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Welcome!
This group is based in Fresno and surrounding
areas. The purpose of the group is to be a
resource for developers, designers, architects, and managers with a
specific interest in Microsoft .NET Technologies. Presentations will be
given by world-class speakers from Microsoft, from leader software
companies, and also, by the group's own members.
We meet every second Thursday of every month, at the California State
University, Fresno (Business Center, room 192). On
non-sponsored meetings attendees are asked to contribute with $5 to cover pizza
and drinks. If you plan to attend
please send an email to
rsvp@centralcaldotnet.com.
This will help us choose a room according to the attendance.
(Click
Here for a detailed map )
More
information about the meetings...
6:00-6:30:
Pizza, drinks, networking
6:30-6:45: Introductions, announcements
6:45-8:45: Presentation
8:45-9:00: Raffles
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July/09/2009 |
Steve Evans
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Can
Cloud Computing Save the World?
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Steve Evans bridges the world between Developers and IT Pros.
Steve is in the process of starting Serk (http://serktools.com), a company to
write tools for IT Pros. With 10 years of IT experience he is taking that
expertise and applying it to the creation of tools and services to help his IT
brethren do their jobs more effectively.
Steve speaks at Code Camps and User Groups up and down California helping
developers better understand the world of IT Pros and teaching them what they
need to know about Operating Systems, Directories, and Servers, oh my.
When not doing something related to work he has a wife that is a full time
student, two young daughters, a house addition he is building himself, and a
plethora of pets.
All the information you need to interact with Steve online can be found at
http://serktools.com.
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Presentation Synopsis
There’s a lot of confusion on where to deploy your
application. Physical Server? Virtual Server? Cloud?
Cloud computing is Hot. Never before have we spent so much time ranting
about how the cloud can’t provide us 99.999% uptime, all at the same time
ignoring that it’s very unlikely we’re getting 99.999% uptime now, or that
we even need it. Different apps have different requirements, and different
environments offer different benefits.
Let’s discuss the pros and cons of all solutions available to developers
today. Uptime, costs, regulatory issues, security . . . no topic is off
topic.
Steve will discuss Azure, EC2, GoGrid, VMware, Hyper-V, Shared Hosting,
Dedicated Hosting, Physical Servers, and anything else that comes up. After
that it turns into a discussion, so be prepared to share your own thoughts.
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