Buffalo, NY (PRWEB) July 03, 2013
Algonquin Studios is pleased to announce its sponsorship of the newly formed chapter of the Specialist Association for SQL Server in Buffalo, New York.

The Specialist Association for SQL Server (PASS) is an independent, not-for-profit association dedicated to supporting, educating, and advertising the worldwide Microsoft SQL Server community. Co-founded by Microsoft and CA in 1999, PASS was produced to assist educate and connect millions of SQL Server users about the planet.

Local PASS chapters are communities of dedicated SQL Server and Company Intelligence experts that meet regularly in individual to connect, share, and learn in cities and towns around the globe. The Buffalo Chapter was lately formed after members of Algonquin Studios computer software improvement group attended a one-day SQLSaturday occasion in Rochester, NY.

We all actually enjoyed the SQLSaturday occasion we went to final month, says Dan Griggs, a Senior Developer at Algonquin Studios and President of Buffalos new Chapter. None of us are SQL expertswere developers who use SQL but the SQL loved ones is open, engaging, and prepared to support out and the free of charge training that PASS events provide actually created an impression on us. When we realized the worth offered by PASS and SQLSaturday, the notion of beginning a Buffalo Chapter became really appealing to a quantity of us whod attended the event.

The thought of a regional Chapter of PASS in Buffalo also appealed to the management team at Algonquin Studios. Algonquin Studios is thrilled to sponsor a group that so a lot of of our team members are involved in, says Donald F. Lee III, Director of Software Improvement at Algonquin Studios. SQL Server is at the heart of every technique we build at Algonquin and this group will help to strengthen our developers capabilities. Even more critical than that, were excited that theyll be getting out in the Buffalo Tech community, networking, and helping to create a stronger technologies base in downtown Buffalo.

In addition to our immediate objectives of creating interest and membership, wed really like to bring a SQLSaturday occasion to downtown Buffalo in 2014, says Griggs. Hosting an annual event like that certainly calls for the help of outstanding neighborhood and corporate sponsors, which is why had been so glad to have Algonquin Studios on our group.

The founders of the new Buffalo Chapter will be essential to host monthly meetings or user groups that offer educational and networking opportunities to their membership. Theyre currently seeking for added corporate sponsors, event areas, and speakers to present at their meetings, either in person or by way of the net. If youd like far more info about joining the group, becoming a sponsor, or presenting at a meeting, please check out the Chapters net website.

About PASS – PASS is run by and for the neighborhood, produced up of database administrators and developers, application developers, Organization Intelligence and IT specialists, executives, consultants, educators, instructors, students, vendors, and many other people who function with or use Microsoft SQL Server and Business Intelligence technologies.

With a worldwide membership of much more than one hundred,000 PASS facilitates member networking and the exchange of details by way of its local and virtual Chapters, cost-free web events, neighborhood and regional events, and the annual PASS Summit the biggest gathering of SQL Server experts in the planet. PASS delivers higher-good quality, up-to-date, technical content, presentations, and other educational material for in-depth understanding and professional improvement and functions with Microsoft to influence the evolution of SQL Server technologies.

About Algonquin Studios: Algonquin Studios is a expert services firm supplying planet-class software program improvement, business and technologies consulting, and net style and internet content material management systems, and since 1998. Algonquin Studios gives professional business solutions for organizations in numerous industries which includes health care, legal, monetary, and not-for-profit.





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