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Free Technical Support
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Access during business hours to a technical expert. If immediate response isn't available or doesn't solve the problem, we'll put you in touch as many other members as it takes to solve your query.
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Free Technical Presentations
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Top industry experts are regularly invited to share their knowledge with members at free evening meetings. These technical briefings operate across the UK - click here to check out the events in your area.
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Free Technical Magazine
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VBUG offers a wide range of technical magazine subscriptions, covering many different development areas from SQL to ADO.NET, ASP.NET to Ajax. Every VBUG member receives a complimentary subscription of their choosing. Additional titles are also available - choose from Visual Studio, DevConnections, CoDe, SQL Server magazine, MSDN magazine or Windows IT Pro.
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Discounted Developer Tools
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VBUG members receive preferential rates for any Microsoft product, in particular MSDN and Visual Studio .NET. We have a high degree of product knowledge and welcome any enquiry that you might have. For impartial advice on finding the best product and the cheapest way of buying, just ask! Whatever your software needs are, from new to renewal, email or call 01364 655 155, mentioning VBUG.
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Developer Conferences
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The VBUG Annual Developer Conference in the Autumn is the high-point in our year, resulting from running in excess of 50 technical seminars throughout the UK. VBUG has actually been running conferences in the UK since 1997. Our annual conference is respected by our members and our competition alike as being fully independent, commercially aware and technically relevant. We also run a Spring Conference each year.
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Regional Meetings
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We have regional groups in Manchester, Edinburgh, Portsmouth, London, Reading, Bracknell and Bristol and are always looking to start new groups. Meetings are free and open to everyone and are a chance to learn about new developments and make contacts in your area.
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Networking
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Networking brings developers together.Through our discussion forums, email lists, regular meetings and telephone introductions - our aim is to bring you the solutions you need by helping you network with other members.
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Personal Development
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VBUG actively supports personal development by being able to offer opportunities to expand your own skill sets. We work with our members to achieve personal goals, examples of which include public speaking and publishing opportunities! Whatever your ambitions llet VBUG work with you to achieve them.
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Discounted Publications
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VBUG members get 35% discount on all O'Reilly books with free postage & packing. To get this discount go to www.oreilly.com, use the “UK shopping cart” and quote reference OR111 when ordering.
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Members receive the monthly ' DoEvents' newsletter which lists all VBUG events along with those of other communities as well as ' Property Bag' which highlights new developments |
Contact
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The VBUG office is staffed from Monday to Friday from 09.00 until 17.30, so there is usually someone at the end of the phone ready to help. But please leave a message if we are unavailable at any time.
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