Palm Beach IT Users Group, 9 Jul 13, Storagecraft Presentation by Kevin Uttich

I'd like to start with the most appropriate comments from our group leader:

"

I want to thank everyone who stopped in to last night’s meeting. We saw some new members as well as some who have not been there for quite some time.

A special thanks to Kevin Uttich for presenting on the latest Storage Craft products and offerings. For those who attended that want to become partners, you can contact Kevin at kevin.uttich@storagecraft.com for more information.

Last, by never least, thanks to Lynne Keane for continuing to support and host our user group meetings at her Windstream office.

Finally, I will not be here the first 2 weeks of next month. I had the people who were present last night vote whether or not to have a meeting, and they all decided to skip the month of August. Therefore, there will not be an August meeting. Our next scheduled meeting will be in September.

Thanks once again to Kevin, Lynne, and to all that attended last night. Have a great rest of the week.

Regards,

John Vighetto

Vighetto Networking, Inc.

3965 Investment Lane

Suite A-9

Riviera Beach, FL 33404

Mobile: 561.722.1514

Fax: 561. 828.2232

"

Thank you for those comments, John.

Linked is a Photo Essay with some group and screen shots of the material covered.  For those that were there, this will be a good reminder of the presentation contents.  If you weren't there, and would like to be able to provide Storagecraft services to your clients, see contact information for Kevin in the Photo Essay .  He will be glad to assist you.

Deerfield Beach Coders' Cafe, 02 July, 2013

It all started with an interactive game, designed, (among other things?) to demonstrate some of the points to be made in the presentation.

Presentation by Kaushik Chokshi of COHEALO

“Is there a gap between Agile theory and practice? With ten years of practical Agile examples and some and fun exercises, let's explore the myths and reality behind this ubiquitous buzzword. We'll go through some theory (quickly) and play a game which explores the practicality of Agile concepts, and try to see if there's truth behind Yogi Berra statement that "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is."

Speakers:

Kaushik brings over twenty years experience in software and application development having lead projects in the areas of healthcare services, e-commerce, practice management, and medical imaging. Kaushik earned a MS in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University.”

A very interesting presentation with a tremendous amount of audience participation.  Check out the Photo Essay here.

PBIT Meeting, Theme: Continuum RMM & NOC presentation, by Alan Crowetz - Infostream, Inc.

A really great presentation by Alan Crowetz of InfoStream, Inc.  Most of the Charts and Reports in the linked Photo Essay are slightly blurred to protect the innocent.  If you have curiosity or questions, Alan's contact info is in the Photo Essay also - he'd really like to talk to you.

Comments from PBIT Group Leader, John Vighetto, include:

"

I want to thank everyone for joining us for Alan’s presentation. I’m sure I can safely say that his presentation was great (because he literally talked for over an hour before showing anything regarding Continuum, no one talked, no one yawned, etc.)! And as far as having everyone stay until around 9:30, it’s safe to say that all were interested (or was it because he brought donuts?)

For anyone that was on the fence about this company (present company included), Alan convinced us to become believers. His presentation was not a cheerleading session, but rather an honest and up front opinion of how he personally uses, and likes, the product.

Thanks to Danielle for bringing a home-made rum cake (it was delicious!). Last but not least, thanks to Lynne for always hosting our meetings (for as long as she has been), and an extra thanks for staying later than normal in spite of the fact that you had to leave first thing this morning for a family graduation.

Next month we will have Storage Craft talk about their latest product releases of Shadow Protect. Hope to see you there. Have a great rest of the week!

Regards,

John Vighetto

Vighetto Networking, Inc.

3965 Investment Lane

Suite A-9

Riviera Beach, FL 33404

Mobile: 561.722.1514

Fax: 561. 828.2232"

And further comments from Presenter,  Alan Crowetz:

"

Very much appreciate everyone’s feedback and questions.  Great stuff.

If anyone has any questions or wants more information, feel free to reach out to me anytime at alan@infostream.cc

Also, if you are thinking about signing up, I can pass your information along if you are ok with sending me your contact details including name, firm, website, phone and address.  They have a referral form I can fill out to get you a free demo to tinker with.

