[Hidden-tech] Tuesday Feb. 2nd Presentation: "Dallas" - Microsoft's Data Marketplace by Jim O'Neil of Microsoft

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             "Dallas": Microsoft's Data Marketplace by Jim O'Neil (Microsoft) 
             The  Western Mass Microsoft Technology Users Group  is hosting a monthly meeting on  Tuesday, February 2nd   at 6:00 PM  at the  MassMutual Learning Center in Chicopee, MA . Free pizza, drinks and coffee will be provided compliments of MassMutual. Attendance is always  free  and open to anyone interested in learning about Microsoft technologies. Directions are below. 
             
              Presentation Abstract:   
            At PDC 2009, Microsoft announced "Dallas", a Data-as-a-Service offering that leverages the Windows Azure cloud computing platform. "Dallas" makes well-known and vetted public and commercial data sets from entties such as the Associated Press and Data.gov available to the development and data analysis communities. This session explores getting started with "Dallas" and accessing its data sets programmatically and via Excel 2010's PowerPivot feature.

              About the Presenter:   
             Jim O'Neil is a Developer Evangelist for Microsoft covering the Northeast District (namely, New England and upstate New York) along with his colleague Chris Bowen. Their charter is to engage with the development community in the area through user groups, code camps, barcamps, etc., and just in general serve as ambassadors for Microsoft. They also host quarterly, free 'Northeast Roadshows', in which they visit six or so cities in our district to present on various .NET and Microsoft technical topics.

            

            As for Jim's background, he joined Microsoft in April 2008 after nearly 12 years working for Sybase in a support and sales consultant role for its developer tools, namely PowerBuilder, DataWindow.NET, PocketBuilder, and EAServer. Prior to that he worked on various DoD projects at MITRE (Bedford, MA) and BDM International (in McLean, VA, now subsumed by Northrop Grumman). Raised and schooled in Tennessee and North Carolina, since 1993 Jim has lived in Acton, MA, about 25 miles northwest of Boston, and at this point have been certifiably yankee-fied. 
               
                
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              Meeting Location 

            MassMutual Learning & Conference Center

            350 Memorial Drive

            Chicopee, MA 01020

            Telephone: (413) 598-9898 
              From the West 

            Take I-90 East (Massachusetts Turnpike) to Exit 5 (Chicopee). Bear Right after toll booth, and then Right again onto Rte. 33. The MassMutual Learning & Conference Center is one half mile on the Right. 
              From the East 

            Take I-90 West (Massachusetts Turnpike) to Exit 5 (Chicopee). Bear Right after toll booth, and then Right again onto Rte. 33. The MassMutual Learning & Conference Center is one half mile on the Right. 
              From the South 

            Take I-91 North

            to Rte. 291 East in Springfield. Follow Rte. 291 East to Exit 6 Ludlow/Chicopee Falls). Follow exit ramp to first Stop sign. Take a Right onto Fuller Road. Continue on Fuller Road to third traffic light. Take a Left at light onto Memorial Drive (Rte. 33). Take a Right into MassMutual Learning & Conference Center entrance. 
              From the North 

            Take I-91 South to Exit 14 to I-90 (Massachusetts Turnpike). Take I-90 East to Exit 5 (Chicopee). Bear Right after toll booth, and then Right again onto Rte. 33. The MassMutual Learning & Conference Center is one half mile on the Right. 
             If you have questions, please direct them to:

             Dan Caron

             User Group Leader, Western Mass Microsoft Technology Users Group 
             
               
             
         
         
               
         
         
               
             
               
             
             
                                 
             
             
             
             
               
         
         
               
         
         
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
         
     
 
 
 
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