ArcReady Tour is ready to launch!

[ArcReady has two siblings, MSDN Unleashed, and TechNet Unleashed. For some reason we haven’t unleashed ArcReady yet.]

For our next ArcReady, we will explore a topic on everyone’s mind: Cloud computing. Several industry companies have announced cloud computing services. In October 2008 at the Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft announced the next phase of our Software + Services vision: the Azure Services Platform. The Azure Services Platform provides a wide range of internet services that can be consumed from both on premises environments or the internet.

Session 1: Cloud Services In our first session we will explore the current state of cloud services. We will then look at how applications should be architected for the cloud and explore a reference application deployed on Windows Azure. We will also look at the services that can be built for on premises application, using .NET Services. We will also address some of the concerns that enterprises have about cloud services, such as regulatory and compliance issues.

Session 2: Mesh and Live Services In our second session we will take a slightly different look at cloud based services by exploring Live Mesh and Live Services. Live Mesh is a data synchronization client that has a rich API to build applications on. Live services are a collection of APIs that can be used to create rich applications for your customers. Live Services are based on internet standard protocols and data formats.

Event Schedule – ArcReady starts at 9:00 AM local time and ends by noon.

St. Louis, MO – March 5, 2009 9:00 AM

Downers Grove, IL – March 9, 2009 9:00 AM

Austin, TX – March 10, 2009 9:00 AM

Knoxville, TN – March 10, 2009 9:00 AM

Overland Park, KS – March 10, 2009 9:00 AM

Indianapolis, IN – March 12, 2009 9:00 AM

Nashville, TN – March 13, 2009 9:00 AM

Irving, TX – March 19, 2009 9:00 AM

Columbus, OH – March 20, 2009 9:00 AM

Chicago, IL – March 23, 2009 9:00 AM

Houston, TX – March 24, 2009 9:00 AM

Bloomington, MN – March 25, 2009 9:00 AM

Cleveland, OH – March 26, 2009 9:00 AM

Mason, OH – March 27, 2009 9:00 AM

Detroit, MI – March 31, 2009 9:00 AM

Waukesha, WI – March 31, 2009 9:00 AM

Comments

Mike said…
The economy is slow enough right now, I don't think it could withstand an Unleashing of Architects!
2/16/2009 01:31:00 PM
Scheevel said…
Wow, Austin and Knoxville in the same day. Time to refactor the routing algorithm.
2/16/2009 04:20:00 PM
Mike said…
Overland Park, KS too - traveling salesman segfault!
2/16/2009 04:23:00 PM
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