Innovative Eco-systems: Bringing an Innovative model to Government R & D

Have you ever had an interest in creative problem solving and how that could be used in special operations? Join BarCamp Sarasota and “Spark Growth” with Speaker Kirk Burton, a former Special Ops officer.

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At the Sarasota .NET Developer Group meeting on Wednesday, December 19th from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Joe Healy will be presenting "Windows Phone 8 Development".

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December's topic will be Talend presented by James Miller, V.P. of Software Engineering at WAZAGUA, Inc. Talend delivers the only unified platform that makes data management, application integration and business process management easier, by providing a unified environment for managing the entire lifecycle of an integration project across enterprise boundaries.

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Join us for an informal get-together to discuss web development trends, tools and techniques.

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This is an end of year social for all members at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, 12/18/12 at DaRuMa in Sarasota.  Members are encouraged to bring their spouses and have a good time.

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Please join us for an end of year holiday celebration.  Catch up with old friends and create new business relationships as the STF organization comes together for our last social and networking event of 2012.  In addition there will be a tour of The Hub's new facility.

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Want the opportunity meet and hang out with other members of our Sarasota Tech community? No agendas. Just good people, good beer, good fun.

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Description The Suncoast Security Society will be meeting at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County on Monday, 11/26/2012 at 6:30 PM. The topic...

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Join us for an informal get-together to discuss web development trends, tools and techniques.

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SQLSaturday  BI Edition is a training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server and Business Intelligence.

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As of the time of this posting (10/22/12), the topic had not yet been determined.

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The Suncoast Security Society will be meeting at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County on Tuesday, 11/13/2012 at 6:00 PM.  The topic has not been announced yet.

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Want the opportunity meet and hang out with other members of our Sarasota Tech community? No agendas. Just good people, good beer, good fun.

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STF Tech-Connect Social at the Cock-n-Bull. Catch up with friends and meet some new people as we build community in our region among tech and business professionals.

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Here’s your chance to learn all about Windows Server 2012 – heralded by industry analysts as the most impressive Windows Server update since Windows Server 2000. Join us at a free Microsoft IT Camp for hands-on demos and interactive discussions with Microsoft technical experts.

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Mason James will be presenting "Keeping WordPress Happy" and go through some general and advanced techniques for keeping WordPress sites up and running smoothly.

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BarCamp is an open-format conference where everyone is welcome to speak on any topic they're passionate about. The sessions aren't scheduled in advance; the agenda is created the day of the event in the spirit of an "Unconference."

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On the Friday evening before the conference, 19-October-2012, please join us for the Weekend Kickoff Party at the Cock & Bull in Sarasota.

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During our first year of research, when lunch was an informal gathering - before our first speaker, our BarCamp Sarasota founders had the opportunity to meet the fledgling Voalté founders.

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Join us for an informal get-together to discuss web development trends, tools and techniques.

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Want the opportunity meet and hang out with other members of our Sarasota Tech community? No agendas. Just good people, good beer, good fun.

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SQL Saturday Orlando is back! This year's event is coming up September 29, 2012 at Seminole State College, Main Campus. This year's event will be better than ever but there's one thing we need...You!

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At the Sarasota .NET Developer Group meeting on Monday, September 24th from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Michael Stark will be presenting "An Introduction to Windows 8 Development".  Michael's been programming for many years, and he was the first developer in Florida to put an app in the Windows 8 Store.

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We are pleased to announce the first Tampa IT Pro Camp on Saturday, September 22nd 2012 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

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In today’s digital world, there are no secrets.  Come learn how nearly everything you do on a computer or digital device is captured and recoverable long after you have forgotten about it.

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Join us for an informal get-together to discuss web development trends, tools and techniques.

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JDCPhosphate, Inc. of Fort Meade FL is about to close on more than $20M which will allow it to commercialize its technology that promises to transform the $30 billion/year phosphate industry which provides 36,000 jobs in Florida. The funding story brings together investors with different interests, contrasts early adopters with naysayers, and demonstrates the importance of the team. Anecdotes from other clients, both successful and unsuccessful, will also be presented.

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September's topic will be OSGi presented by Lou Caudell, Software Engineer at The Management Company.

OSGi technology is a set of specifications that defines a dynamic component system for Java. These specifications reduce software complexity by providing a modular architecture for large-scale distributed systems as well as small, embedded applications.

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Join us for an informal get-together to discuss web development trends, tools and techniques.

