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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.technet.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Swiss IT Professional and TechNet Blog : Conference</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/Conference/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Conference</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2009</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/2009/09/07/microsoft-sharepoint-conference-2009.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:39:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3279563</guid><dc:creator>mepprecht</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/comments/3279563.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3279563</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=3279563</wfw:comment><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mssharepointconference.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="clip_image001[5]" border="0" alt="clip_image001[5]" src="http://blogs.technet.com/blogfiles/chitpro-en/WindowsLiveWriter/MicrosoftSharePointConference2009_B19D/clip_image001%5B5%5D_cd5e1543-d22c-4a9b-bea7-a304888f5b2e.jpg" width="415" height="95" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;October 19-22, 2009, Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, USA&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;The SharePoint Conference 2009 will be the first and the best conference to get in depth training on SharePoint 2010, from upgrade and migration to the business value of new platform features and functionality. Come and get early insight into what you’ll be able to do with SharePoint 2010 and how you’ll be able to get there.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Naturally, SharePoint 2007 will also be covered by experienced experts.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Register today!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mssharepointconference.com/" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.mssharepointconference.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3279563" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/Conference/default.aspx">Conference</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/SharePoint/default.aspx">SharePoint</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/Training/default.aspx">Training</category></item><item><title>Tech-Ed Europe 2009 – Registration Open</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/2009/06/22/tech-ed-europe-2009-registration-open.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:04:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3257404</guid><dc:creator>mepprecht</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/comments/3257404.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3257404</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=3257404</wfw:comment><description>&lt;p&gt;9-13 November 2009, Berlin, Germany, Tech-Ed Europe 2009, will you be there?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This year, the Developer and IT Pro Tracks will be running side-by-side with a total of 19 tracks!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;There are a limited number of tickets available at the early-bird price of € 995.-&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Never been to Tech-Ed? It is the best time to go and get educated. 5 Days of learning and networking.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/europe/teched/" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.microsoft.com/europe/teched/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="tech-ed Europe 2009" href="http://www.microsoft.com/europe/teched/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="TechEd_Europe_Signature_1" border="0" alt="TechEd_Europe_Signature_1" src="http://blogs.technet.com/blogfiles/chitpro-en/WindowsLiveWriter/TechEdEurope2009RegistrationOpen_A347/TechEd_Europe_Signature_1_3.gif" width="445" height="85"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3257404" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/Conference/default.aspx">Conference</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/IT+Pro/default.aspx">IT Pro</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/Developers/default.aspx">Developers</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/Microsoft+Event/default.aspx">Microsoft Event</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/Tech-Ed/default.aspx">Tech-Ed</category></item><item><title>SharePoint Conference 2009</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/2009/02/13/sharepoint-conference-2009.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:56:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3201740</guid><dc:creator>mepprecht</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/comments/3201740.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3201740</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=3201740</wfw:comment><description>&lt;A href="http://www.mssharepointconference.com/" target=_blank mce_href="http://www.mssharepointconference.com/"&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; WIDTH: 395px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; HEIGHT: 97px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px" title=SharePointConference2009 border=0 alt=SharePointConference2009 src="http://blogs.technet.com/blogfiles/chitpro-en/WindowsLiveWriter/SharePointConference2009_CEEC/SharePointConference2009_3.png" width=568 height=127 mce_src="http://blogs.technet.com/blogfiles/chitpro-en/WindowsLiveWriter/SharePointConference2009_CEEC/SharePointConference2009_3.png"&gt;&lt;/A&gt; 
&lt;P&gt;Do you know about the SharePoint Conference 2009 - the premier worldwide conference dedicated to SharePoint and related technologies?&amp;nbsp; SharePoint Conference 2009 will be &lt;STRONG&gt;the&lt;/STRONG&gt; conference to learn about SharePoint “14”.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Who&lt;/STRONG&gt;: If you’re an IT Professional, an &lt;STRONG&gt;IT Decision Maker&lt;/STRONG&gt;, an &lt;STRONG&gt;Architect&lt;/STRONG&gt; or a &lt;STRONG&gt;Developer&lt;/STRONG&gt; you’ll find a deep set of technical content to give you a kick start for SharePoint “14” and further your skills and knowledge with SharePoint Server 2007.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;What&lt;/STRONG&gt;: SharePoint Conference 2009 &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;When&lt;/STRONG&gt;: October 19-22, 2009 &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Where&lt;/STRONG&gt;: Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Why&lt;/STRONG&gt;: There’s an exciting mix in the plans for SharePoint Conference 2009.&amp;nbsp; This year’s conference will be looking towards the future with a broad array of deep content centered on the next version of SharePoint, codenamed SharePoint “14”, and at the same time, be firmly planted in the present, sharing real world experience and guidance to help you maximize your investment in SharePoint Server 2007.&amp;nbsp; In addition to the session content you will have ample opportunities to network with technical and industry experts including many of the Microsoft staff that helped in building SharePoint, Microsoft Most Value Professionals and many of our top Certified Partners.