Lilian Quek

Dear Institutions, We are super excited to announce the top 6 competitors from the Semifinals who will advance on to the finals! We applaud the time and energy you’ve poured into developing your projects. Keep it up! We also want to extend our greatest appreciation to all the mentors who supported their teams. Such interest and dedication goes a long way in shaping the futures of students. In alphabetical order based on the Team’s Name, the 6 Finalists of the 2017 Imagine Cup are: Once again, we congratulate all teams for participating in the Imagine Cup 2017 competition. It’s a huge accomplishment. We’re confident that you will find opportunities to apply the valuable skills gained from this experience in the near future. Next steps for Finalists Finalists are expected to join us for the final round of judging on April 10th, 2017 and opportunity to represent Singapore at the SEA Imagine Cup 2017 in the Philippines from April 23-26, 2017. Please stay tuned for specific instructions on next steps which will be sent via email shortly. Do follow us on Spiffy.sg | Spiffy Facebook, or check the Imagine Cup 2017 website news page for updates. Thanks Lilian Quek together with team – Chun Siong Tan | Kyzer Wong | Shawn Tjai

Data Camp 2017 The Singapore SQL Server User Group Team is happy to announce “Data Camp 2017”, a one day free event on SQL Server and Microsoft Data Platform technologies to be held on 11th March 2017. The event will feature top quality technical content delivered by Data platform experts in this region. A total of 15 topics to be deliver by speakers in this one full day event which include Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals, Microsoft Professionals and overseas speakers! ...

Byte Academy is a leader in industry-oriented technology education with courses in Python software development, FinTech (financial technology), Data Science, Blockchain and MedTech. Byte Academy established the first FinTech program in the world and the first Python fullstack software development bootcamp in its New York City headquarters. Friends of Byte is a monthly series of meetups organized by Byte Academy for guest speakers in FinTech, Data Science and Entrepreneurial / Start-up backgrounds. This month’s series features Mr Uli Hitzel, Senior Architect at Microsoft Asia Pacific. Uli will be talking about artificial intelligence, operating systems that span across the globe and ultimately, how he built a refreshingly depressed little chatbot using Python and Twitter. More about Uli Hitzel Senior Architect, Microsoft Asia Pacific Uli is a passionate technology evangelist and architect, based in Singapore. He’s usually working in startup-style teams that are responsible for emerging solutions and developing ecosystems for successful adoption & growth of the business. As a Senior Architect at Microsoft. Uli is focusing on Open Source, cloud application development and modern websites of massive scale. In previous years, Uli held roles at companies including IBM, Red Hat, Yahoo! and Hewlett-Packard. Register here

Gain valuable cloud skills at the Microsoft Tech Summit and take your career to the next level Every day the Microsoft Cloud helps developers and IT professionals like you stay competitive in today’s digital transformation landscape. To help build your cloud and infrastructure skills, we’re hitting the road with our top engineers visiting cities around the world to deliver two days of free technical training. This year, there will be a Microsoft Tech Summit near you in Singapore on March 13-14, 2017 at the Marina Bay Sands. To keep up with the evolution of technologies, tools, and techniques that make up the Microsoft Cloud, the event offers a great opportunity to: ...

Dear Institutions, A sincere thank you to all who have submitted their proposals for the Imagine Cup 2017. You have successfully completed your first milestone! The submissions were incredible, and narrowing the field was next to impossible for our judges. But after much discussion and deliberation, we’ve now selected the 16 Semifinalists who’ll advance to the next round. Without further ado, here are the 16 Semifinalists! (in no particular order) Congratulations to those moving on and thanks again to everyone who threw their hat in the ring. You knocked our socks off! Next steps for Semifinalists. An email with the details will be sent to you on the Semifinals. Do keep a look out for it in your mailbox. Do follow us on Spiffy.sg | Spiffy Facebook, or check the Imagine Cup 2017 website news page for updates. Thanks Lilian Quek together with team – Chun Siong Tan | Kyzer Wong

Once a year, Microsoft’s top engineers hit the road to share their ideas about the latest cloud trends and technologies. On March 13-14, they’re coming to Singapore. We invite you to join us at this free, two-day technical summit. This Microsoft Tech Summit is geared towards IT professionals and developers. It features more than 50 technical sessions on a range of topics—from productivity and security to containers, big data, and more. ...

Whether you are just getting started in your own business transformation, are looking to differentiate yourself as an expert, or are proficient in another cloud solution and are looking to explore ways to become a multi-cloud expert to address any customer need – these trainings will help you become more profitable with the cloud. You need the skills to stand out in the IT industry. The range of training offers – including the courses that are available today and what Microsoft will add over the coming year – make these trainings to build Azure skills on any platform a sound investment. FREE! Learn and build your skills ...

Introducing the Azure Command Line Interface (Azure CLI) 2.0 Preview by Gerald Goh One of the most common comments from developers is that they didn’t know that Azure has a great cross platform command line interface. This allows you to work with and manage your workloads from Azure through the command line. Installation Instructions: https://github.com/Azure/azure-cli#install-with-interactive-install-script Tab Completion: https://github.com/Azure/azure-cli#tab-completion Creating a new Linux VM Login with the command line interface using ­­­ az login Create a resource group using az resource group create –name linux-demo –location southeastasia Create a Linux VM in the linux-demo resource group with az vm create –name linux-vm –resource-group linux-demo –image UbuntuLTS –authentication-type ssh –public-ip-address-dns-name a-unique-dns-name –ssh-key-value ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub With this, I have just created a Ubuntu VM in my linux-demo resource group! These are just a few of the things that you can do with the Azure CLI, happy coding!

Join us in an evening where we “unbox” the latest Microsoft Office 365 new apps, followed by a Christmas celebration of our 36th Partner Cloud Connections. Microsoft SMB team would like to invite all Partners to a learning and sharing session on 15nd December 2016 as we introduce the latest Office 365 new features and celebrate our exclusive 36th Partner Cloud Connections with joy! Date: December, 15th 2016, Thursday Time: 5.15pm-9.00pm (Registration starts from 5.00pm) Venue: Microsoft Auditorium Level 21 To REGISTER, send the below details to Christabel Soma: ...

At Microsoft, we believe technology can empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more – even those that the market does not reach. After a successful edition last March, We Tech Care is coming back on December 10, 2016. Marking Microsoft’s 16th year in support of the President’s Challenge, We Tech Care is Microsoft Philanthropies’ annual flagship event in Singapore. Open to the public, this event provides a platform to empower everyone through technology by creating opportunities for people of all ages to learn coding, connect the current generation of innovators with the next, raise awareness of innovative technologies that help solve societal issues, support digital inclusion programmes through non-profit partners and foster skill-based volunteering efforts. ...