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The Suncoast Security Society will be meeting at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County on Wednesday, 9/12/2012 at 6:00 PM.  The topic will be "Android Analysis and Forensics".

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This year, SW Florida .Net Code Camp goes Saturday, September 8th, 2012 at Hodges University, Naples Campus. We have a great-room for all-hands gatherings, and 7 classrooms for presentations.

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Want the opportunity meet and hang out with other members of our Sarasota Tech community? No agendas. Just good people, good beer, good fun.

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You may have heard of DotNetNuke  before.  You may know it as DNN.  You may have even used it in the past.  In the past few years, the tools and features have grown by leaps and bounds, including the latest social features in the recent version 6.2 release that allow you to have a Facebook-like experience on your own website with nearly no effort.

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It's that time again to enjoy some smokes, drinks and music on the Manatee river. We will be meeting up at <a href="http://www.woodysriverroo.com/" target="_blank">Woody's River Roo</a> off I-75 exit 224 in Ellenton. Woody's has live music from 6-10 PM, so come out rain or shine since they have covered seating.

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Suncoast Technology Forum - Techbyte Luncheon - "Call to Action!! Businesses: Help Us Help You! Let's Chart the Future of the Suncoast Technology Ecosystem Together"

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Learn how to go from Overwhelmed to "Mission Accomplished!" Bar Camp Lunch & Learn.

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Join us for an informal get-together to discuss web development trends, tools and techniques.

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Open Discussion - Maduros

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Want the opportunity meet and hang out with other members of our Sarasota Tech community? No agendas. Just good people, good beer, good fun.

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The Sarasota Java User Group will be meeting at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County on Wednesday, 7/25/2012 at 6:00 PM. July's topic will be an end to end Maven developed web application built on a Jenkins continuous integration server and deployed to Nexus repository and Tomcat server presented by Doug Rothhauser, Senior Java Application Server Administrator at FCCI Insurance Group.

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We are pleased to announce the first South Florida IT Pro Camp on Saturday, July 21st 2012 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm at Nova Southeastern in Fort Lauderdale. 

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The Suncoast Security Society will be meeting at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County on Wednesday, 7/18/2012 at 6:00 PM.  The topic is "Forensics: Windows Memory Analysis".

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Join us for an informal get-together to discuss web development trends, tools and techniques.

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As part of the STF Med Tech Series, this presentation represents more of the diverse technology industry sectors supported by STF.  Join us for an informative session by one of the Suncoast's leading innovators in the medical technology sector.

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Want the opportunity meet and hang out with other members of our Sarasota Tech community? No agendas. Just good people, good beer, good fun.

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Jennifer Walsh will be sharing some tips and tricks you might want to try to drive user adoption in your SharePoint Intranet.

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June's topic will be JAX-WS. You may be a REST fan boy marshaling your objects with reckless and contract-less abandon (unless you use WSDL 2.0), but there's still a place for good old SOAP. You can however use REST style Web Services using the JAX-WS Provider/Dispatch and XML binding.

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At the time of this posting the topic is not yet known.

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Join us for an informal get-together to discuss web development trends, tools and techniques.

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This presentation represents more of the diverse technology industry sectors supported by STF.  Join us for an informative session by one of the Suncoast's leading business leaders in the medical technology sector.

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When Friday, 6/15/2012, 11:30 AM Where Broadway Bar Restaurant 1001 Coconut Ave. Sarasota, FL Map/Directions Cost Attendees pay for their ow...

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Casual Meetup at Shakespeare's English Pub.

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The Sarasota SQL Server User Group will be meeting at the World of Beer on Tuesday, 6/12/2012 at 6:00 PM. This will be an open discussion.

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The Suncoast Security Society will be meeting at the World of Beer on Tuesday, 6/12/2012 at 6:00 PM.  This will be an open discussion.

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Want the opportunity meet and hang out with other members of our Sarasota Tech community? No agendas. Just good people, good beer, good fun.

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Join us for an informal get-together to discuss web development trends, tools and techniques.

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Entrepreneurs must get their ideas and strategies understood and accepted by investors, to be sure, but also by spouses, families, co-founders, vendors, and customers. For startups, life truly is one big long pitch. Thus, expertise in the ins and outs of presenting company ideas and business plans to all audiences can be quite useful. This lively presentation will walk the entrepreneur through the art and science of making the pitch.

