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Updated 2/24/2006 -- '06 #53
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Mon FEB 27, 2006
Boston Area Wireless Alliance "Cambridge's municipal wifi project" 6-8, 344 Broadway, Cambridge

Tue FEB 28, 2006
Boston AppleScript Users Group, "REALbasic & AppleScript", MIT Building E51, Room 345
Ind Computer Consultants, "Microsoft Technology: What it means to your clients" 6pm, Burlington
New England SharePoint User Group, "Live Communication Server", 6-7:30,  Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Area Windows Server, "Project Server 2005 & Selling Security" 6pm, Microsoft, Waltham
Water User Group, "Water V5 and the Liquid Browser", 7pm, One Broadway, Cambridge
Boston PDA Developer's Group open forum, 7PM, MIT Rm 3-133

Wed MAR 01, 2006
NH SQL Server User Group, "SQL Server Performance Tuning", 7pm, New Horizons, Nashua
RI .NET Users, topic TBA, 6PM, Roger Williams Univ

Thu MAR 02, 2006
Visual Basic Pro, "ADO.NET Enhancements for SQL Server 2005", 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham
BostonPHP and Boston PHPmeetUp, "Understanding open source licensing", 6:30, IBM, Cambridge
Boston Red Hat Meetup Group, "United Red Hat Meetup Day", 6:30
Beantown .NET Users, "XML Serialization", 5:30, Adesso Systems, Boston

Fri MAR 03, 2006
North Shore Comp Soc computer clinic, 7PM, Peabody Municipal Light

Sat MAR 04, 2006
Boston Linux & Unix, "Linux InstallFest XX", 9:00 am, MIT Building E-51, Room 063

Mon MAR 06, 2006
Cambridge Search Engine Optimization Meetup Group, 7 pm
Cent NH Linux Users, "Steve Amsden demos LTSP", 7PM, @NHTI Library, Concord NH

Tue MAR 07, 2006
Boston Area Windows Server, "Selling Security to Your Manager", Microsoft, Waltham

Wed MAR 08, 2006
SW Quality Group, "Software Quality, CMM and LEAN", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Back Bay LISA, "Information Integrity - Secure Messaging ", 7PM, MIT E51-149
Boston .NET UG, "Intro to Microsoft Windows Workflow Foundation", 6:30-8-30, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Mac Users (BMAC), "Backup", 7PM, MIT Bldg E51
Boston Wi-Fi Meetup and Boston Wireless Advocacy Group, "Free Some Spectrum", 7pm

Thu MAR 09, 2006
NE Java Users (NEJUG), "AJAX Architecture", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Boston Python Meetup Group, 7 pm
Boston Web Design Meetup Group, 6PM, Trident Booksellers and Cafe, Newbury St
New England SQL Server User Group, "What's New for Developers?", 7pm, Microsoft, Waltham
Data Management Association (DAMA) "Data Warehouse Architectures" 3-5, Bank of America, Waltham
North Shore Computer Soc'y "Blogging & Social Networking", 7pm, Higgins Middle School, Peabody
C# Users, "Programming SQL Server/.NET Framework", 5:30, So NH Univ Hospitality Bldg
RI Macintosh UG "creating a website using Dreamweaver 8" 7:30-9, Davies Career Technical School

Fri MAR 10, 2006
Final Cut Pro meets at the Camera Company Pro Video Show, 6:30, Boston Marriott Quincy Hotel

Sat MAR 11, 2006
Avid Users, "Tips & Tricks panel discussion", 2PM, Boston Marriott Quincy Hotel
Visually Impaired and Blind UG, "IRS tax filing system", 1-4pm, National Braille Press, Boston

