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| Saturday, July 26, 2008 |
| Southampton - Silverlight Assault Course |
| Wednesday, August 06, 2008 |
| Oxford - To Be Continued ... |
| Monday, August 11, 2008 |
| Coventry - XNA, Silverlight and Gaming |
| Tuesday, August 12, 2008 |
| Cambridge - The Entity Framework... |
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Iterative Training provides real world training to developers and architects. With the avalanche of new technology coming from Microsoft, how are you expected to stay ahead of the game?
This is where we come in. All the courses we provide have been designed by experts to teach you not only the raw technology but most importantly, how to apply it to the business domain.
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Birmingham Region
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| Dave McMahon |
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Dave works as Chief Architect for .NET Development at Ridgian Limited, a privately owned software house based in Central Birmingham. Ridgian are a Microsoft Certified Partner and specialise in Business Intelligence Solutions and Custom Software Solutions. He is very active in the Microsoft community speaking at DeveloperDeveloperDeveloper conferences, and at numerous User Group meetings around the country on such topics as SQL XML, SQL 2005 Security, Regular Expressions and his favouritte technology XSLT and XPATH. He has recently published articles on SQL Server 2005 Security in International Developer Magazine and on Vista and Office 2007 in the Microsoft Beta Newsletters.
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Cambridge Region
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| Allister Frost |
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My first encounter with any form of software development was with a ZX81 in 1982. However at four years old, I was just typing what Dad said. I guess I was an early starter in ‘Pair programming’!
Since then I’ve always had a hand in computing, software and hardware. I’ve setup a few companies, my first at 17, system building and websites. I’ve helped develop around 50 websites over the last 10 years from KP’s portfolio in 1998 to various charities in 2000 (NCDL, WaterAid & GreenPeace Int.) to a number of .COM ventures (article27 & blue-wire). My last big projects were working on Nestlés corporate website and I’m currently working on Vodafone’s ground-breaking M-Pesa project.
I’ve been consulting through my company Clarity IT Ltd, since 2003. I’ve worked throughout the UK and most of Europe. Mainly developing ASP.NET (C# preferred or VB if I have too!) or mobile device projects (.NET CF).
What interests me now? I’m always fascinated by the latest developments in computing. Mobile, ‘lifestyle computing ‘, gaming etc. I’m also into streaming technologies (Mainly Windows Media) and the various HD formats (Though mostly HD-DVD).
I’ve been known to fly on occasion at Cambridge airport, though I haven’t got anywhere near a PPL yet (I’m not sure if I trust myself!) |
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| Chris Hay |
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Chris is regularly caught by his wife browsing internet sites at 2.00am in the morning. Sadly he is always looking at .NET sites rather than the haunts frequented by his peers.
Chris has worked on various large projects and is specialised in C#, ASP.NET, AJAX, SQL and various other acronymns. Having always tried to keep at the front of the technology curve, i guess it is time to share that knowledge around a little.
Simple tip, never mention Silverlight infront of him (if you are in a hurry).
You can catch him on his blog http://silverlightuk.blogspot.com |
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Coventry Region
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| Richard Costall |
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Richard Costall (MVP, MCSD.NET) has over 22 years development experience and works for 1st Software, a Microsoft Gold Partner, and the UK's leading software solution for Financial Adviser and Intermediaries, designing and implementing IFA applications in the financial services sector. Previously specializing in VB, XML/XSLT, COM, ASP and MSMQ, Richard now lives and breathes the awesome world of .Net and in particular ASP.NET and Silverlight 2.0. Richard spent 5 1/2 years as the Midlands regional coordinator for VBUG (Visual Basic User Group) before co-founding NxtGenUG, the innovative UK user group for Microsoft Technologies.
Richard has written articles for publications such as ASP.NET Pro and International Developer Magazines and also co-authered the Apress title Professional MSMQ. He speaks a local user groups, Microsoft Conferences/Product launches, TechED Europe and the hugely successful DeveloperDeveloperDeveloper Events.
When not in .Net land, Richard enjoys relaxing at home with his wife and two sons, playing on the XBOX 360 or ultimately jetting off to Walt Disney World, Florida, for a trip on the Tower of Terror.
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| John Price |
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My background is in Point of sale for the retail sector, in particular petroleum.
I have been working as a developer as long as I can remember, in fact my first development job was as 15, while I was still at school!
I worked for 10 years at Wella GB as a developer developing systems for hairdressers before doing 4 years designing hardware for various platforms. I even had a hand in designing a 286 motherboard!
I then worked for Meggitt Petroleum Systems as a Technical Architect designing Point of Sale terminals and Back Office systems for major oil companies across the world. I have been lucky enough to visit 26 countries as diverse as South Africa and Japan doing this.
I developed some desktop and enterprise level applications using an obscure 4GL called Omnis.
Since then I have been working with .NET since its inception and was part of the beta program for 1.0 and have built a web site in ASP.NET
Numerous projects later I have sepcialised in media devices for XP and XP embedded and media center, along with mobile applications for devices ranging from symbian hardware through Pocket PC to Windows Mobile 5.0, and the Vista versions!
I am also a pilot and am fortunate to have an aeroplane at Coventry airport, at the flying club. I can usually be found on the airfield most Saturdays either flying the 'plane if the weathers good, or flying the bar if its not!
If you would like to read more about what I get up to, you could check out my blog at www.johnnysblog.net
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Oxford Region
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| Barry Dorrans |
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Barry Dorrans has spent 15 years cutting code, starting with mainframes,
through DOS, Visual C and MFC before finally ending up on the .net platform.
His experience has ranged from developing banking systems to building Europe's largest streaming network. He now provides design, development and mentoring for .net solutions with Charteris plc.
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| Chris Seary |
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Chris Seary works as a Senior Developer for an IT and management consultancy, Charteris plc(http://www.charteris.com). He has worked with many different Microsoft technologies, and for the last few years has specialised in the security aspects of enterprise-level .NET systems.
He regularly contributes to forums, writes articles and white papers, and has a blog devoted (mainly) to IT security (http://blog.searyblog.com/).
The views contained in this article are Chris's, which are not necessarily representative of Charteris.' |
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Southampton Region
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| Richard Allen |
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I have been developing software since 1996 starting with some good old MS Access database work using VBA. I soon moved onto using Borland C++ builder and Delphi until eventually settling on using .NET and C# in 2003 and still loving it.
I run a software development company, Conjurer Solutions Ltd based in Bournemouth specialising in the delivery of hosted content management systems, enterprise level software development consultancy and Agile coaching. I enjoy all aspects of software development and I believe that good communication is the key to the successful delivery of projects.
Outside of software development I have a keen interest in sleight of hand magic, hence the name of the company :-). You can check out my blog at http://richallen.blogspot.com.
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| John McLoughlin |
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| I work for as a Technical Architect based out of Southampton and have been cutting code for over 9 years. Starting off in the Defence Industry playing with Fast Jets and RADAR, I soon got bored with the leisurely pace of technology change and the rigid development (20 year old technology considered risky!) and moved into the commercial sector. After a quick stab at Java, I moved into the .Net world and have never looked back. I specialises in C#, Winforms and Distributed Systems, with a keen interest in the patterns and practices of Software Development and the technologies we all use. You'll often see me lurking around at various MSDN and Community events. |
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