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Introducing the new SSW logo

Logos are more important than we realise – a logo is often your first impression of a company and as such having a good one will go a long way to being memorable and instilling a sense of trust and familiarity. Our designers should be commended. We followed the same logo design process we do with clients where we had a brief, we did sketches, several iterations, and then a presentation to a small focus group.

Making changes to our much loved SSW logo has been a lengthy design consideration. SSW has been represented and branded by the popular 'swoosh' logo for nearly 20 years, but it was time for our logo to evolve alongside our growing company.

We could have started afresh, but we chose to keep the original company colors and the core feel. Therefore the swoosh was kept, as this has become the iconic symbol of SSW. We introduced a set of 4 small squares to the design, each in a varying shade of our corporate colors. The squares also highlight that we mainly work with the Microsoft stack.

I am proud to unveil the new SSW logo and believe this modern look will carry us further into the future.

Read more about the new design.

Remember, the logo is a valuable corporate asset that must be used consistently in the proper, approved forms. We've also outlined some ways we don’t want our logo to be used. You can find these rules on our logo page.

-Adam Cogan, SSW

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New SSW TV video!

Dev Superpowers Episode 1 – Getting Started With ASP.NET MVC5

SSW is proud to introduce a new series of Webinars for developers. Every month, we introduce a new superpower from the Microsoft stack of technologies.

In the first episode, we look at Microsoft ASP.NET MVC5. David Burela, SSW Solution Architect, takes us through building a new tracking app be created from scratch, which he then deploys to Microsoft Azure, ready for anybody to use. It then takes an extended look at each of the components:

  • What the options effect during File -> New Project
  • How MVC works
  • Entity Framework 6 code first
  • Nuget packages
  • Responsive site with Twitter Bootstrap
  • Microsoft Azure Websites

Webinar: Dev Superpowers - Web API

Getting started with Web API - presented by David Burela

Web API: Adding Web API to an ASP .NET MVC website

Thursday 26th June
11.00am - 12.00pm AEST
Cost: No Charge

Register Now

You have an existing website but its data is locked up inside of it and not being fully utilised.

Learn how to expose your data in a standard way with Web API, making it available for other applications to consume.

About the presenter:

David Burela

David Burela is a Microsoft Azure MVP and works as Solution Architect & State Manager for SSW Melbourne. He specialises in cloud development & smart client applications. He regularly speaks at user groups and conferences like TechEd Australia. Technology learning is a passion, and he just wants to spread knowledge to everyone in the developer community.

David blogs about his latest adventures in coding at http://davidburela.wordpress.com/

More webinars coming soon:

Become a World Class Developer in just 9 weeks with FireBootCamp!

Special Intensive Course

FireBootCamp

Redmond, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, San Francisco

  • *NEW* USA: come to our 1-day information session at Microsoft Redmond in Washington!
    Cost: free

  • *POPULAR* Sydney: Sydney bootcamp is starts July 21st - avoid disappointment and register now!
    Cost: $6,000 + GST

The FireBootCamp program is an intensive, full-time, 9-week program. Participants learn, work and code together for 10-12 hours per day, 5 days a week. There are exercise and food breaks, but for the main the program is continual hands-on learning.

The program focuses on real world skills including Agile software development practices, enterprise architecture, application life cycle, end-to-end testing and user interface design. The technology stack covers .NET MVC, TypeScript, JavaScript & jQuery and uses Microsoft Visual Studio 2013.

Scheduled Boot Camps:

*NEW* Redmond, WA, USA 1day information session
10th JUL 2014
*POPULAR* Sydney BootCamp
21st JUL 2014 – 19nd SEP 2014
Melbourne BootCamp
8th SEP 2014 – 7th NOV 2014

Find out more and register

Xamarin Hack Day

Xamarin Hack Day

Accelerated learning, knowledge sharing and lots of Xamarin hacking
Saturday, June 21, 2014 from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM (AEST)

Xamarin Hack Days are for Xamarin Developers or people who want to learn Xamarin.

There will be something for everyone, experienced Xamarin developers can share ideas with other experienced developers. If you’re a beginner then there’s plenty to learn on the day.

Get Agile with 3 Day Scrum Training!

Intensive Professional Scrum Developer Course

Scrum

Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Canberra, Adelaide

Cost: $2,995 + GST

Professional Scrum Developer courses teach students how to work in a team - using modern software engineering practices - to develop an increment of potentially releasable functionality using a specific technology platform.

Classes are exercise-driven, with students working in self-organizing teams to develop "done" increments from Product Backlog items.

