly developing requirements. A lot of people know that this is important, however, only a handful of folks truly understand what it takes to do this right.

In this presentation, you will learn key techniques in effectively eliciting, analyzing, prioritizing, validating and documenting requirements for SharePoint projects.

In addition, participants will be able to identify:

• Key components of requirements gathering process
• Why requirements traceability is paramount in defining ROI in SharePoint projects
• Why having a well defined business case is necessary to effectively initiate requirements gathering

The primary audience for this class are executives, managers, analysts, consultants who wish to properly implement SharePoint and immediately reap its organizational benefits.

Participants will get presentation notes, checklists, and templates.

Sign up here:

https://oreilly.connectsolutions.com/reqsharepoint/event/registration.html

About Dux Raymond Sy

With over 15 years of experience in Information Technology, Dux Raymond Sy has earned a reputation as among the leading experts in leveraging technology to enhance project management. He is currently a managing partner and the chief evangelist of Innovative-e, Inc., a Microsoft-certified, business technology consulting and services company that serves startups to Global 50 clients.

As a thought leader in maximizing project team collaboration, he is focused on empowering organizations on how to leverage the benefits of collaborative tools with quantifiable goals such as: Increasing productivity and efficiency, decreasing collaboration redundancies and streamlining electronic communications. In addition, he is Bamboo Nation’s resident project management expert.

A sought after trainer for Learning Tree International, he has developed and facilitated management and technology training to government organizations, Fortune 500 companies, non-profit institutions in the United States, Bahamas, Barbados, China, the United Kingdom and the Philippines and regularly writes about project management, SharePoint and globalization at MeetDux.com.

The first meeting will be Thursday August 12th and split across two topics – Bend Broadband’s new Green Data center (Part 1) and new developments in the Open Source Arena (Part 2). Bend Broadband will have their Data Center consultant present to talk about the DC and to field questions – design, build and what makes a green data center. In Part 2, Mark Turner will be presenting on some new developments in the Open Source arena. This is a new “special topics” format to be hosted at TechSpace Bend.

Date:August 12 (Thursday)
Topic: Part 1: Enterprise-Class Green “Vault” Data Centers (Bend Broadband) – Part 2: Open Source Developments
Location: TechSpace Bend (906 Harriman – Old Cigar Building – Across from Blacksmith)
Time: 4pm

Results are in! The second meeting is on Desktop Virtualization and hosted by Structured. Structured is on top of their game in Desktop Virtualization and will have an expert onsite to dig deep into this topic. This will be the traditional format hosted at McMenamins Old St. Francais School, Rambler Room – lunch, giveaways etc.

Date: September 10th
Topic:Desktop Virtualization
Location: McMenamins Old St. Francais School, Rambler Room
Time: 1pm
- Lunch and giveaways

The October meeting is still in the planning stages – look for a topic survey soon.

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Lewis Howell
- COISUG

https://oreilly.connectsolutions.com/datadestruction/event/registration.html

Changes in data storage technologies, new Federal and State data privacy regulations and other factors have created an urgent need to have effective electronic records destruction practices. This session will detail the specifics of these changes and how organizations can protect themselves from huge financial liabilities. Having a defined data destruction strategy not only ensures a greener environment, but also ensures that the terabytes of stored data on the hardware are completely and permanently deleted. This session will discuss: legally compliant electronic records destruction policy; effective data destruction methods; degaussing, dismantling and refining; documentation and reporting; hardware & software vendors.

About Ben Rothke

Ben Rothke, CISSP QSA is a New York City based senior security consultant with BT Professional Services and has over 15 years of industry experience in information systems security and privacy.

His areas of expertise are in risk management and mitigation, security and privacy regulatory issues, design & implementation of systems security, encryption, cryptography and security policy development, with a specialization in the financial services and aviation sectors.

Ben is the author of Computer Security – 20 Things Every Employee Should Know and a speaker at industry conferences, such as RSA and MISTI, and is a CISSP and PCI QSA (Qualified Security Assessor).

Google Apps: The Missing Manual

I was primarily interested in Google Docs, and this book had copious information that was more than adequate to get me up and running. There are a lot of subtleties hidden in Google Apps and how you can collaborate with them. Ms. Conner describes quite a few of these in her numerous “tips” inserts. In fact, I found the tips to be some of the most valuable parts of the book. Read more.

Photoshop CS4 Companion for Photographers

The Companion for Photographers is well thought-out. Derrick Story presents a totally Adobe-based workflow that starts with importing images using Photo Downloader in Adobe Bridge, adds metadata, then does quite a bit of editing using Adobe Camera RAW (ACR), and finally uses Photoshop CS4 for final adjustments when needed. Read more.

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Date/Time: May 7, 2010 11:30 -1pm

Location: 2600 N.W. College Way, Pioneer Hall Rm 232 (COCC). Bend. United States.

Description: Presentation by Kris McBride of Cinetix Solutions: Quick Wins for Power Users with SharePoint WSS. Free lunch and door prizes! Map: http://visitors.cocc.edu/map1-09.gif Please note that parking shouldn’t be too crazy because it is a Friday; Park close if you can – parking passes will be available inside for you to put in your car.

Learn more here: Bend SharePoint User Group Meeting – May 2010

Facebook is seeking a forward thinking, experienced individual to join the Site Operations Team. This position is full-time and will be based in Prineville, Oregon. We seek an IT professional with advanced hands-on technical skills in Networks, Server Hardware and Linux (ideally in a Data Center environment). Additionally, experience in leading a technical team and supporting knowledge transfer to others is required. Having depth and breadth knowledge of managing servers in a large scale distributed environment is a core competency of this individual. The candidate should also have deep knowledge and experience in at least one of the following core areas: Networking, Project Management, Tool and Automation, Hardware and OS repair.

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