When: Wednesday, April 18, 4:00 - 6:00 PM

Where: Beefeaters British Grille & Ale House;
2331 E. Evergreen Dr, Appleton, WI 54913; (920) 730-8300

Format: Presentation; Open discussion

Speaker: Mike Shine-Director at BA Insight’s

Topic: Beyond Ten Blue Links: Why Search-Driven
Applications Matter to the Enterprise

About the Topic: Do you know what a Search Driven Application is and how to provide them to your organization? These applications provide clear value for people in a wide variety of roles: research, operations, sales, consulting, etc. while there are many great examples of search-based applications, they have traditionally been expensive and complex to build. SharePoint 2010 and FAST Search for SharePoint have changed the equation, so you can now field powerful applications at a much lower cost than ever before. The session will provide examples of applications as well as practical tools and tips. We'll highlight three applications in particular, including a legal research application in production.

About the Speaker: Mike Shine is a Director at BA Insight’s Chicago office with extensive experience in implementing enterprise search solutions built on Microsoft SharePoint within dozens of organizations across numerous verticals. With over five years of experience in SharePoint development, infrastructure management and search optimization, his contributions to the SharePoint community have earned him speaking opportunities at technical conferences, symposiums and user groups throughout North America.

We look forward to seeing you there,

Lori Popoff - Air Wisconsin
Jenn Aho - Air Wisconsin
Larry Baier - Fox Valley Technical College
Chris Fleming - Skyline Technologies