Friday, February 26, 2010

SharePoint Enterprise Search 2010 & FAST Search for SharePoint 2010

I’ll be speaking next month on March 3rd at the NYSPUG meeting, come and say HI.

NY SharePoint User Group Meeting, March 3 2010

Abstract:
With the acquisition of FAST Enterprise Search Platform, Microsoft has made enterprise search a centerpiece of SharePoint 2010. Get a first hand comprehensive overview of the major improvements in SharePoint Search 2010 compared to SharePoint Search 2007. Natalya will also provide an understanding of the major differences between SharePoint Search 2010 and FAST Search for SharePoint 2010. This session, full of demos, will cover the following:

  • New & improved architecture
  • Sources of content available for out-of-the-box indexing
  • Crawled properties vs managed properties
  • What is the entity extraction
  • Social search & people search
  • Relevancy tuning & content processing

Agenda: 

5:30 PM

Eat & Greet: Networking, Food & Drink

6:00 PM

The News: Breaking SharePoint & NYC SPUG News 

6:10 PM

The SharePoint Minute: Quick 3-minute tutorial

6:20 PM

Presentation

7:20 PM

Wrap Up: Announcements/Door Prizes

7:30 PM

After Meeting Social: Continue discussions with Speakers, Sponsors & Peers

To attend this meeting, REGISTER NOW!

PS: Carlos, you already know this stuff :-)

 

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Understanding the Integration of Search & Recommendations: February 10, 2010 @ NYC

This is our 3rd Enterprise Search User Group meeting in New York join us to see Tal Peleg to speak on the topic “Understanding the Integration of Search & Recommendations”

Abstract:

While Recommendations provides an entirely new economic model both for the media and entertainment industries (one that is just beginning to show its power). Unlimited selection is revealing truths about what consumers want and how they want to get it in...

This technology is now harnessed for the productivity market as well.  Allowing for enhanced social computing around community of interest and allowing LOB owners to better communicate with their fellow workers.

Demo Included.

SPEAKER:

Tal Peleg, has been with FAST/Microsoft since 2007, focused on NY media accounts. This support includes the pre-sales briefings, evaluation support, requirements analysis, architectural design, and working with implementation services teams.  Prior to FAST, Tal has been in the telecom world, driving next generation services across the western hemisphere.

Register now!

  • MEETING AGENDA:

    5:30 PM - Networking (Food and Drinks)

    6:00 PM - News and Highlights

    6:10 pm - A word from our sponsor

    6:30 PM - Speaker Presentation

    7:25 PM - Wrap-Up and Give-Aways

    7:30 PM - After Meeting Social

    ADDRESS:

    1290 Avenue of the Americas, Sixth Floor New York, NY 10104

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