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New and Notable 192: Thank God for coffee.... Astoria/Orcas/Data Services The Astoria September 2007 CTP is now available for download and it works with Orcas Beta 2. [via ADO.NET team blog ] SOA Nick Mallik details the things you need before SOA reuse starts to become feasable...
Posted 19 September 2007 09:48 AM by Sam Gentile | 2 comment(s)
Filed under: WCF, Blogs, ASP.NET, SOA, Software Architecture, Blogsphere, WCF/Indigo, New and Notable, Microsoft, .NET Framework 3.5, Connected Systems, Featured, LINQ, LINQ and OR/M, O/RM and Entity Framework, Service Oriented Architecture, WPF, Domain Driven Design, Visual Studio, Expression, REST, ADO.NET 3.0, Communication Foundation, Windows&nbsp, CommunicationFoundation, Presentation Foundation

New and Notable 168: My four year old daughter, Heather, had her first ballet recital last night. It was a very proud moment for me. She had to wear a little makeup for the lights and with hair up, she looked beautiful but older and that was emotional. I have some things...
Posted 03 June 2007 02:37 PM by Sam Gentile | 3 comment(s)
Filed under: Ruby, WCF, SOA, Software Architecture, Software Design, Microsoft, .NET Framework 3, MAC OS/X, Tools

New and Notable 138: I have already said my piece on the Vista launch but also Office 2007 launches today which really rocks. The much better Outlook 2007 is worth the price of admission alone IMHO. Vista and Office Launches Vista Launch Page Bill Gates Keynote European Launch...
Posted 30 January 2007 03:10 PM by Sam Gentile | 3 comment(s)
Filed under: Windows Communication Foundation, WCF, .NET, ASP.NET, SOA, WF, Windows Workflow, Software Architecture, Windows Vista, Microsoft, LINQ, Orcas, WinForms, Workflow, AJAX, Windows Workflow Foundation, Office 2007

New and Notable 137: We finally saw some snow here but it was under an inch. Today, my team has a release party. After 14 months and over 80 iterations, we have shipped on top of our architecture an enterprise collateral management solution and deployed in a large bank in...
Posted 24 January 2007 01:33 PM by Sam Gentile | 4 comment(s)
Filed under: .NET, ASP.NET, SOA, WF, Windows Workflow, Software Architecture, Microsoft, WinForms, Workflow, AJAX, Windows Workflow Foundation

More Useful Financial and Banking Links: ISDA - International Swaps and Derivatives Association SWIFT Home Product descriptions of swaps and other OTC derivatives, along with some frequently asked questions regarding derivatives. Microsoft Financial Services Microsoft Financial Services Developer...
Posted 22 December 2006 01:37 PM by Sam Gentile | with no comments
Filed under: SOA, Software Architecture, Microsoft, Banking

Financial and Banking Vertical Category: I haven't talked a lot about what we do . We do work in the Financial and especially Banking sectors as our product is sold into at least 64 of the world's largest banks. As I develop more into my role here as a division/Enterprise Architect,...
Posted 21 December 2006 03:53 PM by Sam Gentile | 2 comment(s)
Filed under: SOA, Software Architecture, Microsoft, Banking

New and Notable 131: I am SO busy with INETA trips and tons to do at work. Here is what I have stored up for the last week or so. WCF/SOA/Workflow/WF Tomas blogs about something I face every day in WCF with WCF ServiceHost Failures and IDisposable with "The "don't...
Posted 14 December 2006 08:46 PM by Sam Gentile | 2 comment(s)
Filed under: CLR, Windows Communication Foundation, WCF, Agile Development, SOA, Windows Workflow, Software Architecture, Microsoft, Avalon, Software Development, Windows Presentation Foundation

On the Road Again: With apologies to Wille Nelson, I will be on the road again for INETA. Monday night will be a brand new area and talk for me on WF. With the increasing use of it in my architecture for the next phase at work, I have developed quite a love affair with...
Posted 10 December 2006 02:56 PM by Sam Gentile | 3 comment(s)
Filed under: Windows Communication Foundation, SOA, Windows Workflow, Software Architecture, INETA, Microsoft, MVP, Workflow, Software Development

Our Agile Project Goes into Ship/Performance Mode: So, I have been writing a bunch of posts over the last 14 months, how we have been using Agile, actually full Extreme Programming practices to build a multi-million dollar Enterprise Software platform and application for the banking sector. We certainly...
Posted 02 December 2006 02:58 PM by Sam Gentile | 13 comment(s)
Filed under: Windows Communication Foundation, WCF, Agile Development, SOA, Software Architecture, Extreme Programming, Microsoft, Software Development, OR/M

New and Notable 130: Lots of great stuff this time. CLR/Interop There has always been a ton of confusion about CLR assembly version numbers since 1999 and a lot of people don't understand all the different version numbers. Luckily, Richard is starting a series on them...
Posted 30 November 2006 06:51 PM by Sam Gentile | 1 comment(s)
Filed under: Windows Communication Foundation, WCF, Agile Development, SOA, Software Architecture, Microsoft, Agile, Avalon, Software Development, Windows Presentation Foundation

New and Notable 129: Workflow/BPM/WCF/SOA David Chappell presents arguments both pro and con as to whether Microsoft qualifies as a BPM vendor. Personally, I think the answer is yes, especially when WF is intergrated into BizTalk 200x and other products. Nicholas Allan continues...
Posted 28 November 2006 05:08 PM by Sam Gentile | with no comments
Filed under: CLR, WCF, SOA, WF, Software Architecture, WCF/Indigo, Windows Vista, Microsoft, BPM, LINQ, Workflow, Software Development, PLINQ

New and Notable 126: I have lots of stuff collected up today. Software Architecture/SOA Arnon Rotem-Gal-Oz has made available his wonderful SOA deck which makes a nice complement to mine (BTW, while there, please take a look at the start of my new home site and tell me what...
Posted 18 November 2006 01:12 PM by Sam Gentile | 1 comment(s)
Filed under: Windows Communication Foundation, WCF, Agile Development, SOA, Software Architecture, Agile and Extreme Programming, Windows Vista, Microsoft, Software Development

New and Notable 123: A very good day to leave the country and find a new one... WCF/Indigo/SOA/Workflow/.NET Framework 3 Here are the separate download links for the parts of .NET Framework 3 RTM that I blogged about yesterday: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Redistributable...
Posted 08 November 2006 04:51 PM by Sam Gentile | 5 comment(s)
Filed under: Windows Communication Foundation, WCF, Agile Development, SOA, Software Architecture, Data, Microsoft, Agile, Avalon, LINQ, Software Development, OR/M, Windows Presentation Foundation

New and Notable 121: Wow, four days in a row, gol darn, I might just be getting predictable and dependable with these posts-). Agile/Extreme Programming The Halloween/Nov Carnival of Agilis ts is up! There is a great section called "What Makes a method Agile" and...
Posted 03 November 2006 01:45 PM by Sam Gentile | 1 comment(s)
Filed under: CLR, Windows Communication Foundation, Agile Development, SOA, Software Architecture, Microsoft, Service Oriented Architecture

New and Notable 120: Windows Vista The big news, according to News.com , Steve Ballmer will ring in availability of Windows Vista, Office 2007, and Exchange 2007 at the New York Stock Exchange on November 30th [via Robert ]. This should mean the proper release of WinFX .NET...
Posted 02 November 2006 12:53 PM by Sam Gentile | 1 comment(s)
Filed under: Windows Communication Foundation, SOA, Software Architecture, Microsoft, Avalon, Service Oriented Architecture, Windows Presentation Foundation