October 6, 2010 in Blog by Amer

Saudi OpenDoor Event in Saudi Arabia, Steve Ballmer is Coming to Saudi!

Microsoft OpenDoor is the largest Microsoft technical event in Saudi Arabia during Fiscal Year 2011. The keynote speaker for this event will be Microsoft CEO “Steve Ballmer”. Open Door is a 3-days conference (2-days in Riyadh city on Nov 2/3, 1-day in Jeddah city on Nov 7). The OpenDoor event is designed to attract more than 2200 TDMs, IT technical professionals and developers in Saudi Arabia. The event consists of 3 different tracks: one for IT professionals, one for developers, and one for technical Managers. The event’s main theme will be “Transitioning to the cloud & technology roadmap”, and it will cover various Microsoft technologies in cloud computing, IW, core infrastructure, database, client, in addition application platform and tools. Subject matter experts from Microsoft and top local industry experts will be speaking at the event. A major highlight of this big event will be the Microsoft partners’ expo where top Microsoft partners show their latest solutions and offerings in the Saudi market.

Following is a brief about the main tracks that will be run during this event:

• General Track: 3 keynotes, 2 closing sessions
• IT Professional Track: 11 breakout sessions with deep technical demos for IT technical professionals for the full duration of event
• Developer Track: 11 breakout sessions with deep technical demos for IT technical professionals for the full duration of event
• Technical Managers Track: 10 IT management and strategy sessions during 2nd day of the event in Riyadh, and during Jeddah event day
• Partners Expo: Sponsoring partners will be demonstrating and showing their local solutions/offerings in the market for the full duration of the event