Conference Treats Software Developers to One-Stop-Shopping for Technical Education.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers MONROE, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 23, 2001 DevConnections serves Active Server Pages (World-Wide Web, programming) Active Server Pages - (ASP) A scripting environment for Microsoft Internet Information Server in which you can combine HTML, scripts and reusable ActiveX server components to create dynamic web pages. IIS 4. , VB, C#, and C++ developers with a single mega-conference, including a keynote from Microsoft's Steve Ballmer Tech Conferences, Inc., a Penton Media Penton Media, Inc. (OTC: PTON.OB), founded in 1892, is a diversified business-to-business media company. Penton Media is a mass media corporation that publishes and produces over 40 magazines, 80 trade shows, and 47 web sites. company and producer of national technical conferences, announced its newest technical conferences. Scheduled for September 18-22, 2001 in the WALT DISNEY WORLD SWAN The Walt Disney World Swan is resort hotel designed by architect Michael Graves located between Epcot and Disney-MGM Studios behind Disney's BoardWalk Resort and across from its sister resort, the Walt Disney World Dolphin. hotel in Orlando FL, the new conferences cater to just about every type of software developer. Organized as three individual conferences - "VB Connections," "C#/C++ Connections," and "Microsoft ASP.NET Connections" - attendees at any of the conferences are free to "cross over" to the technical sessions of the other two. Conference manager Shirley Brothers notes that, "this gives attendees access to more than one hundred technical sessions, all for the price of a single conference. You can't beat that value." Attendees also have the opportunity to purchase the handouts and other materials for the other conferences for a small fee. With today's tighter technology economy, attendees are expected to take maximum advantage of the three-conference "crossover" event. Visual Basic developers will have the opportunity to learn Microsoft's newest language, C#; Active Server Pages (ASP) developers can learn the latest Visual Basic programming techniques, and more. The event will be kicked off with a special keynote address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. from Microsoft's Steve Ballmer. The keynote address is a joint presentation with PASS 2001 North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , a concurrently-run conference focusing on Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. education. The Ballmer keynote underscores the importance of the developer community to Microsoft. Other speakers at the event will include national authors, speakers, and trainers. Special events and theme parties round out the conferences, ensuring that attendees have the opportunity to take a quick break from the almost nonstop technical training. About Tech Conferences, Inc. Tech Conferences, Inc. produces a variety of conferences focusing on software technologies. These events include ASP.NET Connections, VB Connections, VC++ Connections, SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. Connections, and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. and Web Services Connections. For a complete list of upcoming events, visit http://www.devconnections.com/. About Penton Technology Media Group Penton Media Technology publishes Windows 2000 Magazine and SQL Server Magazine. Penton trade shows include Internet World, eCRM, ASPCON, m-Commerce World and WirelessDeveloper 2001. Note to Editors: There are several references in this release to "C Sharp," where the "Sharp" is symbolized by the pound symbol. This symbol may not transmit properly into some systems. |
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