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The Suncoast Security Society will be meeting at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County on Tuesday, 5/15/2012 at 6:00 PM, and the topic will be "Forensics: Live Response: Volatile Data".

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The Sarasota SQL Server User Group will be meeting at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County on Tuesday, 5/8/2012 at 6:00 PM.  The topic has not been announced yet.

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The BarCamp spring 2012 event will again be at G.WIZ on May 5 & 6, 2012 - put it on your calendar!

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At the SarasotaDev.net group meeting on Friday, May 4 from 2:00-4:00pm, Shaun Walker will be giving technical talks on What's New in DNN v6, as well as Integration of the Active Social Module into DNN v6. Shaun is the founder of DotNetNuke (DNN is a .NET open source web portal project), and CTO of DotNetNuke Corporation!

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STF Technology Conference & Expo 2012 is a collaboration of local and regional companies, EDOs, Chambers of Commerce, educational institutions and other regional technology organizations.

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srq.rb lives! Let's re-unite the group, welcome newcomers, and talk about the kind of the things we would like to talk about. Maybe a couple of short presentations...

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Want the opportunity meet and hang out with other members of our Sarasota Tech community? No agendas. Just good people, good beer, good fun.

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Have you ever worked on a project as a developer or client and found that the term “frustrating” is an understatement? The project goes longer, the developer drops off the end of the earth...

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Join us for an informal get-together to discuss web development trends, tools and techniques.

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The Sarasota Java User Group will be meeting at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County on Wednesday, 4/18/2012 at 6:00 PM. April's topic will be JDK 7 Features and Code Snippets, and Upcoming Features Coming in JDK 8 presented by Tim Grewe, Senior Systems Developer at FCCI Insurance Group.

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The Sarasota .NET Developers Group will be meeting at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County on Wednesday, 4/18/2012 at 6:00 PM.  The topic is "NuGet Tools".

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Featuring OUTSIDE the Box Telecommunications and Technologies, the April 2012 Techbyte Luncheon presentation will provide our audience with valuable insight into ways that technology innovation, the Internet and the ubiquity of high speed connectivity have completely transformed the telecommunications landscape for business and enterprise.

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The Sarasota SQL Server User Group will be meeting at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County on Tuesday, 4/17/2012 at 6:00 PM.  The topic has not been announced yet.

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The Suncoast Security Society will be meeting at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County on Wednesday, 4/11/2012 at 6:00 PM.  The topic will be "Introduction to Cryptography".

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The Sarasota Java User Group will be meeting at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County on Monday, 3/26/2012 at 6:00 PM.  The topic is "Hadoop Architecture, Administration, and Development".

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Join us for an informal get-together to discuss web development trends, tools and techniques.

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Private Cloud is the future of IT, and the future is now. Spend the day at our IT Camp and learn about Microsoft’s virtualization solution, Hyper-V, the first step on your path to mastering Private Cloud.

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New and existing members are encouraged to attend and learn how entrepreneurial ventures can obtain business coaching through the Kauffman Foundation’s Urban Entrepreneur Partnership (UEP) program, as well as learn about gaining access to micro-loans through Suncoast Community Capital.

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Most companies look for solutions from the silo of their industry. Join BarCamp Sarasota as we step outside and look at what you sell vs what you market and alternative distribution channels...

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The topic for the March meeting of the Suncoast Security Society will be open discussion at Maduros Cigar Bar.

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The Sarasota SQL Server User Group will be meeting at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County on Tuesday, 3/13/2012 at 6:00 PM.  The topic has not been announced yet.

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SQLSaturday is a training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server.

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The Sarasota .NET Developers Group will be meeting at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County on Tuesday, 3/6/2012 at 6:00 PM.  The topic is "Expression Blend for Developers".

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The Sarasota Java User Group will be meeting at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County on Wednesday, 2/22/2012 at 6:00 PM.  The topic has not been announced yet.

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Charlotte County is currently evaluating the opportunities that a community broadband network would present to the area, through strategic investments in fiber optic infrastructure...

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The Sarasota .NET Developers Group will be meeting at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County on Tuesday, 2/21/2012 at 6:00 PM.  The topic has not been announced yet.

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Join system administrators IT professionals and database professionals in addition to managers at all levels in Florida that work with Microsoft technologies for an “IT Pro Camp”.

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Remember those word and the where’s Waldo searches as a child? Do you ever feel that way about resources for your business?...

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The tentative topic for the February meeting of the Suncoast Security Society will be "Social Engineering".

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