Course at a Glance:

This 3-day Professional Scrum Developer .NET course is a mix of lecture, demonstration, group discussion, simulation, and hands-on software development. The bulk of the course will be spent working as a team on a case study application delivering increments of new functionality in mini-sprints. Here is the course at a glance:

Scrum

Note: Scrum fundamentals are not covered in this 3-day course. If you are not experienced with Scrum fundamentals, the 5 day course is still available on site by appointment.

Melbourne
5 AUG 2014
Book Now Sydney
25 AUG 2014
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Brisbane
13 OCT 2014
Book Now Perth
10 NOV 2014
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Canberra
17 NOV 2014
Book Now

Find out more and Register

Sydney .NET User Group

The best place to learn .NET for free in Sydney

User Group

Sydney .NET User Group
Wednesday 18th June 2014
6:00pm - 8:00pm
SSW Office
Gateway Court, Suite 13
81-91 Military Road, Neutral Bay NSW 2089


"Make your Web Apps Accidentally Excellent using Bootstrap" - Ben Cull

Bootstrap is a sleek, intuitive, and powerful mobile first front-end framework for faster and easier web development. Join me as I show you how easy it is to make use of the framework, and step beyond the "just another bootstrap site" look and feel.

I'll take you through:

  • The benefits of using Bootstrap
  • How to get up and running using the latest scaffolding available in Visual Studio 2013
  • Implementing some key layout designs
  • Hooking up icons the font-awesome way
  • Implementing designer themes from wrapbootstrap.com

About the presenter:

Ben Cull is a Software Architect for http://ssw.com.au. When he's not coding a million start-up ideas or babbling on his blog over at http://benjii.me, you can find him brewing more beer than he can drink (come to the pub afterwards and he'll talk your head off about it).

To see more details and RSVP, please visit our Facebook .NET Group, our LinkedIn .NET Group or our Meetup Group.

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Can't make it to the Sydney .NET User Group?

Watch the Live stream!

Live stream

Tune in from anywhere!

Sydney .NET User Group Live
6PM AEST (UTC+11)

The team at SSW TV are now streaming our User Group sessions live. Each session will also be published on the SSW TV site after the event so you can review what was said in the sessions.

Then join us at the NerdDinner

Where nerds meet and eat

NerdDinner

NerdDinner - Where geeks eat
Wednesday 18th June 2014
8:10pm - 9:30pm
The Oaks Hotel
118 Military Road, Neutral Bay

SSW and Telerik invite you to join us for pizza at The Oaks. A fantastic opportunity for networking with peers and sharing thoughts after the Sydney .NET User Group presentation.

Sydney .NET User Group and NerdDinner proudly sponsored by:

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Canberra .NET User Group

The best place to learn .NET for free in Canberra

User Group Canberra .NET User Group
Monday 16th June 2014
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Microsoft Canberra Branch
Level 4, 6 National Circuit
Barton, Australia

"Make your Web Apps Accidentally Excellent using Bootstrap" - Ben Cull

Bootstrap is a sleek, intuitive, and powerful mobile first front-end framework for faster and easier web development. Join me as I show you how easy it is to make use of the framework, and step beyond the "just another bootstrap site" look and feel.

I'll take you through:

  • The benefits of using Bootstrap
  • How to get up and running using the latest scaffolding available in Visual Studio 2013
  • Implementing some key layout designs
  • Hooking up icons the font-awesome way
  • Implementing designer themes from wrapbootstrap.com

About the presenter:

Ben Cull is a Software Architect for http://ssw.com.au. When he's not coding a million start-up ideas like http://eventdebit.com, or babbling on his blog over at http://benjii.me, you can find him brewing more beer than he can drink (come to the pub afterwards and he'll talk your head off about it).

To see more details and RSVP, please visit our Facebook .NET Group, our LinkedIn .NET Group or our Meetup Group.

facebook LinkedIn MeetUp

Canberra .NET User Group proudly sponsored by:

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Advertise with SSW

If you would like to advertise your product or service with SSW or would like to find out more about various advertising opportunities, please email your enquiry to info@ssw.com.au or call: +61 2 9953 3000.

SSW Update

June 2014

Employment

Senior SharePoint 2013 Developer - SSW Brisbane office

SSW is looking for an experienced and talented SharePoint developer who is passionate about implementing awesome SharePoint solutions. This role requires great communication skills and solid experience delivering production-ready SharePoint solutions.
SSW has been the leading Microsoft technology company in Sydney for 21 years. We require an enthusiastic Senior SharePoint developer to start at our Brisbane branch ASAP.

Read more and APPLY NOW...

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