[TriLUG] Fwd: Raleigh.pm/NC*SA (Amazon Web Services) Wednesday January 16th 6:45pm at UNC-TV

[Brad Oaks]

Hello TriLUGgers,
Mike Culver from Amazon Web Services will be speaking tomorrow evening
6:45pm at UNC-TV in RTP.
Hope to see you there,
--bradoaks

p.s. RSVP if you think you'll attend -- though it's not required.
<a
href="mailto:bradoaks at gmail.com?subject=rsvp+January+meeting">RSVP</a>


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Brad Oaks <bradoaks at gmail.com>
Date: Jan 10, 2008 4:27 PM
Subject: Raleigh.pm/NC*SA (Amazon Web Services) Wednesday January 16th
6:45pm at UNC-TV
To: Raleigh Perl Mongers <raleigh-pm at pm.org>, NC*SA Announcements List
- Moderated <ncsa-announce at ncsysadmin.org>


Hello Perl Mongers, NC*SA'ers,

Raleigh Perl Mongers and the NC System Administrators group will have
a January joint meeting at a new location and on different day with a
slightly earlier time.  This change for the January meeting will allow
us to have Mike Culver present and evangelize for Amazon Web Services.
 We will be meeting at UNC-TV in Research Triangle Park.  More details
are below (if you have formatting trouble with this email, go to
http://raleigh.pm.org/ for more information).  AWS are using and
creating some pretty interesting technologies and we hope you'll come
on out and hear what Mike has to say.

Date:   Wednesday, January 16, 2007 at 6:45 PM
RSVP if you will: <a
href="mailto:bradoaks at gmail.com?subject=rsvp+January+meeting">RSVP</a>
** Note: this is a different date, time and location. **

Topic:  Amazon Web Services

Life in a Post Web 2.0 World What's possible in a post Web 2.0 world?
Innovation continues at a mind-bending pace, and this presentation
will showcase some thought-provoking new directions that Web Services
are headed in. The presentation will provide an overview of Amazon Web
Services, including a Web Service named Mechanical Turk that allows
computers to make requests of people, an online storage service, a
Virtual Server service, and more. There will also be a demo showing
how to set up the virtual server. But mostly this will be an
opportunity to have a discussion about innovation and entrepreneurial
tools.

Amazon spent over a decade developing a world-class technology and
content platform that powers Amazon web sites for millions of
customers every day. Most people think "Amazon.com" when they hear the
word; however developers are excited to learn that there is a separate
technology arm of the company, known as Amazon Web Services or AWS.
Using AWS, developers can build software applications leveraging the
same robust, scalable, and reliable technology that powers Amazon's
retail business. AWS has now launched ten services with open API's for
developers to build applications, with the result that over 290,000
developers have registered on Amazon's developer site to create
applications based on these services.

Presenter:      Mike Culver, Evangelist for Amazon Web Services

Mike Culver joined the Developer Relations Group of Amazon Web
Services in May, 2006. He brings with him fifteen years of technology
leadership experience, including at companies such as Microsoft. In
addition Mike has a strong background running an IT organization, with
over a decade of experience in the Electrical Wholesale Distribution
industry. As a Web Services Evangelist at Amazon, he helps developers
take advantage of disruptive technologies that are going to change the
way we think about computer applications, and the way that businesses
compete.

Location:       UNC-TV (10 TW Alexander Drive, RTP NC 27709)
http://www.unctv.org/aboutus/directions.html

      From I-40 East (Chapel Hill/Greensboro/Charlotte):
    * Take Exit 279B (Durham Freeway/Highway 147 North).
    * Take the second exit (Alexander Drive).
    * Turn left at the traffic light at the top of the exit ramp.
    * Cross over the bridge and take the second right (approximately .5 mile).
    * At this point, you should see signs for UNC-TV.**
      [Note: If traveling I-40 East, you will see Exit 279A (To
Alexander Drive/Durham Freeway South). Please do not take this exit as
you will be on the opposite end of Alexander Drive from UNC-TV and
increase your travel time.]
      From I-40 West (Raleigh/RDU Airport)
    * Take Exit 279B (Durham Freeway/Highway 147 North).
    * Take the second exit (Alexander Drive).
    * Turn left at the traffic light at the top of the exit ramp.
    * Cross over the bridge and take the second right
      (approximately .5 mile).
    * At this point, you should see signs for UNC-TV.