The Application Platform @ Rohan Thomas' Blog

Saw this study by Transactions Processing Performance Council (TPC) Some very interesting observations: In 100GB, SQL Server is in the top 10 best performing, least expensive results. In 300GB, SQL Server is in the top 10 best performing, least expensive...

Are you running/wanting to run your PHP app on IIS? Then check this out! Windows Cache Extension for PHP is a PHP accelerator that is used to increase the speed of PHP applications running on Windows and Windows Server. Once the Windows Cache Extension...

Hello there! Allow me to start by saying that I’m very sorry for the lack of posts on my blog for the past couple of months, it’s been heck of ride for me – in a good way :-)   I would like to thank all the readers of my blog for the past 2 years...

I’m loving every second of this show !! I think it’s the best reality show that I’ve ever seen! I love Jack’s workout and how he handles the business issues… Classic Jack! Simply Awesome! There is a ton of knowledge for every business person in this show...

                    So I love my HTC HD (BlackStone), but I still haven’t found a good twitter client for it – until I found Twikini ! So far its the best Twitter app in my opinion for Windows Mobile  ...

Yes! It’s Tweetup time! Come together and see what’s happening amongnts the tweeps in Malaysia! You can join the KL Tweetup facebook group here , and sign up for the KL Tweetup #4 event on facebook or twtvite below: See ya there :-) Yours, Rohan Technorati...

hank janssen at php|tek from brian gorbett on Vimeo . I love this talk which Hank Janssen, who heads up Microsoft's open source technology center(OSTC) delivered at PHP|TEK Chicago Thought I’d share with you guys… Enjoy :-) Yours, Rohan Technorati Tags...

Check out free trials of hosted Team Foundation Server which is powered by our partnership with TeamDevCentral More info available on Brian’s blog Enjoy :-) Yours, Rohan Technorati Tags: TFS , Team Foundation Server , Team Dev Central

Wow! Check this out ! The IIS SEO Toolkit is here which can help you to: · Improve the volume and quality of traffic to Web site from search engines · Control how search engines access and display Web content · Inform search engines about locations that...

A very cool project which demonstrates practical SOA interoperability across platforms (.NET, PHP, Java) with Apache open source projects using Web Services standards Check it out here Contributors: WSO2 Redhat Eviware Progress Software University of...

Cool site about interoperability with some great projects running– check it out here … I like the PHP SDK for Azure – super cool! Architecture: Enjoy :-) Yours, Rohan Technorati Tags: PHP SDK , PHP , Azure , Interoperability , Labs , Microsoft

Great stuff from Interoperability @ Microsoft blog – check it out ! Yours, Rohan Technorati Tags: Interoperability , Microsoft , PHP , Cardspace , Information Cards

A lot of my partners have been waiting for this – and finally it’s here! Download it from here ! Enjoy, Yours, Rohan Technorati Tags: Windows Mobile 6.5 , Toolkit , Develop Toolkit

I got to spend a couple of days at MSC OSCON and I had a great time! Got to meet Haresh, who is an awesome guy and will be helping us out in SilverCamp. Haresh will also star in BarCamp Penang so you guys can catch him there too!   Me and TC also...

Super cool… Check out the video…   Enjoy… Yours, - Rohan Technorati Tags: Project Natal , XBOX

So we had yet another Tweetup the other day… And this time Mike suggested a GadgetFest ! Just like all his ideas, this was equally brilliant… GadgetFest was awesome and we got to see some damn cool gadgets from everyone! Check out some pics here and a...

Now even better ! Enjoy :-) Rohan Technorati Tags: Microsoft Translator

On Thursday the 28 th of May 2009, Microsoft and SilverCamp ( http://www.silvercamp.net/ - Malaysia’s awesome Silverlight usergroup) organized RIAnomics ( http://www.silvercamp.net/events/rianomics/ ) – an event focused around Rich Interactive Applications...

Very cool photo app… Check it out here … -Rohan Technorati Tags: MSP , Photo , DeepZoom , Silverlight

This is one of the cool games that engaged me – check it out here … -Rohan Technorati Tags: Games , Security

For those looking to get a peak into VS2010, Jason Zander , GM, Visual Studio, Developer Division has an awesome Tutorial on building WPF app. Check it out here … Enjoy -Rohan Technorati Tags: Visual Studio 2010

Cool screencast on “ How Do I: Access Profiles and Contacts from PHP Applications? ” with code download. Check it out here Also some other great content –> "How Do I?" Videos for the Azure Services Platform   Enjoy :-) Yours, Rohan Technorati...

Another super awesome update! The April update of Azure Services Training Kit is here ! Check it out ! Contains hands-on labs for Windows Azure, Live Services and .NET Services Tons of demos: Presentations: and much much more! Check it out today ! Yours...

Got a sweet surprise this morning! AOL Mail just upgraded their RIA Beta with some cool features: Signatures - add a signature to your outgoing emails Printing - print an email you've received Calendar and To Do's - Link to open your Calendar and To Do...

Super cool stuff , Enjoy, Yours, Rohan Excerpt: Displaying Open XML documents in Silverlight with TextGlow By James Newton-King The Office Open XML file format has opened up a new range of possibilities to working with documents. The Microsoft Office...