[wellylug] Mike Culver Talk - 19th Feb (finalised)

[Jethro Carr]

hi all,

The details of the Mike Culver talk have been organised and I now have a
time and a venue.

Hope to see a number of you there. Some food and drink will also be
supplied by Catalyst IT. :-)


TIME
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6:30pm 19th February (Tuesday). This talk is expected to be very busy,
so get there on time or you might not be able to get in....


VENUE
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Creative HQ
Level 4
25a Marion Street
Wellington

Map here:

http://www.creativehq.co.nz/mainsite/ContactChq.html


TALK BRIEF
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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 ideas built on Web Services. You
will also learn how others, empowered by technology advances—known as
“Web Scale Computing”—created businesses that weren’t practical until
recently. The session will include at least one demo in which you’ll
learn how to set up a virtual server in the Cloud.


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 and entrepreneurs are excited to learn that there is
a separate technology arm of the company, known as Amazon Web Services
or AWS. Using AWS, software developers can build 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 almost 330,000
developers have registered on Amazon’s developer site to create
applications based on these services. 

 
Bio

Mike Culver joined the Developer Relations Group of Amazon Web Services
in 2006. Mike brings with him fifteen years of technology leadership
experience, including at companies such as Microsoft. In addition Mr.
Culver has a strong background running an IT organization, with over a
decade of experience in the U.S. Electrical Wholesale Distribution
(fittings) industry. And 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.


-- 
Jethro Carr

www.jethrocarr.com
www.jethrocarr.com/index.php?cms=blog

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