SFTA Asks: "Are You Ready For A Potential Disaster?"
Join us on
Thursday, May 28th at our new meeting place in Ft. Lauderdale as we
will discuss how to make sure your business is prepared for any
emergency, including fire, wind, and storm. Don't leave anything to
chance.
Come have a drink and network with S. Florida's premier technology
members and learn from Senior IT Executives about the practical
realities of preparing for the worst, while maintaining the continuity
of your business. Understand how to keep your business thriving so you
survive.
Join us on
Thursday, May 28th at the Microsoft Offices in Ft. Lauderdale as we get
ready for Spring and discuss the Windows Client OS Roadmap - Why Window
Vista is an important foundation for Windows 7. With Microsoft's
newest OS releasing soon, this will be your first chance for a sneak
peek at the Beta, the changes from Vista, and application control, just
to name a few. This is the third installment of the successful TIKI
HUT tour and, in addition to the great information, discussions, and
networking, will feature great giveaways such as a Windows 7 Beta DVD,
Rock Band (XBOX360), a 12-month subscription to TechNet Plus Direct,
and much more. Hawaiian pizza and drinks will be served as well. See
you there and don't forget to wear your Hawaiian shirts!
WITI's Lunch & Learn Shows Us What To Really Include In Our Resume
Join us on Thursday, May 28th in Ft. Lauderdale as we show you how to land the job of your dreams by putting together a great resume. If you can't showcase where you've been and what you've done, how can anyone know what you can do? Come and find out what you should add to your resume and some tips on what to leave out.
Join us on Thursday, June 4th in Ft. Lauderdale and Wednesday, June 10th in Miami for the first joint Dinner Events between the South Florida Chapters of PMI and HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society). The Panel discussion will focus on "Leadership in Healthcare". With the continued political focus and press surrounding our need to transform the delivery of Health Care while continuing to stretch our healthcare dollar further, we felt it was time we deliver a program to better educate our constituents about the cllanges, and emerging opportunities facing the key industry sector.
With panelists from Memorial, Broward Health, and the UM-Miller School of Medicine, this esteemed panel of Health Care leaders will share their insights as to what is keeping them up at night and how the discipline of PM, improved business practices, and integrated platforms are enabling them to deliver on the promise of improved patient care, while juggline the ongoing compliance and financial stretching mandates they face on a daily basis.
Don't forget to get there early as we will have a pre-dinner PM Tools dissussion!
Learn To Build Distributed Multiplayer Games With Cloud Messaging
Join us on Tuesday, June 9th in Miramar as Jason Milgram shows us how we can quickly and easily build your own massively multiplayer online (MMO) and casual (turn-based) games using cloud messaging and the Boat Battle source code as a template.
SFIMA To Discuss The Glitter of Twitter & Social Media
Join us on Thursday, June 11th in Ft. Lauderdale as Tammy Camp moderates a panel to discuss the glitter of Twitter and Social Media. Starting with just a few hundred dollars, Tammy has personally sold over $35M online and written the book "Social Media Success" based on her challenges. Take advantage of the rising popularity of sites such as Twitter to help your company and we will show you how. This is not an event to miss!
Join us on Thursday, June 11th in Boca Raton and learn the Business Intelligence features in SQL Server by going through an exam interactively with David Cobb, MCITP: Database Administrator. Not only will you learn the Business Intelligence features of SQL Server through explained answers, you can also prepare for the certification exam if you want to take it. These exam questions are great and will absolutely prepare you for the questions ont he exam.