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Register early to benefit from a discounted event fee. Visit &lt;A href="http://www.mssharepointconference.com/" target=_blank mce_href="http://www.mssharepointconference.com"&gt;http://www.mssharepointconference.com&lt;/A&gt; for further information.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3201740" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/Conference/default.aspx">Conference</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/SharePoint/default.aspx">SharePoint</category></item><item><title>Swiss TechDays 2009 – Registration Open</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/2009/02/10/swiss-techdays-2009-registration-open.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:06:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3200226</guid><dc:creator>mepprecht</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/comments/3200226.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3200226</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=3200226</wfw:comment><description>&lt;p&gt;The Web Site and Registration is now open for Swiss TechDays 2009. &lt;a href="http://www.techdays.ch" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.techdays.ch&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In Bern (German and English), 8 and 9 April, there will be 5 tracks, role specific:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;IT Pro’s (2 Tracks)  &lt;li&gt;Development (2 Tracks)  &lt;li&gt;Architecture (1 Track)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;For the IT Pro’s, Current and interesting topics like Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Virtualization, System Management, SQL Server, Access Control, ForeFront are covered by by both Microsoft and External Experts.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In Geneva (French), 1 and 2 April, there will be 3 tracks, role specific:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;IT Pro’s (1 Track).  &lt;li&gt;Development ( Track)  &lt;li&gt;Architecture (1 Track)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;So, visit, &lt;a href="http://www.techdays.ch/" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.techdays.ch&lt;/a&gt; and register now!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3200226" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/Conference/default.aspx">Conference</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/Security/default.aspx">Security</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/SQL+Server/default.aspx">SQL Server</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/OCS/default.aspx">OCS</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/Virtualization/default.aspx">Virtualization</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/TechDays/default.aspx">TechDays</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/Architects/default.aspx">Architects</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/Developers/default.aspx">Developers</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/Microsoft+Event/default.aspx">Microsoft Event</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/Enterprise+Search/default.aspx">Enterprise Search</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/SharePoint/default.aspx">SharePoint</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/Windows+Server/default.aspx">Windows Server</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/Windows+Client/default.aspx">Windows Client</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/Training/default.aspx">Training</category></item><item><title>geekmania 09 Switzerland</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/2009/01/19/geekmania-09-switzerland.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:17:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3185658</guid><dc:creator>mepprecht</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/comments/3185658.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3185658</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=3185658</wfw:comment><description>&lt;p&gt;On 4th – 6th February 2009, in KKL Luzern (near the station), the 3rd annual geekmania will be held. geekmania is the IT-congress, of a very special nature for IT Professionals, covering deep technical content on Microsoft environments.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Wednesday 4th February is the pre-conference with the main sessions on Thursday 5th and Friday 6th February.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;There will be 70 sessions, covering Windows 7, Windows 2008 R2, Exchange 14, Networking, Administration and Security from real-world experience presenters. All topics will be covered from a practical perspective, un-censored.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Guest Speaker is &lt;a href="http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/" target="_blank"&gt;Jasper M. Johannson&lt;/a&gt;, Security Guru und Book Author "Windows Server 2008 Security Resource Kit"&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Primary language at the conference is German. Detailed information and online bookings on &lt;a href="http://www.geekmania.ch" target="_blank"&gt;www.geekmania.ch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3185658" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/Conference/default.aspx">Conference</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/Security/default.aspx">Security</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/Virtualization/default.aspx">Virtualization</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/Switzerland/default.aspx">Switzerland</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/Windows+Server/default.aspx">Windows Server</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/Windows+Client/default.aspx">Windows Client</category></item><item><title>SQL Server Energy 2008 Vienna</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/2008/11/05/sql-server-energy-2008-vienna.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:57:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3147549</guid><dc:creator>mepprecht</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/comments/3147549.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3147549</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=3147549</wfw:comment><description>&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: de" lang="DE"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: de" lang="DE"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: de" lang="DE"&gt;&lt;font size="3" face="Calibri"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: de" lang="DE"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;SQL Server Energy 2008 &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: de" lang="DE"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;Dates: 25.-26. 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In varying technical levels, that are matched to your needs, you can experience Top International Speakers and SQL Server experts in Vienna! Get to know Microsoft Employees from the SQL Product Team in Redmond, and learn about the product from the people who know it best!