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Join us on Tuesday, March 16th in Ft. Lauderdale as the Ft. Lauderdale ArcSig gives us an introduction to UML in VS 2010. Microsoft's own Quent Herschelman, specialist - Visual Studio, will give us the introduction and will also discuss any questions you may have on the upcoming VS 2010 regarding UML.
Join us on Thursday, March 18th at FAU in Boca as Microsoft's Director of Business Development Nicole Denil gives us an overview of Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing platform. Sherlock Technology will be providing the food and drink, as well as some great raffle prizes such as Windows 7 Ultimate x64. You don't want to miss this one!
Maps to FAU:
Also, Don't miss out on the Azure Users Group Meeting on Wednesday, March 24th in Miramar as Scott Klein and special discuss building databases with Azure SQL. Put your database in a cloud!
Join us on Thursday, March 18th at Nova Southeastern in Davie as PHP Creator Rasmus Lerdorf will be speaking about Web application performance using PHP as the example language. There has been a lot of interest in Web application performance lately spurred by Facebook's HipHop PHP announcement in February. Most people don't know how fast their site is and will make uninformed architecture decisions or spend time optimizing the wrong things. This talk will try to get you started down the path of a systematic approach to benchmarking, profiling, and optimizing your entire web site.
There will be a big crowd for this so get there early!
Join us on Thursday, March 18th in Davie as Michael Kublin, Founder and President of Peopletek, Inc., shows us our "role as a leader in IT service management". In our strive for Continual Service Improvement in IT, have we looked inside and taken control of our role as a strong Leader in Service Management? Whether you are in management or are in a strong role of Best Practices advocacy, you will find great value in our discussion. Join our conference as we take a road to self-discovery, and learn of the traits that come with great leadership in IT Service Management.
How To Turn Your Business Idea Into A Business In 1 Day
Join us on Tuesday, March 23rd at the Broward County Chamber of Commerce Offices as the Startup Business Bootcamp shows us how to turn an idea into business in 1 day! This event will teach you how to evaluate your business ideas and turn the ones that make the grade into a revenue generating business in 1 day. You will learn how to determine demand for a service or product before you even create it, how to realistically fund your business concept in today's economy, little known resources to find the hottest new business ideas and trends, a special hands-on exercise that will help you identify tons of business concepts residing within you that can be started in 1-2 days for next to nothing, and much more!
Join us on Thursday, March 25th in Ft. Lauderdale as the SFTA helps you protect what is yours. If your organization is like most, it relies on software to function day-to-day. Whether integrated within your own products or used to support internal applications for business-critical functions, without your software, you're stranded.
During the meeting Iron Mountain Digital will offer council on how to strengthen software licensing contracts through the judicious use of software escrow. This promises to be a lively discussion of shared best practices applicable to software licensees and developers alike!
Free "Software Escrow For Dummies" courtesy of Iron Mountain Digital to everyone who attends!
Join us on Wednesday, April 7th in Cooper City as Jason Milgram, CEO of Linxter, gives us an introduction to Cloud Robotics. Learn how to create a robot and control it from anywhere in the world using cloud computing. Learn how to build a robot, trick it out, and control it from anywhere in the world using cloud computing. Jason will demonstrate how the robot is built – from the physical components to the coding – and allow attendees to then control the robot through a program running on a laptop.
We will also discuss Open Space with up to 4 ad hoc presentations and discussions. You don't want to miss this one!
Joe Homnick Gives Us 10 Reasons To Upgrade To Visual Studio 2010
Join us on Thursday, April 8th in Boca as Joe Homnick gives us his 10 reasons to upgrade to VS 2010 from VS 2008 or 2005. With VS 2010 launching on April 12, come and see what all of the hubbabaloo is all about before your friends and coworkers!
SFIMA's Spring Fling Networking Event Coming In April
Join us on Thursday, April 8th in Ft. Lauderdale for SFIMA's April Networking Mixer. The event will be held at the magnificent Hyatt Regency Pier 66 – a timeless jewel among Fort Lauderdale hotels, renowned for its dazzling waterfront views, fine wine and delectable cuisine. Try a trendy SFIMA Blue Martini while you mix and mingle!
Set amid lush tropical acres along the Intracoastal Waterway, this breathtaking location is the perfect place to come out to meet more of South Florida's premiere marketers in one night than you could meet in one month of networking on your own.
Come out and join us for a night of fun. Don't miss out on the chance to network with nearly 200 marketing professionals, gaining rich knowledge and a robust professional network in less time than traditional networking.
You are invited to invest in Broward's future business professionals by serving as an exhibitor at a Broward County Public School conference. The annual Broward County Career and Technical Student Conference will be held at the Signature Grand on April 20, 2010 from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
This year's theme is "Careers Unplugged: A Greener Pathway to Career Success" and will have approximately 850 students in attendance from the following curricular areas: Agriscience, Automotive, Building Construction, Culinary Operations, Health Science, Business Supervision and Management, and the Academies of Finance, Hospitality and Tourism and Information Technology.
As an exhibitor you will have an opportunity to showcase the "Green" initiatives at your company, listen to and critique student's 30-second elevator introductions and review their resumes. Each exhibitor will have a eight-foot skirted table and will be able to bring advertising material to showcase their company.
If you are interested in participating, please contact Donna Caplan by via e-mail at donna.caplan@browardschools.com or by phone at 754-321-8449 in order to obtain an Exhibitor Application Form.
Donna L. Caplan, Facilitator
Business Technology Education
Career, Technical, Adult and Community Education
Sawgrass Technology Park
1643 North Harrison Parkway, Building H
Sunrise, Florida 33323
donna.caplan@browardschools.com
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Industry News
The number of U.S. initial claims for unemployment insurance for the week ended March 6 fell by 6,000, or 1.3%, to 462,000 from the previous week's revised number of 468,000, the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.
However, the four-week moving average of claims for the week ended March 6 rose by 5,000, or 1.1%, to 475,500 from the previous week's revised average of 470,500.
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