rawsug.orgKickoff Meeting
We will be holding our kickoff meeting of the Rochester Amazon Web Services User Group on Thursday, September 20th from 6PM-8PM at the DoubleTree Hotelin Henrietta, NY.
In addition to introductions and discussion about the charter of the group, we are honored to have Mike Culver, a Web Services Evangelist for Amazon Web Services as our special guest. An abstract of Mike’s talk is included below. See you there!
Amazon Web Services by Mike Culver
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 (imagine computers programmatically calling people to perform tasks), as well as introduce a concept known as "Web Scale Computing". The presentation will also provide an overview of Amazon Web Services, and feature a demonstration showing how to set up a virtual server using Amazon EC2.
More importantly, it's an opportunity for an interactive discussion about what the future, shaped by Web services and Web Scale Computing, looks like.
Amazon spent ten years and over $2 billion developing a world-class technology and content platform that powers Amazon web sites for millions of customers. 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 eleven services with open API's for developers to build applications, with the result that over 265,000 developers have registered on Amazon's developer site to create applications based on these services.
Mike Culver works in the Developer Relations Group of Amazon Web Services as a Web Services Evangelist. In that capacity he once again helps developers take advantage of cutting-edge technologies that are going to change the way we think about computer applications.
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Successful first meeting!
I'd like to thank all of those who attended and to Mike Culver for the great presentation! Our next meeting is on October 18th at the Pittsford Library. Check this web sites for details in the coming weeks.
And thanks to the organizers!
and a big thanks to Mitch and David for organizing the worlds first AWS User Group! A truly remarkable event.
- Lee
Internet access available
It wasn't mentioned in the post, but there is internet access available at the hotel, so feel free to bring your laptop!
Also, this meeting is sponsored by www.directThought.com (they paid for the room!)
For post meeting networking, the hotel bar is open till 11.
David