ProDev Briefing for Application Development Partners - Tampa 04/14/2009

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Microsoft Partners face more challenges today than ever.  With restrictions on IT budgets and a concomitant demand for higher levels of service, there has never been a better time for partners to refocus on the fundamental value opportunities presented by Microsoft’s platform architecture and strategic roadmap. 

Please join us for the ProDev Briefing for Application Development Partners where we will be discussing how Partners can align themselves with our platform to add greater value today and prepare themselves for new business opportunities coming in the near future.  Partners will participate with Microsoft experts in 4 talks, each covering a key pillar of Microsoft’s platform strategy.

Platform 2009: The Client
Microsoft’s client platform encompasses multiple technologies and user experience offerings.  This session will cover WPF, Silverlight, IE 8, Microsoft Office and Mobility and will help partners identify current and future opportunities to leverage the power of the client.  

Microsoft’s Server Platform
Microsoft provides partners with a first class platform on the server that supports mission critical, enterprise solutions.  This session will cover IIS, SQL Server 2008 and SharePoint 2007 and will ensure that partners are prepared to leverage the power of the Microsoft server platform to its fullest.

2009 Services Platform: Azure, Live Mesh and Live Services
Cloud Computing and Platform as a Service (PaaS) are technology concepts that are becoming reality as a perfect storm of business needs and vendor investments come together.  This session will discuss how partners can leverage the Cloud with Microsoft technologies that create a true platform for utility computing.

The Platform for Application Lifecycle Management
Microsoft partners continually demonstrate that they deliver first class services and products.  Comprehensive ALM allows partners to continue to deliver these offerings with greater speed, efficiency and oversight.  This session will cover Visual Studio 2008 and Team Foundation Server and how they form a platform for ALM that

Please join us on Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Welcome Time: 8:30 AM - 1:00 pm

Microsoft Tampa Office

5426 Bay Center Dr
Suite 700 Tampa Florida 33609
United States

Register Now:

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032404553&Culture=en-US

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