Reminder: This Thursday, Rochester AWS Users Group Meeting!

[David Kavanagh]

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Rochester AWS Users Group (RAWSUG)

We're proud to announce the formation of a local Amazon Web Services users group. Our first meeting will be on;
Thursday, September 20th from 6-8pm at the Doubletree by Hilton
There will be directions to the meeting room once you enter the hotel lobby. This meeting is sponsored by directthought. ( www.directThought.com)
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=doubletree+by+hilton+1111+jefferson+rd,+rochester,+ny&ie=UTF8&ll=43.155606,-77.616005&spn=0.148769,0.270882&z=12&iwloc=A&om=1

The schedule will be;
Introductions/mission/regular meeting format - 10-15 minutes
Special presentation by Amazon Web Services - 60-90 minutes
Networking - time remaining

For up to date information see rawsug.org

- Mitch Garnaat
- David Kavanagh



Amazon Web Services - Mike Culver

What's possible in a post Web 2.0 world? Innovation continues at a mind-bending pace, and this presentation will showcase some thought-provoking new directions that Web Services are headed in (imagine computers programmatically calling people to perform tasks), as well as introduce a concept known as "Web Scale Computing". The presentation will also provide an overview of Amazon Web Services, and feature a demonstration showing how to set up a virtual server using Amazon EC2.

More importantly, it's an opportunity for an interactive discussion about what the future, shaped by Web services and Web Scale Computing, looks like.

Amazon spent ten years and over $2 billion developing a world-class technology and content platform that powers Amazon web sites for millions of customers. Most people think " Amazon.com" when they hear the word; however developers are excited to learn that there is a separate technology arm of the company, known as Amazon Web Services or AWS. Using AWS, developers can build software applications leveraging the same robust, scalable, and reliable technology that powers Amazon's retail business. AWS has now launched eleven services with open API's for developers to build applications, with the result that over 265,000 developers have registered on Amazon's developer site to create applications based on these services.

Mike Culver works in the Developer Relations Group of Amazon Web Services as a Web Services Evangelist. In that capacity he once again helps developers take advantage of cutting-edge technologies that are going to change the way we think about computer applications.