Fwd: Pearson Education User Group Program Newsletter -- September 2009

Ted Roche tedroche at tedroche.com
Tue Sep 1 16:47:25 EDT 2009


Some good deals and discounts. Note the 35% off Python books!

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Subject: 	Pearson Education User Group Program Newsletter -- September 2009
Date: 	Tue, 1 Sep 2009 16:26:10 -0400
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Pearson Education User Group Program Newsletter
Issue 20 -- September 2009

Thank you for reading the Pearson Education User Group Program monthly
newsletter for official group members. Please pass this along to your
colleagues and share our news and offers.

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Green Data Center Titles Released From Pearson
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== USER GROUPS OF THE MONTH ==

Florida: Tampa Bay Area ASP.NET MVC Developers is a monthly developer
group in Tampa, Florida focusing on building skill and confidence at
developing web applications using the ASP.NET MVC Framework. Learn more at
http://www.tampadev.org


Ohio: North East Ohio Cisco Users Group is comprised of technicians,
experts, network administrators and engineers in the greater Cleveland, Ohio
area. Members have a passion for learning and executing technologies based
around the Cisco principles of networking, IP telephony, Telepresence,
firewalls, switches, and routers. Learn more at
http://neociscoug.blogspot.com

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== USER GROUP OFFERS ==
http://www.informit.com/usergroupwelcome

Early Bird Pricing Ends Sept. 12 for VTM: iPhone Developers Conference
Use the special User Group Priority Code PHNABCD to save $100 off the Early
Bird Conference Price
    Early Bird Price until Sept. 12: $495
    Regular Price after Sept. 12: $695
    With User Group Priority Code: $395

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Listen to interviews with featured conference speakers:

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   Using UINavigationController
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Python is a powerful programming language that can be used on all types of
software and web development -- no matter your level of experience. For a
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InformIT. See the list of eligible titles and enter the coupon code
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CompTIA A+ Certification Guide
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Essential Silverlight 3
By Ashraf Michail
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I/O Consolidation in the Data Center
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== AUTHORS&  EVENTS: SEPTEMBER ==

September 19 -- Atlanta LinuxFest
http://atlantalinuxfest.org

September 21-23 -- LinuxCon Portland 2009
http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon

September 24 -- Safari Books Online: Grow a Greener Data Center Webcast
http://www.safaribooksonline.com/events/greenerdatacenter.html
Cisco Press author Doug Alger makes the business case for greening data
centers,  and presents technologies, design strategies and operational
approaches  to  help  any  company  improve  the energy efficiency and
"eco-friendliness" of their IT facilities.

September 25-27 -- Ohio LinuxFest 2009
http://www.ohiolinux.org

September 25-27 -- Virtual Worlds at Sun Microsystems Author Chat
http://blogs.sun.com/vw/entry/next_author_chat_clara_shih
Join _The Facebook Era_ author Clara Shih in the Sun Second Life Theatre
to discuss the radical business transformation taking place and what sales,
marketers, and professionals must do to thrive in social media.

September 26 -- Houston TechFest
http://houstontechfest.com
Sponsored by the Microsoft .NET Development Series.

Looking Ahead:

October 4-9 -- JAOO 2009
http://jaoo.dk/aarhus-2009
Calling  all  European  User  Groups:  Meet the Rock Stars of software
development  at this year's JAOO 2009! Rub elbows with Pearson authors
speaking on the world's hottest Java, Ruby, .NET, Object-Oriented topics.
Check out the all-star lineup at http://jaoo.dk/aarhus-2009/speakers.

What is JAOO? It's a Developer's event held every year in Aarhus, Denmark.
JAOO  originally  stood  for "Java and Object-Oriented" and focused on
Java-based  technologies.  Today  it  has evolved into a more in-depth
conference  with  a  wider  set of content such as .NET and Ruby-based
technologies along with a focus on the softer side of software development:
process improvement, patterns, and enterprise architecture.

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