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TechVenue.com's Blogcast/Podcast News, Networking & Events of the Week for 10/28-11/04/2005

TechVenue.com's Blogcast/Podcast News, Networking & Events
of the Week for 10/28-11/04/2005

Hello and welcome to TechVenue.com's (mostly weekly) Events Blogcast Forecast.

Friday, October 28th-November 4th, 2005


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EUROPE:

British Autumn is now official since Saturday, and this week, on Friday,
November the 5th, it's Guy Fawkes Day...

Event Of The Week (EOW):
Guy Fawkes Day - See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes


Guido Fawkes (April 13, 1570–January 31, 1606), most commonly called Guy Fawkes,
was a member of the group of Roman Catholic conspirators who attempted to carry
out the Gunpowder Plot. The conspirators had planned to assassinate King James I
and all the members of both branches of the Parliament of England. To do this,
the House of Lords was to be blown up during the formal opening of the 1605
session of Parliament. Guy Fawkes was primarily responsible for the latter
stages of the plan's execution. He was discovered before its completion,
however. Following an interrogation, Fawkes and his co-conspirators were
executed for treason.

In the United Kingdom, Newfoundland, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, parts of
the USA, and formerly Australia, the Gunpowder Plot is commemorated annually on
Guy Fawkes Night, also called Bonfire Night. For some it is a celebration of the
plot's failure, for others it marks the loss of a folk hero.


NEWS OF THE WEEK (NOW):

CHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM
Winners of the IEXcellence Awards were presented at the 2005 EMEA TotalView®
Workforce Management User Conference held at the Queen Hotel in Chester, England
(Oct. 18-20). Egg plc was recognized for Best Practices.

See:
http://www.iex.com/Press/iexevent.htm


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NEW YORK:

News Of The Week (NOW):

New York City Technology Forum
http://www.govtech.net
A Government Technology Executive Leadership Forum
November 1-2, 2005 New York Marriott Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY
OPENING REMARKS: Gino P. Menchini, Commissioner and Chief Information Officer, City of New York
OPENING KEYNOTE: John Petersen, Futurist, Founder of the Arlington Institute


Event Of The Week (EOW):

ORGANIZATION NAME: BrainStorm Group
EVENT NAME: BrainStorm New York 2005
EVENT START DATE: 11/1/2005 8:30:00 AM
EVENT END DATE: 11/4/2005 5:30:00 PM
EVENT LOCATION: Crowne Plaza Times Square, Manhattan, 1605 Broadway, New York,
NY 10019
EVENT DESCRIPTION: Strategies and Techniques for Successful Process Innovation
and for Developing, Managing and Governing Service-Oriented Architecture
See: http://www.brainstorm-group.com
EVENT CONTACT NAME: Linda O'Donnell
EVENT CONTACT PHONE: 508-393-3266
CONTACT EMAIL: lod@brainstorm-group.com

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BOSTON:

News Of The Week (NOW):
Boston based CrunchTime! Information Systems, a developer of enterprise back office software for the restaurant and hospitality industry, was named One of the Fastest Growing Technology Companies in North America on the 2005 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 - See: http://www.crunchtime.com

Event Of The Week (EOW):

ORGANIZATION NAME: Windows IT Pro/SQL Server Magazine
EVENT NAME: SQL Server 2005: Built for the Enterprise. Are You Prepared?
EVENT START DATE: 11/03/2005 8:00:00 AM
EVENT END DATE: 11/03/2005 12:30:00 PM
EVENT LOCATION: 11/3 Waltham, MA
Microsoft New England District Office
201 Jones Rd., Sixth Floor
Waltham, MA 02451
phone: 781-487-6400
EVENT REGION: US - Southwest
EVENT DESCRIPTION: In this free, half-day event you’ll learn how the top new
features of SQL Server 2005 will help you create and manage large-scale,
mission-critical, enterprise database applications—making your job easier.
EVENT SPEAKERS: Joe Yong, Chief Architect, Scalability Experts
EVENT COST: $0
EVENT RELATED WEBSITE: http://TechVenue.com/SQLRoadShow2005.htm
EVENT CONTACT NAME: subs@windowsitpro.com
EVENT CONTACT PHONE: 800.793.5697
CONTACT EMAIL: subs@windowsitpro.com
MUST ONE RSVP?: No
INVITATION ONLY?: No
EVENT NOTES: Learn how the top new features of SQL Server 2005 will help you create and manage large-scale, mission-critical, enterprise database applications. Find out how to leverage SQL Server 2005’s new capabilities to
best support your business initiatives. Register today!

