February 4-11, 2006 MacMania 4
Holland America's m.s. Oosterdam
San Diego, California
USA
The event comprises a 7-night cruise/conference that starts in San Diego and culminates in the Mexican Riviera. A range of issues will be discussed during the cruise covering MacMania for new and power users, and basics and finer points of Photoshop Fling. A wide range of speakers are involved in the event.
Event Web Site February 6-7, 2006 Evans Data: Developer Relations Conference
Argent Hotel
San Francisco, California
USA
The Evans Developer Relations Conference 2006 explores elements of Developer Relations Programs including designing, recruiting and future development alongside business, marketing and technical components.
Event Web SiteFebruary 7-9, 2006 DCI's Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Conference
The Fairmont Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
USA
The event considers the roles of Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing while looking at designing, delivering and managing solutions that address the needs of an organization. It goes on to consider how to leverage issues such as data integration, business planning and budgeting, master and customer data management and operational business intelligence.
Event Web SiteFebruary 6-8, 2006 DEMO 06
Pointe South Mountain Resort
Phoenix, Arizona
USA
2 days of presentations showcasing innovations in the world of technology and a look at products that will enter the marketplace this year. The event enables an exchange of ideas with the industry's leading thinkers and decision-makers.
Event Web SiteFebruary 6-8, 2006 Software Security Summit 2006
Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine
San Diege, California
USA
The Software Security Summit 2006 provides an insight into the security weaknesses in your software infrastructure and explains how to combat existing security problems and developing systems that resist exploitation. Software architects and developers and Test/QA professionals should attend.
Event Web SiteFebruary 8-9, 2006 IP3, Inc.
Implementing IT Security from Strategy to Reality
University of Washington/Tacoma
Seattle, Washington
USA
This 2-day executive forum looks at ‘policy centric IT Security Architecture’ and represents the United States’ best IT Security management workshop. Participants will explore effective security strategies for today's market segments.
Event Web SiteFebruary 8, 2006 On-Demand Software and the Project Management Marketplace
San Jose, California
USA
The event considers Software as a Service (SaaS); an area where forecasters predict a 45% year-to-year growth. Marc O'Brien, CEO of Projity Inc. discusses the advantages and disadvantages of on-demand software and its relevance for project managers.
Event Web SiteFebruary 8-10, 2006 The D.I.C.E. Summit 2006
Green Valley Ranch Resort
Henderson, Nevada
USA
The D.I.C.E. Summit 06 explores the creative process and artistic expression as they apply to interactive entertainment. Two days of seminars on design-focused topics intended to inspire new ways of approaching the art of making games.
February 11, 2006 MIT: Charting Your Course through Open Source
Burlingon Marriott
Burlington, Massachusetts
USA
Open source software will define the software industry this decade and this conference features open source luminaries, up-and-coming entrepreneurs and industry influencers who will shape the adoption of open source. The event will offer a number of keynote speeches.
Event Web SiteFebruary 13-16, 2006 3GSM World Congress 2006
Fira de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
The event incorporates the Enhanced Mobile Entertainment Summit and offers a line-up of key players from global content and entertainment companies. The event also provides Technology Symposium Break Out Sessions as an interactive forum on specific technical issues.
Event Web SiteFebruary 13-17, 2006 RSA Conference 06
San Jose Convention Center
San Jose, California
USA
The RSA Conference is for organizations that deploy, develop or investigate data security or cryptography products. The event brings together IT professionals to share ideas on issues such as identity theft, hacking, cyber-terrorism, biometrics, network forensics, perimeter defense, secure web services and encryption.
Event Web SiteFebruary 14-15, 2006OSBC 2006 San Francisco
The Argent Hotel
San Francisco, California
USA
The event shows you how to leverage open source for your business and mitigate open source legal risks. It discusses community building and enterprise applications and details best-practice strategies for leveraging open source as a business tool.
Event Web SiteFebruary 15-17, 2006 Best Practices in CRM Conference 2006
JW Marriott Hotel
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
The event guides people through realizing the potential of CRM and highlights proven approaches, strategies and techniques for CRM success. Companies involved in the proceedings include Hewlett-Packard and Citibank Malaysia. It also features 2 half-day workshops on 'Building Customer Intelligence That Drives Value' and 'Measuring and Maximizing Return on CRM'.
Event Web SiteFebruary 20, 2006 IIST San Francisco International Testing Certification Week
Marriott San Francisco Airport
1800 Old Bayshore Highway
Burlingame, California
USA
The week-long event focuses on software testing and provides 25 one-day, in-depth courses taught by industry insiders. The proceedings offer an insight into the methods and techniques that enable practitioners to become better test professionals. Classes count towards a range of certification.
Event Web SiteFebruary 21-22, 2006 Structured Writing for Single Sourcing
Microsoft Corporation
Redmond, Washington
USA
Well-structured content offers more opportunities for reuse across products, user communities, delivery media, and other dimensions. This in turn leads to a greater return on investment. Microsoft’s event looks at the Information Model and provides the basis for development of metadata. The event is designed for writers, editors, information architects and managers.
Event Web SitePatterns and Practices Summit 06
Hilton Sydney
Sydney, Australia
February 21-23, 2006
The Patterns and Practices Summit 06 focuses on Microsoft "patterns and practices" for developers, designers, and solutions architects who need to integrate architectural design patterns and procedures with Microsoft's .NET. The event offers three days of speeches for industry leaders.
Event Web SiteFebruary 22-23, 2006 Sun Tech Days 06
Raffles Convention Center
Singapore
The event improves development skills through conferences offering practical information. Insights are provided on Java technology and third-party partner solutions alongside training sessions on topics such as the Solaris 10 Operating System, enterprise computing, security, mobile computing, web services, open source, and developer tools.
Event Web Site February 20-24, 2006 DevWeek 2006
London
England
UK’s leading technical conference for software developers, database professionals and IT architects. The event features expert speakers on a wide range of topics, including Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005, C# 2.0, ASP.NET 2.0, Windows Forms 2.0, Security, Debugging and Web Services.
Event Web Site February 24-26, 2006 PyCon 2006
Dallas/Addison Marriott Quorum hotel
Dallas, Texas
USA
PyCon 06 is a community-oriented conference targeting developers of Python applications and the Python interpreter. The event offers presentations, panels, and impromptu discussions and provides opportunities to meet other developers from around the world. A four-day ‘sprint’ will be held after the conference.
Event Web SiteFebruary 27-March 3, 2006 HP and OpenView Forum 06
Sydney Hilton
Sydney
Australia
HP and OpenView Forum International 2006 - the first large scale OpenView training and networking event in this region. 400 enterprise and communications service provider customers, partners, and HP staff will attend to receive OpenView training, engage in networking, and access to the leading management software technologies, products, and solutions. A number of keynote speeches are planned.
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