Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Palm Beach IT Users Group, mtg 08 March 2016

First, Comments from the Group Leader:
I want to thank everyone that joined us, whether onsite or remotely, this evening. Ryan of Datto, along with Dean (tech engineer at Datto) demonstrated the wide variety of appliances that work for most, if not all, of our clients. They went into a very brief but concise demonstration how you can quickly and easily spin up a remotely virtualized backup and connect to it with very little effort. Pricing models were also discussed in detail. Once again, thank you both Ryan and Dean for your presentation!

Thank you also for Jennifer for always hosting our meetings at her Windstream Communications office space. Can't thank you enough for all that you do!

One final thanks to the Datto organization for supplying the user group's dinner this evening from CR Chicks. Everyone seemed to like this venue for dinner! 

For anyone wishing to contact Ryan directly, let me know and I will post his information to the group.

Regards,
John Vighetto
 
And from Participants:

Awesome presentation tonight and thanks to John for putting it together. John cares enough about this group to keep it going long past what should be his tenure. Please support him in keeping it going with your attendance and input into what you'd like to see/discuss in future meetings. We don't want to burn him out and have this group go the way other ones have in South Florida.

I believe I'm correct in stating as John has (as well as Chuck and others), that this is a collective group that collaborates and even though there's a concept of competition, there's plenty of business to go around. If you agree, please post it so we know this group is worth John's effort and others pitch in with topics and speakers within our group and suggest outside vendors.

Your Ultra All-Inclusive Telecom Problem Solver,

Lynne Keane
Keane Telecom Solutions, Inc.
 
And for those of you that were there, here are a few screen shots to jog your memory:  PHOTO ESSAY
 

Sunday, February 21, 2016

South Florida Code Camp 20 Feb 2016

Welcome to South Florida Code Camp 2016
Event Date: February 20, 2016 7:30 am - 5:45 pm

PHOTO ESSAY

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Palm Beach IT Users Group, 09 Feb 16

A word from group spokesperson, John Vighetto:

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Good morning and Happy Hump Day!

For all that attended last night's presentation by Adam, I'm sure that you were all saying the same thing: do we really have to leave now?

Adam not only briefly recapped what he went over in his first presentation, but added additional information of how you should be learning some version of Linux right now. He was generous enough to format and prepare numerous flash drives for everyone to boot from so that they could see first hand how simple and practical Linux really is.

Thanks Adam for a fantastic presentation, and I know I will be reviewing Linux more carefully now because of your presentation. 

Also, thank you Jennifer, for allowing our user group to keep having our meetings at Windstream Communications!

Look for Dave Lord's posting on his blog for pictures and additional information about last night's presentation.

Regards,
John Vighetto"
 
Further: 
Thanks Adam for the presentation, also to John and Jennifer to made it happens.

I have to accept that I was so overwhelm of ideas after the meeting, that in my opinion (perhaps a suggestion) we may need a part II to go in detail about desktop and server setup, for which I know there are some good resources online but I’m sure Adam’s experience can bring some good ideas and tricks to it.

Thanks again,

Ratzil Rodriguez |
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Ratzil / Everyone,
I was thinking the same thing. I had to give a lot of background info last night just to get us all up to speed. We ran out of time for some practical examples.
I'll be happy to do another Linux night and dive straight in. I'll send out some practical examples and John can post them somewhere.
I know I'm not the only Linux user in the group (Dave Lord, Pat Patterson, Robert Oliva, anybody else?)
Although Linux is mainly used for Servers, there are millions of people using Desktop distros, some good ones are Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora
(more here http://www.distrowatch.com
I've been using Ubuntu as my daily desktop for years. It seems like the only time I use Windows is when I'm fixing someone else's machine, LOL.

Boot off your flash drive, play around and get comfortable with the way Linux does things. You can run Ubuntu Live or install it on an old "craptop" replacing Windows.
(I find that when you dual boot, you never break free from Microsoft's grip)
A great resource is the Ubuntu Forums http://ubuntuforums.org/ and of course use Google.
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Adam Schwartz
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This was a really very active meeting, with everyone looking for more follow up in this area.  You may not   think that there is a lot of action from the pictures, but let me tell you, those CPUs were burning up and no one cried over the spilt beer at the MAM !  Check out the PHOTO ESSAY .

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Deerfield Beach Coders' Cafe 19 January 2016

IoT with Raspberry Pi, Windows 10, Cortana Analytics Suite and Power BI By Joe Homnick, CPA and Microsoft Regional Director Joe is doing a Hands-on session showing how to setup a Raspberry Pi with Windows 10 and then capture sensor data to Cortana Analytics and Power BI. He will walk you through deploying a Universal Windows App to the Raspberry Pi that will capture sensor data and send that data to a Cortana Analytics Event Hub. Cortana Stream Analytics then picks up that sensor data from the Event Hub and delivers it to a real time Power BI Dashboard. Come join Joe for an informative and fun session. Please see PHOTO ESSAY HERE!
Thanks to our two sponsors this month!

Aspose - Your File Format APIs : aspose.com web link

Consultis Technology: consultis.com web link

Speakers: Joe Homnick, CPA and Microsoft Regional Director

Location: boca-cendyn Directions

Friday, January 15, 2016

Palm Beach IT Users Group meeting, 12 Jan 16

Comments from our group leader,

I would like to thank everyone that joined us last night (both physically and via GoToMeeting) which voiced their opinions and provided much needed information as to what types of future presentations you would like to see.

We now have a list and if there's anyone that wishes to add and/or suggest additional vendors, technologies, etc., please either do so here or send me a private email; whichever you feel more comfortable doing. Would definitely like to hear from the other people in the group, so please don't be shy.

Regards,
John Vighetto
 
Added from Adam,
 
Thanks John,
I wanted to attend in person but got delayed until after 7pm so I called in :-)
Phone was bit muffled so I didn't catch every word but it looks like you've got a good list of topics for the new year.
Whenever you guys want to do another Linux night, let me know.
I'll burn some Ubuntu disks so everyone can boot up and play along.
 
Adam Schwartz
 
Click here for the Photo Essay and the complete list. 
 

Saturday, December 19, 2015

Deerfield Beach Coders' Cafe 17 December 2015



Coders Cafe - 12/17/2015 - 6:30 PM - Cendyn Spaces, Boca Raton - Open Space Talk - Dave Noderer

Open Space Talk. We made a list of topics and plan to discuss them as a group. A little different, more informal, and definitely informative. I've collected some topics but discussion will be driven by what the attendees want to talk about. If you want to add to the list ahead of time contact me: daven@computerways.com
  • Virtual development - minimal local resources, ideas and experiences
  • Mobile apps dev - Native vs Hybrid (Xamarin) vs javascript (cordova) vs app builders
  • Open source projects - What are you participating in?
  • Device show and tell, laptops, phones, IOT
Thanks to Carolyn, Steve and Rick at Gravity IT Resources as sponsors of Coders Café this year! You can find them at: http://www.gravityITResources.com

See the Photo Essay !

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Palm Beach IT Users Group Annual Holiday Party!

Palm Beach IT Users Group
08 Dec 15, Roxy's Pub, 309 Clematis St, West Palm Beach, Fl
Annual Holiday Party!
From our Group Leader:
I want to thank everyone that showed up last night. We had a small, but nice turnout, and I think everyone there had a great time.

Before the end of this year I will have some important news about the future of this user group, so stay tuned and periodically check the group website for additional information.

Regards,
John Vighetto
Vighetto Networking, Inc.