SharePoint Saturdays have been springing up like wildflowers all across the country in an effort to promote it's capabilities to IT professional and businesses.  Before we get into the why you should attend, who will be there, and what your going to learn, let's first find out what SharePoint is (because I know some of [...]

On 12 March, In a bus slightly better than an RTA city bus, a New Orleans delegation will roll to Austin, TX for the 2010 South-by-Southwest (SXSW) Interactive conference. The krewe, comprised of technology entrepreneurs based in the Greater New Orleans area, will attend the conference to minister on a national stage that Louisiana is a [...]

The New Orleans tech scene is no stranger to grass root groups forming around a particular interest.  There have been several shoot off organizations which cater to local developers, Mac users, and even hackers.  The beauty of our tech ecosystem is that each focuses on a specific topic and doesn't overlap the other.  A new [...]

Google announced February 10th on "The Official Google Blog" that it plans on conducting an experiment that will bring gigabyte fiber-to-the-home to select towns across the United States and has made an open request for information (RFI) to interested municipalities . Google's goal is  to deliver fiber-to-the-home connections to between 50,000 and 500,000 people at a competitive price. According [...]

Pepsi has stepped into the realm of providing grants to community projects through Pepsi Refresh Project.  They are looking for people, businesses, and non profits with ideas that will have a positive impact in their communities.  Every month Pepsi will accept 1000 ideas, in which individuals will be allowed to vote for up to 10 [...]