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CODE Magazine launches "CodeCast" podcast

Houston, Texas – October 27, 2008. EPS Software Corp. and its CoDe Magazine division announce the launch of the “CodeCast” podcast show. The Late Night Show for .NET Developers.

The podcast is an Internet talk show for Microsoft (in particular .NET) developers. The show covers all topics related to .NET development, similar to the topics covered in CoDe Magazine. This includes latest industry and community news, interviews, technical discussions, “live” coverage from events, and more. CodeCast is a weekly show. It's normal air-time is Thursdays, 11pm US Central Time. CodeCast can be found online at codemag.com/codecast. It is also possible to subscribe to CodeCast via RSS feed and tools such as Zune, iTunes, or other pod-catchers.

For more information, contact codecast@code-magazine.com.

About EPS:
Houston-based EPS is one of the most highly regarded custom software development companies in the world. Microsoft Certified Partner and publisher of CoDe Magazine, EPS employs highly respected senior developers who are known to their peers for their level of technical excellence, and for being speakers, authors, recipients of numerous honors, awards and technical certifications. EPS has developed world-class software for QUALCOMM, Philip Morris, the Dow Corning Trust and many other leading firms, and specializes in .NET-based development and VFP to .NET conversions. Since 1994, EPS has acquired the reputation of the “developer’s developer” – the trusted source of object oriented programming innovations. To learn more about EPS Software Corp. or CODE Magazine visit www.eps-cs.com and www.code-magazine.com.

About CODE Magazine:
CODE Magazine is the leading independent .NET developer publication. Each bi-monthly issue of CoDe Magazine contains detailed explanations of Visual Studio .NET and the .NET Framework, as well as other new Microsoft technologies and developer tools. CODE is also the proud partner and sponsor for various developer events ranging from local user groups, all the way to major developer conferences such as Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDF) and Microsoft TechEd. Code is written by real-life developers who actually use the tools they write about, CODE is a “must-have” reference for serious .NET and database developers.
About Markus Egger:
Markus is an international speaker, having presented sessions at numerous conferences in North & South America and Europe. Markus has written many articles for publications including CoDe Magazine, Visual Studio Magazine, MSDN Brazil, ASP.net Pro, FoxPro Advisor, Fuchs, FoxTalk and Microsoft Office & Database Journal. Markus is the publisher of CoDe Magazine. Markus is also the President and Chief Software Architect of EPS Software Corp., a custom software development and consulting firm located Houston, Texas. He specializes in consulting for object-oriented development, Internet development, B2B, and Web Services. EPS does most of its development using Microsoft Visual Studio (.NET). EPS has worked on software projects for Fortune 500 companies including Philip Morris, Qualcomm, Shell, and Microsoft. Markus has also worked as a contractor on the Microsoft Visual Studio team, where he was mostly responsible for object modeling and other object- and component-related technologies. Markus received the Microsoft MVP Award (1996-2009) for his contributions to the developer community. Visual LandPro, one of the applications Markus was responsible for, was nominated three times in the Microsoft Excellence Awards.

About Ken Levy
Ken Levy is the president and founder of MashupX, LLC, specializing in consulting for community building around products and services, guerilla marketing techniques, multimedia creation, and software technology. Ken is a partner and contributor to CoDe Magazine and VFPConversion.com. Prior to starting MashupX, Ken worked at Microsoft as the community program manager for VSX (Visual Studio Extensibility), a product planner on Microsoft’s Windows Live Platform for developers, and as the product manager in the Visual Studio data team responsible for Visual FoxPro product management. Since 1992, Ken has been a technical contributing writer and editor to many software magazines and a frequent speaker at industry conferences worldwide. You can find Ken’s blog at http://mashupx.com/blog/, or contact Ken at klevy@mashupx.com.

About Gary Short
Gary Short is an MVP based in Scotland. He works for Developer Express.