Event Notices From June 5

Compuware Presents Live Customer Webcast Featuring Overstock.com: Compuware Corp. (Nasdaq:CPWR) announced a live customer Webcast featuring Carter Lee, vice president of technology administration at Overstock.com. During the webcast, Lee will share best practices to deliver superior Web site performance for customers' online shopping experience by optimizing application performance at the edge of the Internet. The event, called "Best Practices for Balancing User Experience With Site Speed," will take place Tuesday, June 12 at 1 p.m. Eastern time. During this free Webcast, attendees will learn how Overstock.com tames the challenges of modern Web 2.0 application delivery; measures and optimizes performance at the edge of the Internet; delivers robust content to customers without impacting the performance of web pages; and balances shopping experience (to drive revenue) with site speed. Sign up at http://bit.ly/Kd1nWF. More about Compuware at www.compuware.com.

STC-SM Sets Chapter Recognition and Appreciation Dinner Meeting: The Society for Technical Communication Southeast Michigan will hold its annual chapter recognition and appreciation dinner meeting Tuesday, June 19 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn, 14600 Sheldon Road in Plymouth. The cost is $20 for STC volunteers and board members, $30 for STC members and $40 for others. The event will recognize chapter member Ann Blakeslee, a 2012 recipient of the Society's Ken Rainey Award for Excellence in Research, and to welcome her as a speaker at this program. More at www.stc-sm.org.