The UK Windows Azure User Group. Meeting monthly for evenings and weekly for mornings to discuss and consult on Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud computing platform.
The next Manchester meeting will be on held Wednesday, 4th April at 7 PM here
The next London meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 6th at 7 PM
Richard Conway is part owner of the Clarendon Group and Elastacloud, an Azure and and HPC consultancy. Richard has floated about the City of London for some 15 years ending up whole-heartedly dedicated to Azure and international business over the last few years. He is the first point of contact for user group members wanting to participate in community codeplex projects.
Andy Cross, is the author of the popular Windows Azure blog at blog.elastacloud.com. He is a software consultant, cloud architect and co-owner of Elastacloud. Andy spends his days making Windows Azure happen for companies from large to small and micro-consulting on startup projects. He is the first point of contact for sponsorship of UKWAUG.
Hancock & Parsons,is a niche recruitment company with 10 years experience recruiting Microsoft professionals on a contract and permanent basis. They work with some of the top Microsoft Gold Partners in the UK ensuring that they have the best talent on board to deliver their projects. Hancock and Parsons is also Europe’s leading supplier of Windows Azure resources to the Microsoft Partner community.
Carlos Oliveira is the Managing Director of Shaping Cloud, a Cloud Computing and Software Development company based in Manchester. Shaping Cloud are experts in helping companies to reduce their IT costs and increase productivity through the adoption of Cloud computing. Carlos has over 10 years experience in delivering scalable, secure and high performing Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions to large scale enterprise clients such as Accenture, UBS and Merrill Lynch.