Welcome to the K2 [blackpearl] LABS Team Blog.  LABS is responsible for the R&D of blackpearl and this blog is where we will be sharing technical information on K2 [blackpearl] including our experiences, architectural decisions, insights on how things work, and how to extend the platform.

I'm writing this blog flying on an incredible high, and even though I'm literally 30,000 ft in the air on my way to Tech Ed in Orlando, wait a second, we…lost…cabin…pressure, can't…breath…, ok, whew that was close,  now I’m back at 30,000 feet, but that’s not the reason.  You see, I’m the Technical Product Manager for K2 and yesterday I had the pleasure of releasing K2 [blackpearl] Beta 2 to beta testers worldwide.  Beta 2 is near feature complete and for all of you not in the beta program, this means RTM is not too far away.  I can’t wait to get K2 [blackpearl] out there and change the way you build applications and business processes, allowing you to solve problems otherwise not possible to do without man years of coding.  And as if releasing the software wasn’t enough, we simultaneously launched K2 Underground yesterday too!  K2 Underground is a full-fledged community site for sharing everything K2 – experiences, thoughts, code samples, product content, etc.  Thanks to everyone who has helped us ensure that K2 [blackpearl] is the product you’ve been waiting for. 

So I’ll be at Tech Ed this week hanging out at our booth in the partner pavilion.  I look forward to meeting everyone in the K2 community as we bring K2 [blackpearl] to market.  Stop by if you’re here to see K2 [blackpearl] in action.  And remember to swing by our K2 Underground Launch Party on Wednesday at 7:30 at the Hard Rock Café.  We’ll be serving up food and beverages all night.

Regards,
Anthony  Petro
Technical Product Manager