 From the Hand to the Cloud: Building Windows Phone Apps & Games with Azure
Phones are inherently connected. Windows Phones are no exception. They are connected to the server, your company, the Internet, other phones and the cloud. This session explores how to design and build mobile applications connected to the cloud using Microsoft Windows Azure. Learn how to build applications that take advantage of the Windows Phone communications and networking APIs, leverage REST services, what you need to do when that connection drops (trust me, it'll happen), how to leverage Azure to store data and launch processes, and discover how to send push notifications from the server to the phone, all through insightful demos. Mobile devices are part of the Enterprise+Cloud equation and today you can learn how to reach out to them.
About Nick Landry
Nick Landry is a Senior Product Manager for Infragistics, the world leader in user interface development tools that empower developers to build and style immersive user experiences and rich data visualization in line of business applications across all .NET platforms, the Web and mobile devices.
Nick is at the helm of Infragistics' mobile, data visualization and mapping developer tools across multiple technologies and platforms. He previously spent a total of 16 years of his career in IT consulting and services organizations across various technical and business roles, designing, building, managing and selling innovative software solutions for some of the world's top brands and Fortune 500 companies.
Known for his dynamic and engaging style, he is a frequent speaker at major software development conferences worldwide like TechEd, DevConnections, DevTeach and others, and is an 8-year Microsoft MVP awarded on Windows Phone Development. With 20 years of professional experience, Nick is a developer and software architect by trade and specializes in Enterprise Mobility, Location Intelligence & Mapping, Touch Computing & NUI, and Game Development with XNA. He wrote multiple articles for CODE Magazine, published white papers, wrote several mobility courses, has been a technical editor for IT books, and holds several professional certifications.
Nick is active on Twitter and his blog and can also be found on LinkedIn.
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 Curating Data with SQL Server 2012 Master Data Services and Data Quality Services
SQL Server 2012 represents a major release for the data curation arena, with significant updates to Master Data Services and the introduction of Data Quality Services. These technologies each deliver significant value, but when used together can help businesses get more value from their data resources. In this session Microsoft Senior Program Manager Matthew Roche will provide a detailed look at these key features in SQL Server 2012, how they work together, and how to integrate them into your data management processes. There may also be cookies.
About Matthew Roche
Matthew Roche is a Senior Program Manager on the SQL Server product team, working on SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), Master Data Services (MDS) and Data Quality Services (DQS). Before joining Microsoft in 2008 Matthew was a business intelligence consultant and trainer, and a Microsoft MVP for SQL Server. In addition to implementing small- and large-scale business intelligence solutions with SQL Server, Matthew has presented on SQL topics at major technical conferences, code camps and user groups across the United States and in Europe.
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 Content before chrome, it's time to think different and drop the bling.
Do you think Windows 8 is last to the party or do you think Microsoft just completely revolutionized the user experience for computing? Have you tried it, or do you think I am just talking smack?
In the session, Clark drops the IDE and gets square with Metro. A new generation of computing is here and it starts with Metro. Yes we have new libraries and development tools but have you really thought about the bigger picture? Negative Space, Chrome, Tiles, Touch, Gestures, Semantic Zoom, Gutters, Animations, Notifications… Have you really thought about what Metro is and what it means to your business?
It's time to clear your mind and start looking at what Metro really means. It's more than some square corners and bouncing tiles. We will talk about Metro and its place in the Windows ecosystem. We will remove the chrome while looking at the different design aspects of great Metro apps. You want to make some coin right? Metro is here, but are you embracing its potential?
Don't be the next battleship black.
About Clark Sell
Clark is a web evangelist for Microsoft based in Illinois. A Chicago native who can't spell, Clark as a kid actually made his money building cars, getting grease under his nails. That art of building would later lead him to software development where he drinks the Web Development Kool-Aid. Writing code is what keeps Clark awake at night, while continually working on his craft and rapping with others over a few cold CORS. You can hear Clark muse about software on his podcast Developer Smackdown, or find his family cruising around in a 1968 Camaro SS.
Clark is active on Twitter and his blog.
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 Busy .NET Developer's Guide to Multiparadigmatic Design in C#
C++ was widely denigrated as a "hopelessly complex" language with "way too many moving parts", and in truth, it was a language made up of three dominant paradigms: procedural, object-oriented, and meta-programmatic. C#, by contrast, has five dominant paradigms: procedural, object-oriented, meta-programmatic, functional and now dynamic. (Visual Basic doesn't fare much better on this score.) If we're to use these new multi-paradigm languages successfully, we'd better have a good idea of what the paradigms are, what a language paradigm is, and what the different paradigms are in the languages we know and love.
About Ted Neward
Ted Neward is a programming language, virtual machine, and enterprise-scale system architect. He has written a dozen books and hundreds of articles on .NET, Java, enterprise systems, and programming languages. He resides in the Pacific Northwest. He can be found on the Internet at http://www.tedneward.com, particularly his weblog at http://blogs.tedneward.com.
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 Reach the Mobile Masses with ASP.NET MVC 4 and jQuery Mobile
Creating web applications that will target multiple devices and platforms has become the web developers Holy Grail. Simple HTML pages render without issue no matter what browser or device they are viewed on but who codes simple HTML pages? What happens when you have a business need to hit all mobile platforms? You don't have to write hundreds of lines of code to make this happen!
In this talk Keith will demonstrate how using the latest version of ASP.NET MVC, MVC4, and jQuery Mobile allows you to develop web applications that target iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows Phone 7, and even Blackberry without having to code and style each platform separately.
About Keith Burnell
Keith Burnell is a Senior Software Engineer with Skyline Technologies and vice president for the Fox Valley .Net User's Group. Keith has been developing software for over 10 years specializing in large scale ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC web site development and architecture focusing on Agile and Test-driven Development as well as other cutting edge methodologies.
Keith is an active member of the .Net community who speaks at the majority of the large upper Midwest developer events including Chicago Code Camp, Twin Cities Code Camp, Fox Valley Day of .Net, and Chippewa Valley Code Camp. Keith has also speaks at the national level including Visual Studio Live. When not coding, Keith enjoys spending time with his family, karate, golf, and woodworking.
Keith can be found on his blog and on Twitter.
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