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Announcement!

2007-12-05T19:46:29Z

Yes.. we have launched a company and the name is Zealous Solutions Pvt Ltd :) Checkout http://www.zealousnet.in Details will follow soon :)...(read more)

Teched India 2006 is just around the corner!

2007-12-05T19:46:24Z

Yes TechEd India is here! Check out the site www.techedindia.com for more details. Date and venue details are as below . June 5-7, 2006 @ Taj Palace, New Delhi June 8-10, 2006 @ Le Meridien, Pune June 12-14, 2006 @ Renaissance, Powai, Mumbai June 15-17, 2006 @ Chennai Trade Center,Chennai June 19-21, 2006 @ Shilpkala Vedika @ Hyderabad June 22-24, 2006 @ Grand Ashok, Bangalore I will be attending TechEd in Bangalore from June 22nd! Catch up pulse of Teched at http://forums.techedindia.com . I am...(read more)

My TechEd Webcast

2007-12-05T19:46:18Z

6 Indian MVPs including me, are giving Webcasts this month. Attend these LIVE Webcasts by experts from Microsoft and get on to the edge of the steep-learning curve. Participate in the contest during the Webcast and take your chance to be one of the 2 lucky winners to win an Orchid Music Player. Details are http://www.microsoft.com/india/webcasts/ My session is on June 28th, 2006. It is based on VSTS for Architects. Session Abstract: Visual Studio 2005 Team System now has range of features for Architects...(read more)

Renominated as MVP :)

2007-12-05T19:46:11Z

I got renominated as for ASP/ASP.Net! Thanks to all who made this possible :)...(read more)

BDotNet Session on AJAX and ATLAS

2007-12-05T19:46:01Z

Took a session on AJAX and ATLAS as a part of BDotNet fortnight sessions. Session covered history of AJAX, need of better UX, ATLAS along with demos of Server Centric and Client Centric ATLAS applications. BDotNet, the largest usergroup in India moved its venue for sessions to NetKode premises and timing also changed from Friday evening 6pm to Saturday afternoon 2pm....(read more)

Kerala logs out MS!

2007-12-05T19:45:53Z

Financial Times reported this article saying that Kerala has chalked out a plan for migrating its high school students to free software platforms in three years. Report says this applies to all government schools. Another statement that is of concern is 'In the current year, class VIII students have shifted to Linux. By 2007, class XI students and by 2008 class X students will follow suit.' This sounds bit outrageous because students will be forcibly influenced with this kind of political...(read more)

Intellisense for SQL!

2007-12-05T19:45:47Z

How many times have you ever wanted to have intellisense while writing a stored procedure/SQL statement? I would say almost every time! I bet we all had used to keep the table schema side by side, so that we could see and type or copy the table name and field names. Recently, I got a link from my friend about this cool software. RedGate software has introduced a brand new add in called SQL Prompt that can give you just that feature integrated with your SQL Manager ! Btw, for now it is free ... only...(read more)

Microsoft Joins Hands With Novell

2007-12-05T19:45:42Z

My 2 cents ... This is indeed a very strategic move. On the outset, it may seem odd. But indeed there are many aspects that make this deal a wonderful one. Novell supports Mono . Many companies are using Mono. Many companies are going live with products on Mono. Mono is also has a roadmap for WPF, WCF release in near future. Watch out for Olive. Development is happening almost in same pace as .Net releases with a acceptable delay. Microsoft can also help Mono to have better compatibility with Microsoft...(read more)

IndiMix - The Next Web Now!

2007-12-05T19:45:27Z

Guess who will be there? -Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft Corporation -Anil Kumble, Indian Cricketer & Director, StumpVision (P) Ltd. -Yash Chopra, Producer, Director, Writer – Yash Raj Films -Rajnikant Patel, Managing Director and CEO, Bombay Stock Exchange -Tarun Gulati, General Manager, DPE, Microsoft Corporation, India -Raj Nayak, CEO, NDTV Media -Anupam Mittal, Chairman & Managing Director, People Group/Shaadi.com -Neeraj Roy, Managing Director & CEO, Hungama -Jaspreet Bindra, Country...(read more)

Are you ready for a new day?

2007-12-05T19:45:18Z

Windows Vista and Office 2007 were launched officially on 30th Jan 2007 and we at Bdotnet launched it on 3rd Feb 2007. I gave the keynote for Windows Vista followed by Office 2007 by Sridhar Pabbisetty. This was followed by series of drilldown sessions on features of Vista, Office 2007, WPF, WF, WCF, MOSS. More details at Bdotnet...(read more)

Experience the WOW!

2007-12-05T19:45:06Z

Catch the excitement on Star Plus at 10pm on Sunday, the Feb 11th!...(read more)

Microsoft Anti-Cross Site Scripting Library v1.5

2007-12-05T19:44:57Z

Cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks exploit vulnerabilities in Web-based applications that fail to properly validate and/or encode input that is embedded in response data. Malicious users can then inject client-side script into response data causing the unsuspecting user's browser to execute the script code. The script code will appear to have originated from a trusted-site and may be able to bypass browser protection mechanisms such as security zones. ... For defence in depth, developers may...(read more)

Global MVP Summit 2007

2007-12-05T19:44:45Z

Sean O'Driscoll , the man behind Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award program, posted about Global MVP Summit 2007 , one of the biggest community party, happening this March 12-15, 2007. Across India , there are around 80+ MVPs with wide range of expertise, serving various communities, usergroups, and newsgroups. Most of them are attending Global MVP Summit this time. Keep a look on MVP blogs for updates on Summit. To know more about who are MVPs and how to become a MVP, check here and...(read more)

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2007-06-05T15:31:00Z

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TechMela is here!

2007-06-05T08:09:00Z

TechMela 2007 is a first of its kind technology Mela in India. Erstwhile we had TechEd for developers, ITPC for IT Pros, IndiMix for designers and MEDC for Mobile and Embedded Professionals. Each of these events used to happen at few chosen cities. Now with this new event, it will be one place event running 8 tracks for 4 days each catering to various segments of IT product/service lifecycle. On 13th it will be for Business Decision Makers and Technology Decision Makers, a invite only session called...(read more)