CloudCamp Bangalore & Hadoop Summit

This post comes live from CloudCamp Bangalore & Hadoop Summit. After delivering CloudCamp across India, Dave Neilsen, Prem and the India team of CloudCamp reached Bangalore. The event started with Yahoo! folks delivering the keynote on Hadoop and Cloud Computing. It was interesting to see the efforts of Yahoo! in this space. After the keynote, there was an UnPanel. This was the first time...

Personal Branding and Evangelism

After covering the key traits of a technology evangelist and why technology evangelism matters, I want to discuss personal branding in the context of evangelism. Before the interweb took over the print media, I grew up reading the tech. columns written by Yashwant Kanetkar, Dr. Nitin Paranjpe, Dr. Vijay Mukhi in Express Computer. In the mid 90s, I found the articles written by Atul Chitnis and...

Why Technology Evangelism Matters?

A decade back only a handful of folks carried the title of an ‘Evangelist’ on their business cards. This role was predominantly found within software product and developer platform companies. It is Apple, Microsoft, Sun and Google that made this title sound very cool. Today it is common to find Evangelists in the corporate world. I have also seen a few companies giving the title of...

Microsoft Community TechDays

I had the opportunity to be a part of Microsoft Community TechDays at Hyderabad and Bangalore. What is special about CTD? This is run completely by the community and the User Groups with a very little support from Microsoft. The Hyderabad CTD was held on 20th September at Microsoft campus. I had the privilege to deliver the keynote on Azure Services Platform. Azure Code Camp at MS Community...

Windows Azure Series at B.NET – Part II

The second part of Windows Azure series (scheduled for Oct. 10th at 11AM) will cover the Compute and Storage aspects of Windows Azure. This session will provide you an end to end walk through of writing your first Cloud application. Most of the B.NET members reached out to me asking if they can attend this session even if they missed Part I. I am planning to do a recap to cover the topics that I...

Windows Azure Series at B.NET

I am starting a series of sessions focused on Windows Azure at B.NET User Group. The idea is to cover the key concepts of Cloud Computing and Windows Azure. Please visit B.NET for more...

Bangalore GTUG Launch Was a Grand Success

This post comes little late but it is never too late to share good things. Bangalore GTUG launch was attended by more than 70 developers. Thanks to Google Bangalore for not only hosting this event but also providing the attendees with free Wi-Fi and a delicious lunch Here is a detailed post on the...

Announcing Bangalore Google Technology User Group (GTUG)

To get all the Google enthusiasts and developers from Bangalore under one roof, we are announcing the Bangalore Google Technology User Group (GTUG). Google announced their plan for GTUG a couple of months back at their Google I/O conference. Check out the global GTUG site for more details. I have taken the lead to form and manage this community. My passion for community related activities and...

Azure Session at Bangalore Tech.Ed Mini Event

Today Niraj & I presented at Tech.Ed 2009 Community Event in Bangalore. This is organized by one of the most vibrant Microsoft communities in the country – B.NET. The organizers managed to get almost the same set of speakers who presented at Tech.Ed 2009 event held in Hyderabad last month. Though the session started with a few audiences, the hall was 75% full by the time I reached the...