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Speaking on SOA: The Paradigm Shift and IO in Denver Tuesday

I will be speaking as part of our NuCon 2008 - Denver conference that we are doing together with Microsoft. I am super excited that we have the Scott Kerfoot from Microsoft as our keynote speaker: Keynote: The Future is NOW! The pace of change in technology increases every day. In this keynote you’ll...

Posted to Sam Gentile (Weblog) by Sam Gentile on 03-01-2008
Visual Studio 2008 RTM Available on MSDN Subscriber Downloads!!

I knew it was coming so I stayed up extra late last night but not long enough :) Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite with the .NET Framework 3.5 is available on MSDN Subscriber Downloads ! See Soma's post here . While my copy is on the way, I would like to thank the whole extended team at Microsoft for...

Posted to Sam Gentile (Weblog) by Sam Gentile on 11-19-2007
NuCon 2007

Speaking of Visual Studion 2008, we (Neudesic) have developed a great deal of real-world knowledge of it during the last year and we are ready to tell you about it! Along with our friends at Microsoft, K2 and QuickStart, we are hosting NuCon 2007 , with three deep-dive tracks into Visual Studio 2008...

Posted to Sam Gentile (Weblog) by Sam Gentile on 10-20-2007
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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 Arnon Rotem-Gal-Oz on REST and the Magic of...

Posted to Sam Gentile (Weblog) by Sam Gentile on 09-19-2007
First Experiences with Orcas March CTP VPC Image

So after two days of downloading at broadband speeds, I finally got all the pieces of the Orcas Mrach CTP downloaded. Doublce-clicking on Part1.exe expanded the other 8 RAR files. Once that was done, I used Virtual PC 2007 on top of my Vista Ultimate desktop OS. I left the setting at 1 GB of RAM. I then...

Posted to Sam Gentile (Weblog) by Sam Gentile on 03-02-2007
It's Out!! Code Name "Orcas" - March Community Technology Preview (CTP)

I am really excited about this drop! Too many great things to mention. Get the installable bits here and the VPC image here . The page shows the very exciting Workflow and WCF new features. I'll have more to say as I play with them. Windows Communication Foundation and Workflow Foundation WF Designer...

Posted to Sam Gentile (Weblog) by Sam Gentile on 02-28-2007
New and Notable 145

Architecture/SOA Blaine Wastell has posted that PAG planning an update of the Smart Client Software Factory to be released in late April of this year. They are encouraging feedback at http://www.codeplex.com/smartclient and enter critical items into the issue tracker ( http://www.codeplex.com/smartclient...

Posted to Sam Gentile (Weblog) by Sam Gentile on 02-21-2007
New and Notable 139

Winter has finally set in with single digit temps and minus degrees wind chills but still no snow. WPF/Avalon Adam's WPF book is out and flying off the shelves apparently ! I have been looking forward to this one as his COM Interop book is the bible there. Feb CTP of WPF/E! New Docs, SDK and QuickStarts...

Posted to Sam Gentile (Weblog) by Sam Gentile on 02-05-2007
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 Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor Office 2007 Launch...

Posted to Sam Gentile (Weblog) by Sam Gentile on 01-30-2007
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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 the excellent Indigo WCF posts with Controlling...

Posted to Sam Gentile (Weblog) by Sam Gentile on 11-28-2006

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