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FOR ENTERPRISE, SOLUTION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND ASPIRING ARCHITECTS
I am pleased to annouce that we are adding Birmingham and Raleigh into our Architect Council list. Please note that this installment of the Architect Counil will NOT be held in Atlanta or Charlotte. But dont worry, we will return to those cities soon! I would like to sincerely thank Healthsouth for graciously hosting this council. As you may know, the Microsoft office in Birmingham is a bit small to host the size of the crowd that we are expecting.
INVITATION
Please join us on February 12th in Birmingham and Raleigh for the next arcCouncil meeting on Web 2.0. Architecture. Michael Platt, Director of Web Architecture Strategy at Microsoft in Redmond will examine the business, social and technical drivers behind this platform and Microsoft’s vision and technologies for the future. Dion Hinchcliffe, President and CTO, Hinchcliffe & Company and Editor-in-Chief, Web 2.0 Journal | AjaxWorld Magazine will provide an informative exploration of the key aspects of Web 2.0 as it applies to creating application architectures and will explore specific architectural principles and software design issues.
If you are new to the arcCouncil, it is a bi-monthly meeting of industry architects and features guest presentations by Microsoft product architects, industry luminaries and customers. An arcCouncil is one several program offerings provided under the Microsoft arcStream program. Launched last fall by the Microsoft East Region Developer & Platform Evangelism team, arcStream is the premier technical program for architects in the east. arcStream provides a constant flow of technical information as well as networking opportunities for enterprise, solution, infrastructure and aspiring architects.
Learn more now by jumping into the arcStream at http://www.arcStreamEast.net.
Lunch is provided and attendees will have the opportunity to win a Zune!
AGENDA
10:30am – 11:00am arcCouncil Kickoff
11:00am – 12:15pm Web 2.0 and Microsoft
Today, new social movements, advances in technology, and forces within business are colliding to create a landscape overflowing with challenges and opportunities. In many cases, these forces have driven the deployment of new technologies and the adoption of new behaviors, adding multiple layers to an already complex set of issues that must be navigated. Architects are searching for a solution to manage this complexity. SOA, ESB, Software as a Service, Web 2.0, and Edge are all elements of the solution, but are they the complete picture? Are they a sufficient answer to the issues? Can they be used together in a productive and efficient fashion? We have the opportunity now to think about what the platform of the future looks like; for software architects to take a step back and to forecast what lies over the horizon. This presentation examines the business, social and technical drivers behind this platform and examines Microsoft’s vision and technologies for the future.
Speaker Bio: Michael Platt is Director of Web Architecture Strategy in the architecture strategy group at Microsoft Corporation in Redmond where is responsible for setting Microsoft’s future web architecture strategy. He has extensive experience in Architecting Web and Enterprise Applications for large multinational Enterprises. He has been with Microsoft for 10 years in a number of management, strategy, presales and consultancy roles. Michael has some 30 years of experience in the IT industry with IBM and Microsoft in research, design, development, pre sales and consultancy positions. He has an Honours Degree in Electronic and Electrical Engineering and a number of published dissertations and patents.
12:15pm - 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm – 2:15pm Applying Web 2.0 Patterns and Best Practices
Emerging new methods for leveraging the intrinsic strength of the Web for building effective online applications and Web sites have often been described with the term "Web 2.0". Though sometimes shrouded in hype, a formal understanding of the next generation of design patterns and business models for building successful Web apps has begun to form. This presentation provides a fast-paced, informative exploration of the key aspects of Web 2.0 as it applies to creating application architectures for online products and services, inside or outside the firewall. Specific architectural principles and software design issues will be explored including architectures of participation, harnessing collective intelligence, federated software ecosystems, lightweight programming models and standards, convergence of Web 2.0 with SOA, and an emerging new discipline, something known as Enterprise 2.0.
Speaker Bio: Dion Hinchcliffe is a well-known enterprise architecture thinker and advisor, who speaks, writes, and collaborates actively with clients in the Fortune 500, federal government, and Internet startup community. Mr. Hinchcliffe also helps lead the industry by evolving the thinking around Web 2.0 in both the enterprise and consumer space for ZDNet and the SOA Web Services Journal. He edits the respected Web 2.0 Journal and AjaxWorld Magazine for SYS-CON Media. He has been quoted by BusinessWeek, CNET News, Wired Magazine, CIO Magazine, and many other well-known industry periodicals. Mr. Hinchcliffe is also is a regular speaker on the topic of Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 and has presented or keynoted at Interop, JavaOne, SOA Web Services Edge, Web Builder 2.0, AjaxWorld, Office 2.0, and other major software conferences.
2:30pm – 3:30pm Panel Discussion
3:30pm Zune Giveaway
REGISTRATION
We hold 10 arcCouncils simultaneously along the East coast! To Register: please choose the location nearest you (locations listed below) and then click on the registration link or visit http://msevents.microsoft.com/ and search on the Event ID for the event you wish to attend. When you register for a particular location you will get more details on that event’s specific agenda.
Healthsouth Corporation- Birmingham, ALOne Healthsouth Parkway,Birmingham, AL 35234Register Event ID: 1032320486 Directions to Birmingham Location
Microsoft Corporation- Durham, NCMicrosoft Raleigh/Durham Office 4825 Creekstone Drive, Suite 190Durham, NC 27703Register Event ID: 1032320487Directions to Durham Location
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