February 19, 2013

Oort Corp Offers Free Preview of Zudio — New Windows Azure Storage Management Tool

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Technology startup Oort Corp announced that it is offering a preview version of Zudio, a new HTML- and JavaScript-based web app for administering Windows Azure Storage accounts. Zudio’s creator Mark Rendle said that Zudio will let Windows Azure Storage users maintain data in Azure Blob Storage, Tables, and Queues from any PC or tablet running a standards-compliant web browser.

Azure Storage users can request a Zudio preview access code by following @oortio on Twitter and requesting preview access in a tweet with the #zudio hashtag.

In a Zudio Blog post, Rendle said that Zudio’s functionality will include:

  • Viewing and editing blob meta-data
  • Searching on Tables using $filter syntax
  • Searching blob storage
  • Uploading complex folder structures to blob storage as Zip archives
  • Cut, copy, and paste on Blobs and Table entities, including between storage accounts and data centers.
 

February 4, 2013

New Tech Conference for Microsoft-Oriented Developers: FalafelCon 2013

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If you’re gearing up for the software technical conference season, there’s a new event to consider: FalafelCon. Falafel Software, a software consulting and training company, announced that it will present the first FalafelCon — an annual training conference geared toward software developers who work with Microsoft technologies — at Microsoft’s Silicon Valley Campus in Mountain View, California, on June 10 and 11, 2013.

FalafelCon, which takes place just a few days after Microsoft TechEd North America 2013, offers developers four co-located events with 40 technical sessions. The co-located events will include sessions on web and mobile development using Microsoft development tools, covering topics such as Windows Azure tips and tricks, cross-platform mobile development, Near Field Communications (NFC) with Windows Phone, Windows 8 sensor integration, and others. Additionally, as part of the conference attendees will be able to attend two product-specific events, one on Telerik’s Sitefinity CMS and one on SmartBear’s automated testing tool, TestComplete.

Scott Hanselman will give the conference keynote on the future of the ASP.NET. Hanselman is well-known in the Microsoft platform developer community in his role as Principal Community Architect for Web Platform and Tools at Microsoft and his blog Scott Hanselman’s Computer Zen. Tim Huckaby, CEO of Actus Interactive Software, founder of InterKnowlogy, and another popular speaker on Windows software development topics, will give a keynote on the Natural User Interface.

Early registration for FalafelCon, which ends March 31, is $399.