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CHICAGO:

News Of The Week (NOW):
eSpeed, Inc. (NASDAQ: ESPD), a leading developer of electronic marketplaces and
trading technology for the global capital markets, announced today that it
launched its first annual worldwide Texas Hold 'Em charity poker tournament in
Chicago, Illinois as part of a philanthropic initiative to give back to one of
the many communities in which it does business:
http://www.espeed.com


Event Of The Week (EOW):
Thursday, November 3 2005 8:00am - 5:00pm
Usability Professionals Association (UPA): World Usability Day 2005
http://www.humanfactors.com/home/WUDchicago.asp
Will bring together User Experience practitioners and business stakeholders to discuss the relevance of the field, celebrate success stories and inspire future collaboration.

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SILICON VALLEY:

News Of The Week (NOW):

Two companies in the region Ranked on 2005 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 / 500 List of the Fastest Growing Technology Companies in North America and Silicon Valley

EVault - http://www.evault.com was
named #5 in Silicon Valley, #33 in North America

2Wire - http://www.2Wire.com was Named
#7 in Silicon Valley, #51 in North America

both by Deloitte Technology
http://www.deloitte.com



Event Of The Week (EOW):

InfoBayArea.com & Muybueno.net Monthly Business Mixer is a MEGA BUSINESS MIXER
this month - Toy Drive, Cooking Demo, Chocolate Tasting, Fashion Show, Food
Fest, Live Music, Dancing, Gifts & Prizes...
http://www.infobayarea.com or
http://www.muybueno.net

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SPECIAL EVENTS:

ORGANIZATION NAME: Windows IT Pro/SQL Server Magazine
EVENT NAME: SQL Server 2005: Built for the Enterprise. Are You Prepared?
http://TechVenue.com/SQLRoadShow2005.htm
(Next event: 11/3 in Waltham, MA)

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Technology News This Week (TNOW):

USA Economic activity expanded at an energetic 3.8 percent annual rate in the
third quarter, providing vivid evidence of the economy's stamina even as it
coped with the destructive forces of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

At the same time, nearly a third of Internet users are cutting back on time
spent surfing the Internet and a quarter say they have stopped buying online
altogether, according to a study from Consumer Reports WebWatch.

Certainly, there is no direct corrolation between these two figures, but it does
seem to lean towards a conclusion that online spending, cut by 1/3, does not
bring our whole economy to a screeching halt. That's good news - the Internet is
still coming out of it's infancy in many respects - I'd rather have a mature
(online) construct to do business in than one that cannot recover quickly and
hurt the economy.

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Career News This Week:

U.S. employment costs rose 0.8% in the third quarter, Wage and salary increases,
however, have fallen, coming in at a 2.3% rise in the year ended September 2005.
Hmm. Could these be related?

Check your career "oil" and run your position by a salary survey or a trusted
recruiter (oxymoron?) - you deserve to know if your lack of salary increases are
due to an internal offset for rising benefits costs.

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Humorous News This Week:

Well, I'll continue with my short run of "dumber 'dan dum criminals" stories:

ZAGREB (Reuters) - A phone call to his mother led to the downfall of a suspected
German robber, who was arrested in Croatia after fleeing his homeland and
eluding police for nearly two weeks.

Croatian police said the security guard made off with 7.2 million euros he was
supposed to deliver to a German bank and fled to the Adriatic coast -- where he
had apparently always dreamed of living.

After managing to evade a police and Interpol manhunt for 10 days while hiding
out in the coastal Croatian city of Zadar, the suspect was nabbed after making a
phone call to his mother, the daily Jutarnji List reported Tuesday.

Most of the money was still in his car as he only bought some clothes and shoes,
police told the newspaper.

"We believe all the money was in the trunk of his car, but we are still counting
it," the police chief was quoted as saying.

The 38-year-old father of three had a life-long dream of buying a house on the
Adriatic sea, one of his former colleagues told the German press.

Sheesh! was Momma's boy calling her to make Momma proud?

...Have a great weekend and a better week ahead!

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BLOG PODCAST FILE LINK: http://TechVenue.com/PODCASTS/TechVenue_10_28_2005.mp3
Humorous music provided by the zany movie: Shaun Of The Dead - the only comedy, horror, romance, "goth girl chick flick" great mess of a movie I know of that could actually be a good date movie the last weekend of October. ;-)




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