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Followers of this list may be interested in further information about the Launch Workshop for Cloud-Based Software for Research Data Management, organised by the VIDaaS and DataFlow Projects on Friday 2 March at the Saïd Business School, Oxford. Sent on behalf of Katherine Fletcher, DataFlow Project ________________________________________ From: Katherine Fletcher [[log in to unmask]] Subject: Launch workshop: VIDaaS and DataFlow (open-source data management systems) Joint Launch Workshop: VIDaaS and DataFlow Take charge of your data! DataFlow<http://www.dataflow.ox.ac.uk/> and VIDaaS<http://vidaas.oucs.ox.ac.uk/> are two Oxford-based projects developing cloud-based software to help researchers manage their data. Please join us for demonstrations, hands-on practice, and information on becoming an official test user of the software. Date: Friday, 2 March 2012 Time: 10:00 – 4:00 Venue: Saïd Business School, Oxford (map and directions<http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/about/Pages/maps.aspx>) Who should come: Researchers, departmental IT staff, and anyone else interested in cloud-based data storage, databases, and file sharing for academic collaboration. Registration website: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/2804728017 Spaces are limited: book early to avoid disappointment. VIDaaS<http://vidaas.oucs.ox.ac.uk/> (Virtual Infrastructure with Database as a Service) is developing software that enables researchers to build, edit, search and share databases online, within a cloud computing environment. DataFlow<http://www.dataflow.ox.ac.uk/> is creating a two-stage data management infrastructure that makes it easy for you and your research group to manage you research data. You manage this locally using your own instance of DataStage<http://www.dataflow.ox.ac.uk/index.php/about/about-datastage>, and keep the best data in a long-term repository with DataBank<http://www.dataflow.ox.ac.uk/index.php/about/about-databank>. This workshop will be focused on learning to use the software; we will hold a developer-focused meeting later this spring. All the software is open-source and we would love you to help us make it better! Hoping to see you on 2 March, The DataFlow and VIDaaS teams [cid:image001.png@01CCDF4A.56622BB0]<http://www.dataflow.ox.ac.uk/> [cid:image002.jpg@01CCDF4A.56622BB0] <http://vidaas.oucs.ox.ac.uk/>