.Net Tiki Hut Shows Us IE8 and Windows 7 For Developers
Join us on Monday, June 15th in Ft. Lauderdale as Microsoft's Jeff Barnes and Joe Healy show us IE8 and Windows 7 for Developers. The first session, Developing on Windows 7 Building applications that are easy to use, visually appealing, and offer high performance is something that developers face every day. Joe will break it down and show us how Windows 7 makes it easy for developers. Jeff Barnes will keep things going with the second session and show us what's new in Internet Explorer 8 for Developers. Jeff will first show us how developers and users both benefit from improved standards-based rendering in IE8 and how developers can ensure that their sites will render properly for users using IE8. Additionally, we'll take a look at some of the new features of IE8 that open up new possibilities for web developers, including Accelerators, Web Slices, and Search Providers, as well as AJAX and DOM improvements. See you there!
Make your plans
now for KickStartz Weekend on June 18th-20th at DeVry University in
Miramar as we bring together brilliant minds to create incredible
products and businesses over a weekend. How many times have you wished
you had the time to follow through with a great idea? Consider
bringing your ideas(s) to KickStartz Weekend and get assistance from
your peers with its implementation! Our list of guest speakers this
year includes a who's who of entrepreneurs and industry professionals.
This is an event that you owe it to yourself to attend!
Join us on Saturday, August 8th in Miramar for the networking and informational session event of the season! This is a great opportunity to learn from people who have been there and to network with other professionals doing the same thing you are. Tracks include DBA, Development, and Business Intelligence. Coffee and Doughnuts for breakfast and lunch will be provided. We will also have an afterparty for even more networking. If you only make it to one event, this is the one to go to!
If
you ever wished you could wield a lightsaber like a Jedi Knight and
needed a unique lamp for your workspace, this lamp doubles as a desk
light and a glowing mini lightsaber! If you don't have an R2 unit
handy, simply plug the lamp's base into your computer's USB port and
slide the lightsaber in upright to recharge it. While it charges you
can use the bright blue adjustable glow from the lightsaber's energy
blade as a lamp and if your boss or Sith Lord approaches, it can be
removed to strike them down to replace peace and justice to the office
The Financial Times reported that Yahoo.com is planning to sell its HotJobs employment Web Site. The Financial Times cited people familiar with the company's plan as the source for the story. Yahoo bought the site in 2001 for $436M, according to the report.
Mass Layoffs Reach Highest Levels On Record
Mass layoffs and their associated initial claims for unemployed benefits reached their highest levels on record in March, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics...
Source: Staffing Analysts Daily News
Tips
10 Skills Developers Will Need In The Next Five Years
By, Justin James
Tech Republic.com
With the recent changes in the economy, a lot of developers are focused on their short-term prospects. At the same time, it's important to make sure that you get the most bang for your buck when it comes to taking the time and energy to learn new skills. Here is our list of 10 skills you should be learning right now to make sure that your resume is relevant for the next five years. For average mainstream development, you can't go wrong learnign at least seven of these skills - not only to the point where you can talk convincingly about them at a job interview, but actually use them on the job.
5: Soft Skills
One trend that has been going for quite some time is the increasing visibility
of IT within and outside the enterprise. Developers are being brought into more
and more non-development meetings and processes to provide feedback. For
example, the CFO can’t change the accounting rules without working with IT to
update the systems. And an operations manager can’t change a call center process
without IT updating the CRM workflow. Likewise, customers often need to work
directly with the development teams to make sure that their needs are met. Will
every developer need to go to Toastmasters or study How to Win Friends and
Influence People? No. But the developers who do will be much more valuable
to their employers — and highly sought after in the job market.
6: One Dynamic and/or Functional Programming Language
Languages like Ruby, Python, F#, and Groovy still aren’t quite mainstream – but
the ideas in them are. For example, the LINQ system in Microsoft’s .NET is a
direct descendent of functional programming techniques. Both Ruby and Python are
becoming hot in some sectors, thanks to the Rails framework and Silverlight,
respectively. Learning one of these languages won’t just improve your resume,
though; it will expand your horizons. Every top-flight developer I’ve met
recommends learning at least one dynamic or functional programming language to
learn new ways of thinking, and from personal experience, I can tell you that it
works.
Check next week's newsletter for more skills
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