DENIM GROUP

Dan Cornell
The Second Most Secure Database

San Antonio OWASP Chapter: February 2006 Meeting
San Antonio Technology Center (Web Room)
3463 Magic Drive
San Antonio, TX 78229

February 16, 2006
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

For more information on OWASP, visit www.owasp.org

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Dan Cornell
Application Security on the ASP.NET Platform

Houston .NET Users Group
Microsoft Meeting Facility #35
2000 W Houston S Pkwy
Houston, TX

February 23, 2006
6:30 - 8:30 PM

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Dan Cornell
Building Solutions with SharePoint Technologies

TASA March Meeting
South Texas Blood and Tissue Center
6211 IH-10 West
San Antonio, TX 78201

March 15, 2006
7:30 - 9:00 AM

For more information on TASA, visit www.tasa.org

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February 2006
As Good as Gold
Denim Group Attains Microsoft Gold Certified Status

What does a Microsoft Gold certification mean to you as a customer? With Gold Certified Partner status, Denim Group has access to exclusive Microsoft resources and product information - benefits we can pass along to our customers and stakeholders. Those resources include:

  • Priority access to a dedicated support team of Microsoft certified systems engineers,
  • Non-disclosure evaluations of new products and technologies, and
  • Planning tools and events to stay informed on the latest Microsoft product developments and future directions.

Gold Certified status recognizes the highest degree of expertise in Microsoft's Partnership Program with Microsoft's high standards of measurement. Denim Group has qualified in three areas of competency:

  • Custom Development Solutions, Specialization in Web Development
  • Data Management Solutions, Specialization in Database Management
  • Information Worker Solutions, Specialization in Portals and Enterprise Content Management

To qualify for each competency, members of our team had to pass multiple qualifying exams and provide numerous satisfactory customer references.

Looking forward to a closer relationship with Microsoft, Denim Group is already working on qualifying for competencies in other areas including Business Process and Integration Solutions, Security Solutions and other specializations within the Custom Development Solutions Competency such as Application Infrastructure Development and Smart Client Development.

For more information on the benefits of working with a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, contact us at (210) 572-4400.


ASP.NET 2.0 Streamlines Security
by Dan Cornell, Principal

ASP.NET 2.0 was released last month in conjunction with Visual Studio 2005. A key goal of this release was to reduce the amount of code required for the average web application by 60 to 70 percent and consequently reduce development time, defect counts and the cost of building web-based applications.

Much of the improvement in the 2.0 release comes from reduced code required to implement security controls.

With improvements to form authentication and authorization controls, database access and data protection, ASP.NET 2.0 security features offer compelling reasons to upgrade if your applications were originally developed with ASP.NET 1.1. Read more about security improvements to ASP.NET by Dan Cornell...

Download a technical whitepaper in PDF format about ASP.NET 2.0 by Kristen McGregor, Denim Group Consultant and Developer.


"...one of the best decisions I have ever made for my business."
David Lynd, COO, The Lynd Company

The Lynd Company, a San Antonio-based property management firm, needed a way for stakeholders to view Lynd’s property portfolio as well as inspect financial reports online. Denim Group delivered a portal to the Lynd Company that provided secure and flexible transparency to investors and better connected Lynd’s data. ...more


2005 Recap and Looking Forward to 2006

2005 was a monumental year for Denim Group.

You can expect more to come from Denim Group in 2006 as we plan to maintain our momentum and to bring you even more educational events, informational articles and growth opportunities for your business.

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