Really appreciated the lively debate!"

Click here to see the Photo Essay !

Deerfield Beach Coder's Cafe at Caffeine Spaces, Boca Raton

FlaDotNet - Meeting : Jun - 04 - 2013

Coders Cafe - Caffeine Space - Noon-8pm - 06/04/2013 - Windows 8 / Windows Phone 8 Codeathon - Joe Healy, Microsoft If you wanted a chance to find out how to write programs for the new Windows 8 store or for Windows Phone 8, join Joe Healy, Developer Evangalist from Microsoft for a half day session starting at noon and running into the evening. Joe will be making some presentations but he and others will be available to help get you started and guide you through the basics. Did you know that you can write Windows 8 apps using javascript, C++ or, of course, C#/Vb.net. Bring your laptop!! We will have some lunch and dinner brought in and will plan on running into the evening for a Coders Cafe meeting as well! Register at: Please register on the FlaDotNet site: http://www.fladotnet.com/Reg.aspx?EventID=666 NOTE WE ARE NOT MEETING AT CASA MAYA! ------------------------ An excellent afternoon on Win 8.  You could smell the 'grey-cells' burning. After 18:30, presenteer Joe Healy demonstrated game programming and also how to present this to even pre-teens.  See the pics by clicking HERE.

Caffeine Spaces
Ribbon Cutting Event
16 May 13, 17:30 - 18:30

3701 FAU Blvd, Suite #210, Boca Raton, Florida
Email: caffeinespaces@gmail.com
Website: http://caffeinespaces.com
http://twitter.com/caffeinespaces
http://www.facebook.com/CaffeineSpaces

 An interesting event to introduce a new business facility, essentially for businesses without current office space.  Check it out on the Photo Essay and by clicking on their Links above.

Palm Beach IT Users Group (PBIT) meeting, 14 May 13

This months' presentation was by Max Trinidad, MVP / Powershell Guru, on Powershell.  Comments from our (PBIT) group leader included:

 

"On behalf of the Palm Beach IT users group, I would like to thank Max Trinidad for his great presentation last night. Max's passion for working with PowerShell definitely showed, and I'm pretty sure that the people that were there last night have not only a better understanding of the possibilities with PowerShell, but were also convinced to explore the possibilities of using PowerShell within their own environment (as well as their client's offices). 

I'd also like to thank Max for the great giveaways that were handed out. Congratulations to all the winners!

Max mentioned to me that he would like to visit our group in the near future. So, if you have a particular topic, or topics, that you would like for Max to review, please let me know and we can schedule Max to stop in. Once again, thank you Max for a great presentation!

It was great to see some new faces/members, as well as some members that have not been to a meeting for a few months.

Next month we will will have one of our very own, Alan Crowetz, presenting on Continuum (formerly known as Zenith Infotech) and how you can use this product to grow your current IT business.

Last, but never least, I'd like to thank Lynne for continuing to provide us with our meeting space within the Windstream offices. Please remember to provide Lynne with any leads that you may have so that we can try to assist her with her goals.

Finally (and you thought this email was long enough!), our MAM (Meeting After the Meeting) was entertaining and informative.

See everyone next month!"
John Vighettovighettonetworking.com

 As you will see, Max is an extremely animated and talented Presenter.  Catch the Slides and action shots in the PHOTO ESSAY.  

Deerfield Beach Coder's Cafe, 7 May 13

Deerfield Beach Coders Café - 05/07/2013 - 6:30 PM - Orchard Themes, Mobile Friendly, Custom Content, Widgets and Azure - Barkha Herman - Sweetleets.com

Orchard is an open source .net content management system that is alive and well and implmenting current and responsive websites and mobile friendly access.

Barkha Herman has more than 20 years of industry experience, mostly on the Microsoft Stack. Her language of choice is C#. Barkha started playing with Orchard as soon as it became available. Examples of her Orchard work can be seen at www.vegan42.com, www.my-guides.com and www.sweetleets.com. 

An excellent presentation by Barkha to a full hall!  Please click on the PHOTO ESSAY for screen and action shots.