Sponsors

Gold

Microsoft UK

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services, and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

As part of their support for DevCon, Microsoft is offering a free trial of Microsoft
Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate.

Click the link below for your free trial download.

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9740387

A powerful IDE that ensures quality code

Visual Studio 2010 is packed with new and enhanced features that simplify the entire
development process from design to deployment. Customise your workspace with
multiple monitor support. Create rich applications for SharePoint and the Web.
Target multiple versions of the .NET Framework with the same tool. Eliminate the
dreaded "no repro" problem with IntelliTrace. And much more.

Zühlke Engineering Ltd

A company’s innovation and implementation skills are based on the interaction of business, people and technology. Zühlke Engineering demonstrates the success of such interaction with its pioneering products, bespoke software and combined solutions. Our range of services includes consulting, development and integration. We have a wealth of experience, with more than 7000 successful projects completed for our clients. The Zühlke Group has local teams in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, and in 2010 generated £47 million in revenue, employing more than 400 staff.

 

Silver

SYBASE

Sybase, an SAP company, is an industry leader in delivering enterprise and mobile software to manage, analyze and mobilize information. We are recognized globally as a performance leader, proven in the most data-intensive industries and across all major systems, networks and devices.


Advantage Database Server
Advantage Database Server (ADS) is a full-featured, easily embedded, high performance RDBMS that provides you with both table-based (ISAM) and SQL-based data access. ADS delivers the easiest migration of desktop databases (e.g. BDE/Paradox/DBF) to Client/Server, for which developers benefit from server-side control unique to ADS: pessimistic locking, filters, ranges (scopes) and much more. ADS also offers a native TDataSet descendant which makes it the perfect fit with Delphi.

 

Bronze

Grey Matter

Since 1983 Grey Matter has provided independent and trusted software supply and advice for organisations of all sizes seeking solutions to their developer tools requirements.

We not only provide the best advice for Visual Studio, Intel and Embarcadero, we also supply and advise on tools to help design, develop, test and deploy applications. Read our Visual Studio supplement at www.greymatter.com/mcm/Visual-Studio-2010-supplement

For Independent Software Vendors, Grey Matter is the Microsoft Authorized Independent Software Distributor for ISV Royalty Licensing, for those wishing to embed Microsoft products and make extra margin: www.greymatter.com/mcm/Microsoft-ISV-Licensing

We are also Microsoft’s licensing partner for Bing Maps for Enterprise.

Perforce

Perforce is the fast SCM system that combines everyday ease of use with the capacity to handle large, distributed teams. Perforce stands alone in offering the flexibility, performance and platform support needed by many of the world’s most innovative companies to develop new products and services ahead of the competition.

Specifically Perforce will:
- Be fast for users and never impede their work.
- Offer a powerful, cross-platform GUI with seamless versioning and integrations with Visual Studio and Eclipse.
- Be affordable to purchase, easy to manage, and deliver rapid ROI.
- Easily scale as your organization grows.
- Allow teams to collaborate across multiple locations (support distributed development).
- Be robust and proven, acclaimed by a sizeable user base of respected companies.

 

Partner

Red Gate

Red Gate Software makes ingeniously simple tools for over 500,000 Microsoft technology professionals working with SQL Server, .NET, and Exchange Server. The company’s product line includes must-have tools for .NET developers who program in C# or VB.NET.

.NET Reflector Pro (from Red Gate Software) is an add-in to Visual Studio that lets you step straight into the source code of any managed assembly, even when the source is not available. Get a better understanding of unfamiliar or poorly documented code, by stepping into it straight from the VS debugger. Download your free trial from: http://www.red-gate.com/products/reflector/index.htm

 

Media Partner

.NET Developer Network

The .NET Developer Network is a free user group based in Bristol (England) that serves .NET developers in the South West of England. The aim is to develop and promote the .NET developers, architects and IT pros of Bristol and the South West. Through monthly meetings we generate a lively community and act as a focal point for the professionals of this area.

CodeBetter.com

CodeBetter.com is one of the most subscribed-to blogging communities around. We're individuals who have day jobs as software developers focused on using Microsoft technologies, particularly .Net based languages, with a mind towards solid development principles and alternative tooling.

DotNetCampania

The first User Group on .NET Technologies of the Campania Region (Italy). We share our knowledge on the .NET world through our portal, the events and the daily contact with our members. It was elected "Community of the Year 2010" by Microsoft Italia.

DotNetHub.be

DotNetHub is a Belgian French-speaking user group with two different tracks :

- A technical track, speaking of all .NET related technologies (like C#, TFS, Windows Azure, Silverlight, …)

- A methodology track, speaking about agile methodologies around the three main ones : XP, Scrum and Lean

We are organizing conferences, dojos and open space discussions.

You want to join us, or to sponsor us ? You will find all related information on our website : http://www.dotnethub.be

London .NET User Group

The London .NET User Group was etablished in 2002 to provide developers working with Microsoft's .NET framework with access to the latest and best information. At our monthly meetings you can hear expert speakers who dig 'under the hood' and keep you informed on best practices and future directions of the Framework.
Regular 'Open Mike' nights give members of the community the opportunity to share their expertise and experience.
Strictly non-commercial, all of our meetings are free to attendees. To sign up for a meeting just mail meetings@dnug.org.uk

MadNUg

MadNUG is the Madrid .NET users group, is run by a group of people passionate about .NET developing, and interested in everything about it. We make a monthly presential meeting in Madrid, in the Microsoft Spain offices, bringing the most interesting people about .NET developing around Spain. We have around 30-40 members, and we are open to anyone interested in. We are also in the process of starting also online meetings and other kind of interesting events like coding dojos.

