January 2010 Dev. Guild Meeting Announcement

[Donn Felker]

Jan. 12th - Building Peer-to-Peer Applications with .NET

When: 6:00 PM.
Where: New Horizons of Minnesota (4510 West 77th Street - Edina, MN 55435)   MAP

Topic: Building Peer-to-Peer Applications with .NET
Explore the world of Peer-to-Peer programming. In this session, attendees will be introduced to the powerful peer-to-peer infrastructure that is present in the Windows platform. Starting with an overview of peer-to-peer networks including graphing, grouping, and secure nodes, the talk will move into examples of building peer-to-peer applications. It will include demonstrations on how to use the PeerChannel infrastructure in WCF to build an application along with a discussion of some the key things that influence peer design.

Speaker: Jeff Brand got his starts as a super double secret agent with the CIA, which he then left to make a fortune in cold fusion research and also finish  his doctorate thesis on the use of vegetable oil and saran wrap in the fashion industry.  Today, Jeff is “living the dream” as a .NET Developer in Microsoft's Developer and Platform Group. Jeff assists customers in evaluating, developing and deploying applications built on the .NET Framework and the Microsoft platform. He has been with Microsoft for thirteen years and has served in variety of roles including infrastructure consultant, e-commerce technology specialist, and enterprise technology advisor.