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Hard Rock: Behind the Music with Silverlight 2

Presented by Scott Stanfield on Jul 07, 2009 Length 01:02:26
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Development
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Silverlight ,
.NET
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Summary
Scott Stanfield, CEO of Vertigo, presents the Hard Rock Memorabilia web site containing pictures with 200 Mp resolution and how one can zoom in to see very fine details using Silverlight’s Deep Zoom. He also shows other projects to underline some of the Silverlight’s capabilities.

Bio
Scott Stanfield is the CEO of Vertigo Software, Inc., the 2008 Microsoft "Partner of the Year". Scott is a member of the Microsoft Regional Director community and participates in the Microsoft Partner Architect Council. He is a frequent public speaker, keynoting for Microsoft and other industry events.

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