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: de" lang="DE"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: de" lang="DE"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: de" lang="DE"&gt;&lt;font size="3" face="Calibri"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: de" lang="DE"&gt;Business Intelligence Conference 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: de" lang="DE"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: de" lang="DE"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;Date: 27. November 2008 &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: de" lang="DE"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;Venue: Leopold Museum, Wien &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: de" lang="DE"&gt;&lt;font size="3" face="Calibri"&gt;Information und Registration: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/austria/bi"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri"&gt;www.microsoft.com/austria/bi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: de" lang="DE"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3" face="Calibri"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: de" lang="DE"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note: The web site and registration is in German, the sessions at &lt;span style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: de" lang="DE"&gt;Business Intelligence Conference 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: de" lang="DE"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;will be in German.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: de" lang="DE"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;Without a doubt, you have invested in the last few years in IT Solutions for Reporting, Planning and Data . In many companies, there are already multiple Business Intelligence Systems in use. Now how do you achieve the required ROI on these investments? What is easier for employees to use than the already installed and trusted tools available to surface Business Intelligence, namely Excel, instead of expensive tools that require intensive training and expensive maintenance? And what benefits would your organization reap if consolidated data is present in a performant and inexpensive database, like SQL Server 2008? Just imagine the benefits!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: de" lang="DE"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3" face="Calibri"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: de" lang="DE"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;At the &lt;b&gt;Microsoft-Conference for Decision Makers,&lt;/b&gt; you can expect the newest information about BI Platforms and practical presentations in 2 tracks. Let yourself be informed by us about current solutions surrounding Monitoring, Analysis, Data Warehousing, Reporting and Data Mining, and at the same time, exchange ideas with colleagues; Local and International Experts, and Austrian Bi Solution partners. See how some CFO’s and CIO’s from customers present their current solutions surrounding Business Intelligence.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a title="SQL Server Energy 2008 Wien" target="_blank" href="http://www.sqlserverenergy.at/"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="400x170_SQL08_mailSig_040908" border="0" alt="400x170_SQL08_mailSig_040908" src="http://blogs.technet.com/blogfiles/chitpro-de/WindowsLiveWriter/SQLServerEnergy2008Wien_14B1A/400x170_SQL08_mailSig_040908_6.jpg" width="406" height="188"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a title="Business Intelligence Konferenz 2008" target="_blank" href="http://www.microsoft.com/austria/bi"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="400x170_BI08_250808" border="0" alt="400x170_BI08_250808" src="http://blogs.technet.com/blogfiles/chitpro-de/WindowsLiveWriter/SQLServerEnergy2008Wien_14B1A/400x170_BI08_250808_5.jpg" width="394" height="190"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3147549" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/Conference/default.aspx">Conference</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/Business+Intelligence/default.aspx">Business Intelligence</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/SQL+Server/default.aspx">SQL Server</category></item><item><title>Tech-Ed EMEA IT Pro</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/2008/11/05/tech-ed-emea-it-pro.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:25:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3147539</guid><dc:creator>mepprecht</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/comments/3147539.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3147539</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=3147539</wfw:comment><description>&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: de-ch" lang="DE-CH"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: de-ch" lang="DE-CH"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.microsoft.com/emea/teched2008/itpro/tv/default.aspx"&gt;&lt;font color="#800080"&gt;Videos&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.microsoft.com/emea/teched2008/itpro/"&gt;&lt;font color="#800080"&gt;Tech-Ed 2008 EMEA IT Professionals&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, currently on in Barcelona, are now online on Tech-Ed-TV&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: de-ch" lang="DE-CH"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: de-ch" lang="DE-CH"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;Day 1, Monday 3 November, was dominated by the keynote address from &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.microsoft.com/emea/teched2008/itpro/techededucation/keynote.aspx"&gt;&lt;font color="#800080"&gt;Brad Anderson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Brad spoke about Windows Server 2008 R2, Online Services and the next version of SQL Server (“Kilimanjaro“), how “Software plus Services“ enables IT Professionals to select the best Microsoft Solutions and make them available to their users and customers. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: de-ch" lang="DE-CH"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" size="3" face="Calibri"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: de-ch" lang="DE-CH"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;You can view the full keynote address (83 Minutes), a short 5-minute summary and other interesting videos.  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: de-ch" lang="DE-CH"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" size="3" face="Calibri"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: de-ch" lang="DE-CH"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;If you are not one of the 250 Swiss Participants at Tech-Ed-EMEA IT Professional this year, you can still see and hear what is happening here.&amp;nbsp; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.microsoft.com/emea/teched2008/itpro/tv/default.aspx"&gt;&lt;font color="#800080"&gt;http://www.microsoft.com/emea/teched2008/itpro/tv/default.aspx&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: de-ch" lang="DE-CH"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;Next week, &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.microsoft.com/emea/teched2008/developer/"&gt;&lt;font color="#800080"&gt;Tech-Ed 2008 EMEA Developers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; will invade Barcelona.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3147539" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/Conference/default.aspx">Conference</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en/archive/tags/Tech-Ed/default.aspx">Tech-Ed</category></item></channel></rss>