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Presented by:
SSW and Microsoft West, East, and Central Africa
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The African Roadshow October 2004 - Nairobi, Dar es Salaam,
and Johannesburg
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SSW Software Audit
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Companies from across the globe have been taking advantage of SSW's Software
Audit Services. The common message that is received from clients is that
getting their software built in-house can sometimes lead to a failure to
identify design flaws and architectural insufficiencies. They need an unbiased
second opinion from a knowledgeable source that can make recommendations to
improve the quality of their software.
More on SSW software audits
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The Cutting Edge
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| G'day Developers! |
We are very excited to present this event to the .NET community in Africa.
Microsoft Regional Director in Australia Adam Cogan will be flying in to
present some of the hottest topics being discused at other core .NET
conferences all over world.
Adam has recently returned from Tech Ed Kualua Lumpur in Malaysia where the
topics he presented had the audience on the edge of seats! Adam has presented
at many conferences all over the world including Tech Ed 2004 in San Diego, New
Zealand, Australia, and the .NET User Group in Sydney, and all over Australia.
He is also presenting at the up coming tour of Australia on
From Access to the Enterprise: A Migration to SQL Server, Reporting Services,
and .NET - November and December 2004 with other top Microsoft
speakers.
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Cheers until next time,
Adam
SSW Chief Architect and Microsoft Regional Director, AustraliaGot a comment for
Adam? Email Adam Cogan
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The Agenda
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For more information on sessions, please go to the
agenda for the African Roadshow.
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Session
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| 9.00 - 9.30
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Introductions
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9.30 - 11.00
15 tips for Real World Windows Forms Applications
Speaker: Adam Cogan
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Get techniques for better searching, data validation, configuration management,
error trapping, code standardization, plugging in cool 3rd Party controls and
any other routine capabilities of data applications, with minimal code. See the
end result: a set of tools and techniques will super charge your next app.
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| 11.00 - 12.30
A big peek at ASP .NET 2 Whidbey Applications
Speaker: Adam Cogan
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ASP.NET Whidbey is the current name for the next version of ASP.NET. Adam Cogan
will give a talk on: ASP.NET Whidbey overview, working with data, caching
improvements to significantly boost the performance of the next generation of
ASP.NET applications, master pages for consistent web sites, new membership
features, and personalization.
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| 12.30 - 13.30
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Lunch
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13.30 - 15.00
Up and Running with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services
Speaker: Adam Cogan
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OK so you know about how the new powerful reporting platform from Microsoft
will change the landscape of enterprise reporting. Come see Sydney based SQL
Guru and MS Regional Director Adam Cogan show the developer features of this
latest addition to the Microsoft SQL Server family of products. You will see
real world examples of this server-based platform when used for creating,
managing, and delivering both traditional, paper-oriented reports and
interactive, Web-based reports. Reporting Services combines the data management
capabilities of SQL Server and Microsoft Windows Server with familiar and
powerful Microsoft Office System applications to deliver real-time information
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15.00 - 16.30
Combining Exchange Data, SQL Data and SQL Reporting Services
Speaker: Adam Cogan
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Come see an advanced code packed session will show you how to extend the
out-of-the box features of Reporting Services. Everyone who has an Exchange
Server 2000/2003 should be reporting on it – but nobody does. Following
this, we will explore the creation of a real Reporting Services solution. You
will learn about the important issues of security, data access, rendering, and
delivery. We will also discuss the deployment issues of an application that
requires Reporting Services. Sample code is provided so you can use this useful
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| 16.30 - 17.00
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Afternoon Break
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17.00 - 18.30
eXtreme Programming for .NET Developers
Speaker: Adam Cogan
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Using a hands on approach, this course takes you through some advanced
programming techniques for rapid development of high quality code in Visual
Studio .NET such as defining tasks; test first coding; re-factoring; spiking;
automated testing and automated builds. Let Adam take you on a fast-paced
journey that will change your coding methods forever.
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An introduction to tools such as: NUnit
and NAnt .
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Defining tasks
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Re-factoring
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Automating testing
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Automating builds
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