Mon MAR 13, 2006
Worcester Comp Soc, topic TBA, 6:30, Worcester State College

Tue MAR 14, 2006
Autodesk Users, "Autocad Tables & fields", 6PM, @Cubellis, 711 Atlantic Ave
IEEE, ACM, and SwANH IT Seminar "Large Scale Software Development" 5pm, Southern NH University
New England M "The M/Caché Industry for Hiring & Consultants" 6pm, Wellesley Gateway Building
Boston Network Users (BNUG), "Keeping Tabs on your Network", 7PM, NEW LOCATION - MIT Building 2
Eclipse Developers, "SWT/Swing integration", 7PM, IBM Rational, Lexington
Boston.PM (Perl Monger), "Topic to be determined", 7:15, MIT E51-376
Boston CHI, "Online Health Communities", 7pm, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
NH Seacoast MAC, "Digital Photography (pt 2)", 7PM, Rye Jr High, Rye NH

Wed MAR 15, 2006
Access Day, "Introduction to Access", 9:30AM-Noon, Microsoft, Waltham
Access Day, "Intermediate Access", 1-6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Access Day, "Access Developer", 6-8:30PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG) "Topic: TBD",  7pm, Morgan Hall, WPI
Boston Linux & Unix, "Linux Soup IX", 7PM, MIT Room E51-315
Club Pocket PC-Boston, topic TBA, 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Mac Meetup Group, "getting to know one another", 6-8pm, Tech Superpowers, Boston
MacWoburn, "Topic: TBD", 7 pm to 9 pm., ceramics room of the Woburn Senior Center
Boston SPIN (Software Process Improvement) "Six Sigma Software Improvement" 6-8:30, Loc TBA

Thu MAR 16, 2006
GBC/ACM and IEEE Comp Society, "Integrating Java and C++", 7PM, IBM Innovation Ctr, Waltham
MerriLUG Linux Users, "Red Hat: Network Manager", 6PM, Martha's Exchange, Nashua NH
New England Information Security "small tools including Metasploit" 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham

Fri MAR 17, 2006
SIBMUG: A PC User Group, topic TBA, 7PM, McConnell Center, Dover NH

Sat MAR 18, 2006
Rhode Island Apple Group (RIAG), "General Meeting, Topic: TBA"

Mon MAR 20, 2006
PC Users Group of RI, topic TBD, 7PM, NE Inst of Tech, Warwick RI

Tue MAR 21, 2006
So NE Network Users, "Office 12", 7PM, Roger Williams Coll, Prov RI
Storage Networking, "Next Generation VTL Technology", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
DBUG (the DataCAD Boston Users Group), 6pm, Boston Society of Architects

Wed MAR 22, 2006
Boston Area SAS Users, "Coders’ Corner Galore", 8AM-Noon, Holiday Inn, Newton
Flash Platform Users, topic TBA, 7PM, NE Institute of Art, Brookline

Mon MAR 27, 2006
Boston Weblogger Meetup Group, 7:00 PM

Tue MAR 28, 2006
Boston AppleScript Users Group, "AppleScript Studio", MIT Building E51, Room 149

Mon APR 03, 2006
Cent NH Linux Users "Extracting content from MS Office with PHP" 7PM, @NHTI Library, Concord NH

Tue APR 04, 2006
New England M "TrackWare Professional for Caché Developers" 6pm, Wellesley Gateway Building

Wed APR 05, 2006
Boston Area Windows Server, "Email Security Strategies", Microsoft, Waltham

Thu APR 06, 2006
Visual Basic Pro, "Personalized Sites with ASP.NET and VB", 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham
Comp Measurement Group, topic and location TBD
NE Java Users (NEJUG), "Eclipse Foundation Night", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
BostonPHP and Boston PHPmeetUp "Joomla! part deux"

Mon APR 10, 2006
Worcester Comp Soc, topic TBA, 6:30, Worcester State College

Tue APR 11, 2006
Autodesk Users, "What's new in Autocad 2007", 6PM, @Cubellis, 711 Atlantic Ave
IEEE, ACM, and SwANH IT Seminar "Neat Gadgets" 5pm, Southern NH University
Eclipse Developers, topic TBA, 7PM, IBM Rational, Lexington
Boston Network Users (BNUG), "Network Backup", 7PM, NEW LOCATION - MIT Building 2

Wed APR 12, 2006
SW Quality Group, "Testing for Different Dev Processes, Industries", 6PM, Sun Micro, Burlington
Back Bay LISA (administrators of large and small networks)  TBA
Boston Mac Users (BMAC), "Secure your Mac", 7PM, MIT Bldg E51

