Microsoft SharePoint Enthusiasts to Convene at Free Long Beach Event

Online, March 16, 2012 (Newswire.com) - On April 14, 2012 architects, developers, branders and other professionals interested in Microsoft's SharePoint enterprise software platform will be in attendance at the upcoming SharePoint Saturday Los Angeles event at California State University, Long Beach. This free, all day event is intended to educate technology and business professionals on SharePoint's benefits and capabilities in a fun and friendly environment.

Held at the Student Union facility on the Cal State Long Beach campus the event will include more than 30 sessions led by working professionals skilled in a variety of SharePoint disciplines. Some of the session topics include:
• Metadata and taxonomy management
• Social computing
• Migration and upgrade
• Business intelligence
• Design and layout
• Enterprise content management
• Workflow, Web Parts, and other SharePoint solutions
• Enterprise Search
• Cloud computing and hosting
• Project Management

Breakfast, lunch and snacks will be served at the venue, and free wireless internet access will be provided by the facility. Giveaways and prizes will also be provided throughout the day.

SharePoint Saturday LA is a free event open to the public, however space is limited. To register for the event, log on to http://spsla.eventbrite.com/.

For more information about SharePoint Saturday LA speakers, session topics and venue details visit the SharePoint Saturday site at SharePointSaturday.org/LA, follow the event on Facebook.com/SPSLA or via the LinkedIn group SharePoint Sat. Los Angeles. The event Twitter handle is #SPSLA.

This year's SharePoint Saturday LA event is sponsored by Lead sponsor Axceler, Gold sponsors AvePoint K2, Perficient, and Rackspace, Silver sponsors WebTrends, Hershey Technologies, KoFax, KnowledgeLake, Slalom Consulting, Idera, New Horizons, Citrius, Quest, and Kodak. Community service groups including local Southern California SharePoint User Groups, Women in SharePoint, DotNET user groups and others will also be in attendance.

Sponsorship opportunities are still available, with sponsorship forms available at http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/la/
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Contacts:

Event Co-chair: Nedra Allmond
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @nedraallmond

Marketing / Media Contact: Karuana Gatimu
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: (310) 359-0706
Twitter: @karuana