MIX is a gathering of developers, designers, UX experts and business professionals creating the most innovative and profitable consumer sites on the web. Sessions range from technical, code-based topics to expert advice on content strategy, usability and design. Explore the future of the standards-based web – join the conversation at MIX11.
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MIX11 Day 1 Keynotes
MIX11 day 1 keynotes featuring Dean Hachamovitch, Steven Sinofsky, and Scott Guthrie.
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Build Fast Web Applications with Windows Azure AppFabric Caching
Speed up Web Applications using the new Windows Azure AppFabric Caching service. This session will cover concepts, scenarios, and features of the Caching service through a great many samples and demonstrations. We’ll talk through different approaches to optimize new and existing applications through...
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10 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do with Windows Azure
You already knew you could run your .NET-based applications on Windows Azure, but did you know you can encode videos in Windows Azure with Expression Encoder, use Memcached, run multiple web sites in a Web Role, and more? Steve Marx will show you ten things he’s done with Windows Azure that may...
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Crafty UX - UX Lightning Series
Designers can be crafty too! This "Crafty UX" lightning session is packed with four topics on how to apply design skills to technology. UX Lightning sessions are a full hour session with 4 exceptional speakers each presenting 10 minute topics. Hear from Sara Summers speaking on "10 Minute UX Ninja",...
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DotNetNuke and Azure: Taking Your Business to the Cloud
Over the past couple of years, no technology has been hyped as much as the cloud, but even with so much hype, it is amazing how little is understood about its practical application in the enterprise. In this session, we will discuss the top 10 reasons why a business of any size should seriously consider...
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Audio for Kinect: From Idea to "Xbox, Play!"
The talk will cover the overall architecture and algorithmic building blocks of the Kinect device, especially the audio pipeline. We will present the opportunities it opens for building better human-machine interfaces, new user experiences, and other potential applications. No specialized signal processing...
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Walking the Razor’s Edge with DotNetNuke
WebMatrix is a new, free, web development tool from Microsoft that provides a suite of technologies that make it easier to develop websites. It enables a developer to start a new site by browsing and downloading a fully functional app template from an online gallery of web applications, or alternatively...
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Building Your Web Sites with Kentico CMS on Windows Azure
Today, Kentico CMS is in use by almost 6000 websites in 84 countries as an on-premise or hosted solution. Delivered as a Visual Studio solution, Kentico CMS includes 34 out of the box modules all on top of a SQL Server backend. Do you need to build a highly available and scalable website for your business?...
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DIVA - The Future of Live Sports Consumption on the Web
Sky Sports is delivering a ground breaking video experience for their UEFA Champions League coverage using Deltatre’s Data Integrated Video Application (DIVA). In this session Jim will present a case study on how DIVA uses Silverlight and Smooth Streaming to go well beyond simple video delivery by leveraging...
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The Cross-Channel Experience
No matter how many departments your organization has, to your customers, it's all the same business. They expect a cohesive experience across all touch-points with your company, regardless of whether it's related to advertising, customer service, social presence, or the actual product or service you...
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A Soccer Team in the Clouds: Social Gaming Running in Windows Azure
Bola is a successful social game published by Three Melons - now Disney Corp - in different social networks including Facebook and Orkut. This session will present a highly-scalable, flexible, Azure-based architecture design that supports more than 10 million users with spikes of over 1.2 million daily...