Sat APR 15, 2006
Rhode Island Apple Group (RIAG), "General Meeting, Topic: TBA"

Tue APR 18, 2006
So NE Network Users, "Disaster Recovery", 7PM, Roger Williams Coll, Prov RI
Storage Networking, "Data Protection & Archiving", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
PC Users Group of RI, topic TBD, 7PM, NE Inst of Tech, Warwick RI

Wed APR 19, 2006
Boston Linux & Unix, "Wind River Workbench", 7PM, MIT Room E51-315

Thu APR 20, 2006
New England Information Security Group "Legal Implications of E-Mail," 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham

Tue APR 25, 2006
Boston AppleScript Users Group, "FaceSpan", MIT Building E51, Room 345

Wed MAY 03, 2006
Boston Area Windows Server, "TBA", Microsoft, Waltham

Mon MAY 08, 2006
Worcester Comp Soc, topic TBA, 6:30, Worcester State College

Tue MAY 09, 2006
Autodesk Users, "New Autocad 2007 features in depth", 6PM, @Cubellis, 711 Atlantic Ave
IEEE, ACM, and SwANH IT Seminar "Business Process Outsourcing" 5pm, Southern NH University
Eclipse Developers, topic TBA, 7PM, IBM Rational, Lexington
Boston Network Users (BNUG), "Verizon FiOS Internet Service", 7PM, NEW LOCATION - MIT Building 2

Wed MAY 10, 2006
Back Bay LISA (administrators of large and small networks)  TBA

Thu MAY 11, 2006
NE Java Users (NEJUG), "Omniscient Debugging", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Tue MAY 16, 2006
So NE Network Users, "True Image and Disk Director", 7PM, Roger Williams Coll, Prov RI
SW Quality Group, "Offshoring Panel Discussion", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Mon MAY 22, 2006
PC Users Group of RI, topic TBD, 7PM, NE Inst of Tech, Warwick RI

Tue MAY 23, 2006
Boston AppleScript Users Group, "TBA", MIT Building E51, Room 345

Wed JUN 05, 2006
Boston Area Windows Server, "TBA", Microsoft, Waltham

Thu JUN 08, 2006
NE Java Users (NEJUG), "Core Security Patterns", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Mon JUN 12, 2006
Worcester Comp Soc, topic TBA, 6:30, Worcester State College

Tue JUN 13, 2006
Eclipse Developers, topic TBA, 7PM, IBM Rational, Lexington

Wed JUN 14, 2006
SW Quality Group, "Introduction to Function Points", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Back Bay LISA (administrators of large and small networks)  TBA

Tue JUN 20, 2006
So NE Network Users,"Pro Curve Switches", 7PM, Roger Williams Coll, Prov RI

Thu JUN 22, 2006
DBUG (the DataCAD Boston Users Group), 6pm, Boston Society of Architects

Tue JUN 27, 2006
Boston AppleScript Users Group, "TBA", MIT Building E51, Room 345

Wed JUL 05, 2006
Boston Area Windows Server, "TBA", Microsoft, Waltham

Tue JUL 11, 2006
Autodesk Users, "New Autocad 2007 features in depth", 6PM, @Cubellis, 711 Atlantic Ave
Back Bay LISA (administrators of large and small networks)  TBA

Wed JUL 12, 2006
SW Quality Group, "Annual Hot Topics Night", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Tue JUL 18, 2006
So NE Network Users,"Perimeter Security", 7PM, Roger Williams Coll, Prov RI


Events, Conferences, Education and Training:

FEB 20,22,24, 2006
Fundamentals of Perl Programming with Computer Lab 9-5, Qualware, Burlington

FEB 24, 2006
IBM Waltham (free): DB2 Database V8 fundamentals, app development, and database admin exam

FEB 25, 2006
MS .NET Developers,, "Mini Code Camp - Enterprise Mobility", 8:30-5, Microsoft, Waltham

