.Net Primer - An Evolutionary Technology - What it is, Where it's Going and How It Can Change Your Company...

The new .Net technologies are both evolutionary and revolutionary, Microsoft describes .Net as the next step in the evolution of Windows, but as many are starting to see it is much more. Learn how Microsoft is positioning the .Net toolset as a first step in a $20 plus billion winner take all Trojan horse like strategy that can conceivably make .Net built applications, server products and MS Office components installable on the hardware and operating systems of Sun, IBM and HP. At this session learn not only the basics of .Net, but also where Microsoft expects to bring it over the next decade, from coexistence with current Windows and Sun's Java to dominating architectures formerly the exclusive domains of single vendors. At this session learn why .Net is about to become an offer of computer science, IT salesmanship and end-user marketing that most organizations will be unable to refuse in the decade ahead.

Six Steps To Making Your Team .Net Ready - Don't try .Net or leave home without these...

This half day session brings meaning to the phrase, “There's a difference between doing the right things and doing things right.” .Net has many entry points, but some are easier, substantially more efficient and certainly less costly than others. No two organizations are alike - Learn to assess how, where and when to use .Net in your organization

.Net and Java - A total cost of ownership (TCO) perspective...

Learn how to compute the economics of .Net for comparative IT organization types. See how .Net stacks up cost wise vs. Java. Since .Net supports more programming and development models but has certain (near term) infrastructure and scalability limitations,- we examine how differing management and implementation visions can dramatically affect .Net TCO numbers. Careful attention is paid to .Net and Java cost “hot spots,” how they can be identified and how they can be managed. This seminar is a must for anyone planning to or currently developing major .Net projects. A short review of total cost of ownership theory is presented at the beginning of the seminar.

The Politics of .Net - What to tell your boss and users about .Net /. Net an advantage opportunity. Going to .Net? Trying to figure out the words to tell your CEO, CFO, boss or others in your organization why you are going there? Here is .Net uncut from cost, management, strategy and tactics to its impact on organizational politics, and how it can/will affect you and your company's future. Learn how successful managers are using .Net not only for its innovative technology but also to build consensus and enhance their own IT management capabilities.

The Economics of .Net - An accounting and budget view...

Microsoft touts the significant savings achievable via .Net, often citing the experiences of .Net early adopter accounts. Can .Net lower the cost and complexity of developing and deploying complex systems? Are theses saving real? Or, are these savings the result of creative bookkeeping or adopter evangelism? Our analysis shows that .Net saving are real and are only the tip of a secular trend in programmer productivity that can be associated with the new .Net languages and framework Learn how and by how much .Net can provide real savings for your organization when implemented properly.

.Net Futures - What's ahead for .Net...

This course offers a non-technical examination of how Microsoft is positioning .Net by hardware, by competitor and by operating environment. See where .Net is going in the near future including the .Net business case, market and growth projections. Learn what's ahead for .Net in languages, scalability and operating system and hardware portability. Three upcoming .Net development tools are discussed: Delphi., Net, and Charlotte - a web services specific RAD language and Powerbuilder.Net (PB 9). Each promises a unique level of innovation to .Net development above and beyond the tools found in Visual Studio.Net. Also examined are the new .Net servers from Microsoft and what's ahead for MS Office, and what can be learned through analysis of the highly innovative Mono.Net Project.

Ask doctordotnet - A .Net Event...

We can categorically state that the doctor's views are always timely up-to-date and are never without a touch of humor. Each of these events includes a frank discussion of .Net management issues and a review of recent rumors and announcements with one of our favorite people, who is the expert in the field.