About:
Dedicated to fostering community-based knowledge sharing, awareness and best practice applications of Data Grid technology through pragmatic industry driven events, case studies, informal gatherings, and online resources.

Established in May, 2007.

Who:
Software Developers, Engineers, Architects and Team Leads using, adopting or wishing to extend their practical knowledge and experience with Data Grids based on Tangosol Coherence.

When:
1st Thursday of the Month

Past Events:
Past events, slides, source code and demonstrations are available here.

Next Event:
July 5, 2007

18:00 for 18:30 start
Be early to get a seat!

Registration:
Send an email with your name to lcug@tangosol.com to register.

(registration is required for building security)

Registration closes midday Tuesday 3rd, July.

Where:
Oracle Office
Level 6
1 South Place
London, United Kingdom
EC2 M2RB
Google Map

Closest Tubes:
Moorgate Station
Liverpool Street Station
(< 5 mins walk)

Cost:
Free

Contact:
lcug@tangosol.com

Welcome

Welcome to the LCUG, the London-based Coherence User Group. Whether you're an experienced Coherence user or new to Data Grid technology, the LCUG is the community for learning about Coherence-related projects and best practices. You won't want to miss our monthly meetings, which are conveniently located in the center of London and feature some of the most active Coherence users as speakers and in the audience.

Next Event: July 5, 2007

Time	What	Detail	Who
18:00	Arrive	Coffee, Tea, Introductions
18:30	Talk	IDE Session: Coherence, Spring and Data Grids
19:15	Talk	Going into Production: Tales from the field (or what not to do!)
19:45	Break and Refreshments
21:00	Official Close	Adjorn to a local establishment to continue discussions

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Proposed August Topics: August 5, 2007

IDE Session: Entry Processors
Backing Map Listeners Unleashed
Ask the Panel

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Latest News

Register today for Oracle's bi-monthly webinar, "Getting Coherence: Free Data Grid Webinar" , that looks at getting the maximum utility from Grid Computing while providing hands-on, in-depth review of all of Coherence Data Grid capabilities. The next webinar is at 11:00 EST on Tuesday, June 19.

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Announcing the availability of Coherence for the Microsoft .NET Framework , providing real time data management for .NET applications. It opens a variety of possibilities for the Microsoft .NET community by enabling native .NET support for data grid access. Download a free development license today!

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The Top Topics
(in no specific order)

Coherence and Spring
Configuration and Tuning
Coherence Patterns
Entry Processors and Aggregation
Queries and Indexing
Java 5+ Annotations
Events and Messaging
Cache Stores and Loaders
WAN Clustering
Coherence .NET Integration