by Steve Earle | Jun 15, 2015 | Events
Rick Tuttle will be presenting “Package Management for .NET Projects: NuGet and Beyond”. Rick will show us the ins and outs of package management in .NET including NuGet, Chocolatey, NPM, and Bower. This is going to be another great meetup with the dotNet Miami family.
And as always we’ll have prizes at the end of the meeting. In addition the O’Reilly e-books and Pluralsite memberships we’ll be giving away a free copy of Resharper from Jet Brains!

by Steve Earle | Jun 8, 2015 | Events, Marketing, Newsletters
Jim Walker and colleagues are presenting 2 great AWS Meetups in June. Choose between Miami Beach (Rokk3r Labs) or Boca/Palm Beach (Modernizing Medicine)
We are lucky to have an AWS System Architect traveling in to present some key concepts specific to startup organizations.
This meeting will be focused on how startups can leverage AWS and get started with using key services on AWS.
The meeting will have pizza from one of the best pizza places in Miami Beach and we are looking forward to making new friends.
Please RSVP as soon as possible so we know how much pizza to provide.
Register June 23 – Boca/Palm Beach
Register June 24 – Miami Beach
by Steve Earle | Jun 8, 2015 | Events, Marketing, Newsletters
With Corporate Data breaches occurring at an every alarming rate, management at all levels are struggling with the length, width, and breathe of protecting their corporate data-assets. There is no shortage of options (firewalls, virus controls, access & authentication controls, separation of duties, multifactor authentication, data masking, remediation of “MS-Access databases,†data encryption [in-flight and data-at-rest], secured emails, secured folders, disabling jump drives, limiting web access, etc., etc., etc.).
As Information Management professionals, we are often asked: “what do we need and which is the best option?†which leads to the inevitable answers “it depends†and, my favorite, “yes.† What most see as a wide variety of options should be a set of standard business-as-usual (BAU) tools and practices.
In this session, Michael Jay Freer will explore defining a common data-masking language; defining standard masking business-rules; defining best practices for manipulating the data; and how to get started without attempting to “Boil-the-ocean.â€

Michael Jay Freer, SSGB, ITIL(v3) is a consultant specializing in Business Intelligence (BI) solutions who has provided thought leadership and consulting services to Fortune 500 companies including MetLife, Tyco Safety Products, Capital One, Brinks Home Security, Rite Aid, and Zales. Over his twenty years of experience, he has worked with business sponsors to provide solutions in financial, manufacturing, supply chain management, retail, marketing, and hospitality/cruise/tourism industries. Michael Jay is a member of the PMI, IIBA, ASQ, and has served on the board of the South Florida Chapter of The Data Warehouse Institute since 2006.
Microsoft Business Intelligence South Florida User Group (MSBISF)
The Microsoft Business Intelligence User Group of South Florida (MSBISF) is dedicated to helping BI professionals advance their career through free educational, training, and networking opportunities offered every second Wednesday of each month. Membership is free of charge and the group meets at the Carl DeSantis building at Nova Southeastern University campus in Davie, Florida. For more information, please contact David Ortiz at dortiz@allegient.com or Marilyn Rousseau at sqldudette@gmail.com.
by Steve Earle | Jun 8, 2015 | Events, Marketing, Newsletters
Come learn what SQL Saturday is all about!!!
- Full day of FREE SQL Server training
- Women In Technology Panel (WIT)
- Sponsors
- Prizes & give-aways
- and an awesome After Party!!!
- Students and Professionals of all levels are Welcome!!!
Schedule
For a preview of the schedule please check
www.sqlsaturday.com/379/Sessions/Schedule.aspx
Register
www.sqlsaturday.com/379/Registernow.aspx
SPECIAL THANKS TO NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY FOR KINDLY PROVIDING THE VENUE FOR THIS EVENT!
Have you registered yet? Save the date and tell your colleagues about it too… #SQLSatSoFla #SQLSat379
SQLSaturday is a training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server. This event will be held Jun 13 2015 at 3301 College Ave, Davie, FL 33314. Admittance to this event is free, all costs are covered by donations and sponsorships. Please register soon as seating is limited, and let friends and colleagues know about the event.
*We do ask that you consider to OPT-IN for the Sponsors of this event. Without their assistance, we cannot bring this FREE event to you. You can always opt-out if and when they contact! Thank you for your consideration.

by Steve Earle | Jun 1, 2015 | Events, Marketing, Newsletters
Who better to tell your company’s story than your customers?
Join us as the Citrix Customer Marketing team showcases how they evolved standard ‘customer marketing’ tactics — such as case studies and testimonial videos — into strategic initiatives that have transformed how the company markets to and with its customers.
You’ll learn how Citrix:
- Partners with customer advocates to create high-value content
- Produced innovations in mobile customer content delivery
- Enlists the sales team to create a pipeline of customer reference “leads”
- Determined metrics to accurately measure the impact of their programs
The award-winning Citrix Customer Marketing team has shared their story with marketers worldwide, including at SalesForce.com’s DreamForce conference and the Customer Reference Academy in London. They were recently awarded the “Program of the Year Award†in Account Based Marketing by Sirius Decisions, a global B2B research and advisory firm.
Please join Citrix Customer Marketing Team leads Eileen D’Ippolito, Lee Rubin and Pascale Royal at the Citrix offices in Ft. Lauderdale to learn the latest best practices in this exciting area of marketing.