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Build REST Services with WCF REST Starter Kit…

sudhirh — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:10:35 GMT

My friend Joe Gregorio(www.bitworking.org) writes a column on XML.com on Restful web. Joe has written lot of articles on REST. If you want to know what is REST I will recommend you read his first article on the topic at http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/12/01/restful-web.html.

Adoption of Windows Communication Foundation(WCF) is growing and many of you maybe interested in building REST services through WCF. The WCF REST Starter Kit is here to help you. :)

WCF REST Starter Kit is set of features, Visual Studio templates, samples and guidance that enable users to create REST style services using WCF. Previous release of the KIT focused on building server-side REST services, the new release adds features to make client-side REST development easier. Chief among the new functionality included in Preview 2 is a new class that provides a staged pipeline model for requesting resources over the web. Using this new HTTP client class allows the developer to plug into the various stages of communication to handle custom authentication, caching, and fault handling outside of the client’s application logic.

You can get more information at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/cc950529.aspx.

Photosynth goes Prime Time

sudhirh — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:56:18 GMT

I had written a post on what is Photosynth few months back(Photosynth- Different way of looking at photo albums). Today I saw CNN promoting photosynth for "The Moment" campaign as part of their inaugural day coverage. :) It is great to see new Microsoft technology hitting prime time.

More about The Moment at CNN: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2009/44.president/inauguration/themoment/

Microsoft unveils Retail Experience Center

sudhirh — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:47:17 GMT

Retail experience center is an amazing retail store environment created by Microsoft. I was involved in this initiative from early phases. We are showcasing multiple RFID enabled process inside the store. Starting from back store receiving location where items get tagged, store inventory is tracked and finally RFID enabled POS system helps expedite check out process. There are multiple other RFId processes and we will be adding lot more scenarios. Following is more info from Microsoft official press pass.

Located at Microsoft Corp.’s headquarters in Redmond, Wash., the Microsoft Retail Experience Center is a private, 20,000-square-foot facility housing a fully functioning, interactive store environment, from point of service to receiving dock.

Located at Microsoft Corp.’s headquarters in Redmond, Wash., the Microsoft Retail Experience Center is a private, 20,000-square-foot facility housing a fully functioning, interactive store environment, from point of service to receiving dock.
The Retail Experience Center features in-store displays of Microsoft consumer products and showcases powerful ways to help cut costs, create efficiencies, streamline operations, and promote and sell goods − within the aisles, in the employee break room, at receiving and shipping, at checkout, across the Web, and even at home or on the go.

PhotoSynth created by Tim Gruver

Retail Experience Center Videos

VS Connections Presentation

sudhirh — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:38:04 GMT

Today I gave a talk at Dev Connections conference in Orlando at 9:45am. The topic of the talk was "Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Planning and Deployment".

Link to Presentation: Dev Connection Presentation

Tagged: Five things about me

sudhirh — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:10:00 GMT

James has tagged me and at mid night on Sunday with nothing to do I thought I will put down few random thoughts. J

I have lived majority of my life in Mumbai, India. Mumbai is financial capital of India with more than 13million people. My dad was mechanical engineer in Indian Navy so we lived in Navy Nagar. Our apartment was on 12^th floor and you could see the ocean from our building. Mumbai is the most happening city in the world. J Following is sort of view I had from my house.
I love traveling. In one of my past jobs I use to travel a lot. I had become so efficient at it, that for couple of years I had not seen take off and landing of flights. I use to sleep as soon as I entered the flight and got up when flight landed. J I have visited around 10 countries and worked with more than 55 customers. I have driven in almost every country; my worst experience of driving was in Rome, Italy. J
I have been on the fore front of innovation in supply chain industry for past few years, with RFID technology. I was involved in making a RFID reader platform for Sirit which was released to market few months back. Watch out for RFID in next few years it will touch every aspect of life.
I am passionate about learning. I have various certifications from Microsoft (MCSD, MCAD.NET), IBM, Sun, APICS etc… I took some classes in Ice skating few years back, don't know if I learnt to skate but I became really good at falling, finally I realized sports are not for me. Currently I am doing my MBA once my MBA is done next I want to learn flying. That has been my dream since I was a kid.
Longest stretch I have ever worked was for 7 days and 7 nights when I was working for eET. We had a big event in Rome coming up and my CEO wanted to launch our new product EPM, which was not even in design phase. I had to get a demo able version ready in 1 week and then present it at the launch. I gave everything I had, worked day in and day out. We almost worked for 22 hours a day. I attended the launch and after that my body gave up. I just slept for days. Those 2 weeks were most satisfying of my life. J