NxtGenUG

NxtGenUG, The Next Generation User Group, Is a not-for-profit UK Developer community focusing on Microsoft Technologies. They meet every month across 7 regions: Birmingham, Cambridge, Coventry, Hereford, Manchester, Oxford and Southampton. Where you’ll find them, Educating, Entertaining, Swagging and feeding the attendees with Pizza.

O'Reilly Media

O'Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazine, and conferences. Since 1978, O'Reilly has been a chronicler and catalyst of leading-edge development, homing in on the technology trends that really matter and spurring their adoption by amplifying "faint signals" from the alpha geeks who are creating the future. An active participant in the technology community, the company has a long history of advocacy, meme-making, and evangelism.
Publisher of the iconic "animal books" for software developers, creator of the first commercial website (GNN), organizer of the summit meeting that gave the open source software movement its name, and prime instigator of the DIY revolution through its Make magazine, O'Reilly continues to concoct new ways to connect people with the information they need. O'Reilly conferences and summits bring alpha geeks and forward-thinking business leaders together to shape the revolutionary ideas that spark new industries. Long the information source of choice for technologists, the company now also delivers the knowledge of expert early adopters to everyday computer users. Whether it's delivered in print, online, or in person, everything O'Reilly produces reflects the company's unshakeable belief in the power of information to spur innovation.

Packt Publishing

Packt Publishing is a publisher of specialist books on .NET, including titles such as .NET Compact Framework 3.5 Data Driven Applications, Entity Framework Tutorial, and ASP.NET 3.5 CMS Development, as well as publishing on a slew of other technologies.
Its aim is to publish books in an “in-the-trenches” fashion, providing hands on expertise from people with a firm understanding of both the technology and its possible uses. Packt has recently launched two new brands, Packt Open Source and Packt Enterprise, allowing its editors to dig more deeply into their specialist areas, distilling the most useful knowledge possible.
.NET is a core part of Packt’s title output, and the company always welcomes ideas for books that the .NET community would like to see.

Skills Matter

Skills Matter provides Europe's largest selection of open source technology and agile software process training and events. Our courses are authored and taught by innovative world-leading experts and thought leaders who are usually the technology creator. Attendees to Skills Matter courses are passionate enterprise developers, architects and project managers who want to learn 'from the source'. Skills Matter's curriculum covers a very comprehensive list of open source and agile technology areas including Java EE, RIA and Web technologies, Agile & Scrum, Open Source .NET, Domain Driven Design, SOA & REST, Ubuntu, Mobile and Cloud Computing.

Skills Matter also organises and hosts open source and agile seminars, conferences and user groups with sessions delivered by experts and attended by passionate, grassroots developers, architects and project managers that trust Skills Matter to give them innovation and 'bleeding edge' thinking – this harnesses idea sharing and best practices in the open source community. Skills Matter is headquartered in Clerkenwell, London and can now also offer public training in Denmark, France and Poland.

The Code Project

With more than 7.2 million registered members (and growing!), The Code Project is one of the world’s largest independent developer communities. Find what you’re looking for in more than 28,000 top-quality programming articles and tutorials—with hundreds of new articles each month—plus code snippets, discussions, news and the best bunch of developers on the net. Developers from all over the world come together to share source code, tutorials and knowledge for free—to help their fellow devs. Now you can find your dream job—or your dream hire—on our worldwide jobs.codeproject.com job board.

The Developers Group

The DG is an association of professional developers using Delphi, C# and associated .NET Development Tools. The aim of the group is to provide members with essential information and training as economically as possible in terms of both time and money.
We promote the interchange of ideas, knowledge and work between members, through
• Training: meetings, and other training events
• Information: a two-monthly magazine, interim e-mailings and comprehensive newsgroups
• Contacts: informal job-swap scheme, personal contacts, and more
Our dedicated full-time staff, members and friends in the professional developer community are working to ensure you'll find DG one of the most valuable resources around.
Membership for developers in England and Wales is £150 + VAT per year, which covers the main named member plus (where applicable) up to two co-members from the same company. This includes free attendance at all DG meetings, the e-magazine, use of the newsgroups and other member benefits.
Membership for developers in other countries is £50 (+ VAT if in the EU), which also covers the main named member plus up to two co-members from the same company. It includes the e-magazine, use of the newsgroups plus attendance at occasional meetings if visiting England.
If you’d like to join, please contact us.

VBUG

VBUG has been dedicated to professional developers using Microsoft technologies since 1994. The group covers those involved in C# and VB development in a .NET environment.
Our unique appreciation of the challenges faced by developers comes from over a decade of working in partnership with development teams and individuals. These relationships helped us formulate our current service which includes:
• Developer events (regional events, on line seminars and national conferences)
• Professional Telephone and email based technical support for Developers (support@vbug.co.uk)
• Supplying MSDN subscriptions, developer tools and software licenses (01364 655155 or e-mail vbug@greymatter.com)
• Monthly newsletter ‘DoEvents’
• Bi-monthly product newsletter ‘Property Bag’
• Supplying discounted developer publications such as Visual Studio, CoDe, SQL Server magazine, MSDN magazine, Windows IT Pro and DevConnections

We offer 2 types of membership:
• Corporate - designed for an entire development team. (£649 plus vat for up to five named members)
• Individual - designed for a contract developer or small company (£149 plus vat)

 


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