Pooya's place (in the Gulf) : kuwait

Kuwait Community Open Day on Feb 16th

pooyad — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:15:00 GMT

For those in Kuwait, mark your calendars for Saturday Februrary 16th. DotNetBoom and Pro Rangers will be hosting a Community Open Day covering the latest Microsoft technologies. Amr El Garhy and Anton will be there for sure with the communities, with Anton presenting a session on web testing; check out the full agenda. I will try my best to make it there as well. I'm very happy to see a full session on Popfly presented by Fadi, I still think this is the coolest product we make and I recently gave an interview about it to Gulf News.

So hopefully I'll see you there.

And don't forget you have a chance to win an Xbox 360 :)

MSDN Roadshow: Software + Services Presentation

pooyad — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:26:00 GMT

Some people have requested my presentation from the MSDN Roadshow on Software plus Services. Please find it below.

Resources:

http://www.codeplex.com/LitwareHR (Litware on Codeplex)

http://www.codeplex.com/LitwareHR/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=6113 (Litware Smart Client)

We will be publishing all the sldies from all the sessions in the Roadshow on the main event site once the roadshow is complete (stay tuned).

MSDN and TechNet Roadshow - Will be in kuwait in 2 days

pooyad — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:40:00 GMT

If you haven't signed up already, there's still time. My session is right after lunch on Software + Services.

There's a lot of travel coming up this week, Kuwait on the 14th, Oman on the 17th and Bahrain on the 19th. Hope to see you at one of the venues.

Official MSDN Roadshow invite .... See you there

pooyad — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:52:00 GMT

The TechNet and MSDN Roadshow proudly presents the “Gaining Insight Tour 2007”.

This tour, coming to Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman, is packed with live demonstrations and technical content on upcoming and much anticipated solutions from Microsoft.

Get a sneak peek into technologies that include Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008, .Net, Silverlight, Virtualization and more. You will also be among the first to see us unveil the new Unified Communications technologies from Microsoft – a solution that will revolutionize the way people communicate and collaborate in the workplace.

If you’re an IT Professional or a Developer looking to gain insight and an edge over others, then you’ve got no excuse to miss out on this event! You may even walk away as the lucky winner of the new X-box 360 Elite! Register Now.

Where and when

Kuwait City Movenpick Nov 14^th

Muscat Shangri La Nov 17^th

Manama Sheraton Nov 19^th

Doha Intercon Dec 9^th

Register to attend this year's MSDN Roadshow

pooyad — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:53:00 GMT

You can already sign up to attend this year's MSDN Roadshow.

See my last post for the dates and cities. make sure you choose your city and track (Developer vs. Technical) in the registration process, I almost missed it during my registration.

Look for the official invitation with the finalized agenda and schedule in your inbox in a few days. If you're not already on the MSDN mailing list and receiving the local gulf MSDN newsletter, you can sign up here.

SOA Presentation from the MSDN Roadshow

pooyad — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 12:45:00 GMT

We're now about a third of the way through the MSDN Roadshow, thanks to everyone who attended the events in Oman and Dubai.

I'm posting my presentation for those who attended and want to review it on their own. There was as usual too much information and not enough time (espcially in Muscat), sorry guys but I'm sure you enjoyed all the great demos from Amr and we had to make sure you got some food before it ran out.

I'm very happy we're doing this type of roadshow as it allows me to get to know the developers out there and meet the architects as well. As I mentioned at the events', I'm setting up an architect forum in the gulf and would invite every architect (no matter what level you are currently at) to join. If you are interested, please drop me an email or leave a comment on this post.

MSDN Roadshow in the Gulf

pooyad — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 20:36:00 GMT

We're very excited to be having the first ever TechNet & MSDN Roadshow in the Gulf. We'll be coming to a city near you to talk about everything from Systems Center, Windows Vista, the 2007 Microsoft Office system, SOA (of course) and more! You can sign up online and see the full agenda. Please join us at one of these events to meet the DPE team and learn more about the latest and greatest offerings from Microsoft.

This should be a great event with lots of technical content and many incredible demonstrations of Vista and Office2007 from a developers viewpoint.