FEB 28, 2006
Microsoft TechNet, "Windows Server 2003 R2", 8AM, Sheraton-Nashua
Microsoft Developers Network, "Smart Solutions with SmartClients", 1PM, Sheraton-Nashua

FEB 28 - MAR 2, 2006
IBM Waltham (free): Jumpstart enablement workshop, 9:00AM - 5:00PM

MAR 07, 2006
IEEE: Software Development for Medical Device Manufacturers 8:30-5, Woburn

MAR 07-08, 2006

MAR 08, 2006
IEEE: Software Verification & Validation for Practitioners and Managers 8:30-5, Lexington

MAR 08-09, 2006

MAR 09, 2006
IEEE: Building Accurate Schedules from Software Requirements 8:30-5, Woburn

MAR 14-16, 2006
IBM Waltham (free): DB2 enablement and porting workshop  9:00AM - 5:00PM

MAR 20-22, 2006
IBM Waltham (free): DB2 Records Manager administration workshop  9:00AM - 5:00PM

MAR 22-24
IBM Waltham (free): DB2 Document Manager workshop  9:00AM - 5:00PM

MAR 23, 2006
IEEE: Regular Expressions in Perl", 6:30-8:30 pm, Waltham

MAR 25, 2006
MS .NET Developers,, "Mini Code Camp - Security Edition", 8:30-5, Microsoft, Waltham

MAR 30, 2006
IEEE: Object Oriented Programming in Perl", 6:30-8:30 pm, Waltham

APR 03, 2006
Oracle Life Science Users, 6th Annual OLSUG Meeting, Sheraton Boston

APR 03-06, 2006
LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center

APR 06, 2006
IEEE: Perl and the World Wide Web", 6:30-8:30 pm, Waltham

APR 11-13, 2006
IBM Waltham (free): Workplace Client Technology, Micro Edition for devices, 9:00AM - 5:00PM

APR 11-14, 2006
IEEE: VxWorks 5.X and Tornado 2.X", 8-5,  Hudson, NH

APR 12,2006
IEEE: Proactive User Acceptance Testing", 8:30-5 pm, Lexington

APR 13, 2006
IEEE: Network and Internet Programming in Perl", 6:30-8:30 pm, Woburn

APR 13, 20, 27, MAY 4, 11, 18
IEEE: Developing for Embedded Linux 2.6", 6:30-8:30 pm,  Lexington

APR 19, 2006
IEEE: Eclipse Development Platform & Application Framework", 9-4, Lexington

APR 24, MAY 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
IEEE: Introduction to Java Servlets and JSPs", 6:15-9:45 pm, Lexington

APR 25-27, 2006
IBM Waltham (free): Workplace Managed Client introductory application development, 9AM - 5PM

MAY 16-18, 2006
IBM Waltham (free): WebSphere Everyplace Deployment Enterprise Edition, 9:00AM - 5:00PM

MAY 30-JUN 03, 2006
USENIX Annual Technical Conference, "Training, Technical Sessions, workshops, more", Boston

JUN 11-16, 2006
Microsoft Tech Ed 2006 Convention, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center

JUN 12-14, 2006
IBM Waltham (free): DB2 Document Manager workshop  9:00AM - 5:00PM

JUN 14-16, 2006
IBM Waltham (free): DB2 Document Manager system planning and advanced configuration 9AM - 5PM

JUL 30 - AUG 03, 2006
SIGGRAPH 2006 International Conference, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center

OCT 17-18, 2006
56th Annual Northeast Quality Conference, Holiday Inn, Mansfield


Ongoing:

MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science events open to the public

The IEEE Boston Section posts local courses at http://www.ieeeboston.org/

Qualware Instructional Services, Burlington, flexible public and corporate IT training.

Cambridge Center for Adult Education, 617 547-6789 or http://www.ccae.org

DevelopMentor Training Classes, Cummings Park, Woburn. http://www.develop.com

Future Media Concepts provides training in all areas of digital media

Pinnacle Training has continuing Microsoft-related courses at Westborough and Braintree

Apple seminars  MA NH RI

Microsoft New England: Local Event Calendar

IBM Innovation Centers for Business Partners - Waltham

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