News & Events
BizSparkCamp 2010 in Dublin, Ireland
Entrepreneurs from the BizSpark program in Ireland gathered in Dublin for BizSparkCamp 2010 on March 8. Cliff Reeves, the global head of Microsoft’s Emerging Business Team, met with Conor O’Riordan, Ian Lucey and Aidan Gallagher, CEOs of TradeFacilitate, Lucey Technology and InishTech, and heard how the program helped their companies succeed. Read more about the growing strength of BizSpark’s program in Ireland.
DEMOspring 2010
March 21-23, 2010 | Palm Desert, CA
Forty companies will launch new products at DEMOspring in social media, life sciences, clean tech, cloud technologies, enterprise, mobile and consumer technologies. Connect with Microsoft team members, Brian Hoskins, Dave Drach, Jacob Mullins, Joel Franusic, and Lynda Ting, at the event.
Innovate!100 Pitch Slam Events
March 2010
Europe
Sponsored by BizSpark, Innovate!2010 is a global competition to identify the most promising Startups around the world and accelerate their growth. Finalists will participate in a Pitch Slam, which qualifies them to receive a G-Score, an analytical tool that helps businesses understand their competitive strengths and market position. Look for your city’s Pitch Slam below and register for Innovate!2010 now!
· Madrid, Spain–March 2, 2010
· Zaragoza, Spain–March 3, 2010
· Dublin, Ireland–March 8, 2010
· Berlin, Germany–March 22, 2010 (tentative)
· Helsinki, Finland–March 24, 2010
· Stockholm, Sweden–March 25, 2010 (tentative)
· London, England–March 29, 2010
MSDN Windows Azure Events for Developers
March 2010 | United States
MSDN Events teams are offering free, live, U.S.-based deep dives into Windows Azure. Get a developer-focused overview of this fresh platform and the cloud computing services that can be used either together or independently to build amazing applications. Each deep dive also explores data storage, SQL Azure, and the basics of deployment with Windows Azure. Register today for a session—use the “Search Events” or “Select Your Region” functions to find one in your area.
Huddle.net wins Microsoft SharePoint 2010 SocialFest
Seven top Microsoft BizSpark startups building enterprise collaboration applications, competed last week in a coding marathon at Microsoft’s Silicon Valley campus, enhancing their applications by utilizing the collaboration features of SharePoint 2010. Huddle.net, a UK startup, won the competition.
Read what TechCrunch says about SharePoint 2010 SocialFest!
Watch videos of the founders of all SharePoint 2010 SocialFest startups.
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