Advisory/Microsoft Launch Aims to Boost Software Development; Event to Showcase Visual Studio .NET, A New Tool For Building Next-Generation Web Services.Business Editors & High Tech Writers ADVISORY...for Feb. 27 (Wednesday Wednesday: see week. ) PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 2002 The Greater Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (pĕnsəlvā`nyə), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States. It is bordered by New Jersey, across the Delaware River (E), Delaware (SE), Maryland (S), West Virginia (SW), Ohio (W), and Lake Erie and New York region's 7,000-plus software developers will get a powerful new tool when Microsoft's Visual Studio .NET A suite of programming languages and development tools from Microsoft that supports the .NET environment. Upon its introduction in 2001, it included Visual C# and .NET versions of Visual Basic and Visual C++. See .NET. (VS .NET) is launched at a celebration from noon to 8 p.m. February 27 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel The Regency Hotel was a hotel in Denver, Colorado. Built in the 1960s to serve as a regional convention center, it was famous locally for its large gold dome and the luxury of the rooms within. at Penn's Landing Penn's Landing is the waterfront area of the Center City along the Delaware River section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is so named since the founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn, was storied to have first docked here in 1682. in Philadelphia and at the Omni William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh. Attendees will learn how to design, build and implement applications using VS .NET, the first major product unveiled as part of .NET, Microsoft's "bet-the-company" strategy for building next-generation Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. . Philadelphia Launch Michael Ferreri, Microsoft's Greater Pennsylvania District General Manager, and Craig Symonds, General Manager, US-Languages Management, will kick off the event for over 1,500 developers expected to attend. Philadelphia area companies are already taking advantage of the benefits of the .NET Framework. For example, aligne Solutions, Inc., a prominent Information Technology (IT) management organization located in the Delaware Valley The Delaware Valley is the name of the metropolitan area centered on the city of Philadelphia in the United States. The region is named for the Delaware River which flows through it. , is using VS .NET to develop a custom application for managing documentation and workflow The automatic routing of documents to the users responsible for working on them. Workflow is concerned with providing the information required to support each step of the business cycle. for Safeguard Scientifics of Wayne, Pa., a leader in developing and operating emerging technology companies. Pittsburgh Launch Rob Howard, Program Manager, US .NET Framework, will kick off the event for over 650 developers from the region. He will explain how VS .NET will help businesses connect with their partners, improve relationships with customers and streamline internal operations.
WHO: IT developers, area businesses, Microsoft partners,
Microsoft Greater Pennsylvania District leaders
WHAT: Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Launch Celebration
WHEN: Wednesday, February 27, 2002
Noon to 8 p.m.
WHERE: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Philadelphia
Omni William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh
WHY: Find out how VS .NET and the .NET Framework will jump start
the transformation of the Internet into a powerful,
integrated platform
Available for interviews in Philadelphia:
Michael Ferreri, Microsoft's Greater Pennsylvania District
General Manager
Greg Strobel & Paul Mattes, aligne Solutions, Inc.
Tom Curtis, Safeguard Services Company
Available for interviews in Pittsburgh:
Chris Daniels, Microsoft Corporate Accounts Manager
Jim Smith, Microsoft Managing Consultant
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