Anjana's Arena

Being Blued..., a new journey to begin...

2007-12-04T08:33:00Z

Yesterday i joined Microsoft ,yes... one of the companies i have always admired for its passion and innovation:). I am joining the MSIT teams in Hyderabad, in a group that works on Product Activation services. I am really happy about it and hope to have some cool experiences there:) Wish me good luck!...(read more)

Journey @ Satyam

2007-12-01T08:24:00Z

Yesterday was my last day at Satyam Computer Services . Last 4 yrs have been really great here and i think Satyam has given me a wonderful experience and great career and full support and encouragement. The best thing you would find about Satyam would be it's work culture, it's people who are always down to earth with heads on there shoulders, the flat org structure where you can knock at anyone's door anytime,slow and steady wins the race attitude which i think is a definite reason for Satyam topping...(read more)

IASA Hyd Chapter Meet

2007-11-26T07:49:00Z

Yesterday there was an IASA Hyd Chapter Community meet in Hyderabad. This time the focus was on innovate products and the underlying architectures. Session were from Pramati software for Web 2.0 within enterprises by Ramesh Loganathan . And another session from Pratik on product from Brainwave Solution which works on Meme Databases. I have given a brief on the same here . We also discussed with Shankar ,the Hyd Chapter lead, on having Software Arch Forum as a SIG for aspiring architect under IASA...(read more)

Back from Strategic Architect Forum 2007

2007-11-12T07:23:00Z

Just returned from the Strategic Architect Forum held in Mumbai. I must say it was a simply awesome summit! and definetly one of the best architecture summit from Microsoft so far.The content presented had the right mix of technology and business scenarios. Happened to meet some of the DPE and Product group buddies and counter parts like Karl, Atanu and Rajesh. I loved the sessions by John De Vadoss on S+S and also the energy packed session on Soft Skills for Architects by Ranganathan from SymIndia...(read more)

Whitepaper on Corporate Tagging and its relevance within an Enterprise

2007-11-03T06:10:00Z

I just uploaded my whitepaper on Corporate Tagging’ for Information Management through Workplace democracy Last year saw a great buzz and activity around Web 2.0 for the Internet and Tag clouds played a major role in the same and people are already reaping the best benefits. Now it's time to take the Web 2.0 concept into the enterprise and see how it can help and what changes to bring in. Lots of companies have already started social community, blogging etc within the corporates to improve employee...(read more)

www.sqlcommunity.com

2007-10-06T20:19:00Z

Microsoft employees leading the SQL Server Community within Microsoft and many external passionate SQL Server gurus from across the globe have launched an independent world-wide Microsoft SQL Server Community . Saleem Hakani had spoken to be about this during the MVP Summit last year and it's great that he and his team have made this possible. Details below Microsoft SQL Server Community World Wide Community for SQL Server Professionals WWW.SQLCOMMUNITY.COM Share and Scale your SQL Server knowledge...(read more)

ArchForum for Architects and Aspiring Architects

2007-09-21T10:06:00Z

I have been associated with DNUG and SQLCON since long, and i have seen how much it has helped the developer community. Some of us have been thinking it would be great if a similar thing be available for Architects and Aspiring architects as well here. In the same context a week back i started a group called ' ArchForum ' The idea behind this is to have aspiring archs and practicing archs from various domain and technology expertise to come and dicuss on all new Industry Trends, architecture and...(read more)

Survey tool with outlook

2007-08-19T18:23:00Z

Sometime back my HR had a requirement where she wanted to know how many of the employees in the unit are MCP, MCSD etc certified and she wanted to send a survey mailer using outlook for the same. The closest out of box option i could find with Outlook was the 'Voting buttons'. But that had the limitation that a user can select only one option. And also that if the users’ replies to same vote more than once, the latest gets updated erasing the earlier votes. To solve this i wrote a small VBA app that...(read more)

SQL Server 2008(Katmai) Webcast on Aug 8th

2007-08-01T19:07:00Z

SQL Server 2008 – Beginning of a New Era August 08, 2007 | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM IST Speaker: Vinod Kumar This webcast introduces you to the new features of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 related to four major areas: enterprise data platform, dynamic development, beyond relational databases, and pervasive insight. By using the new features, you can encrypt and protect your data in a trusted platform and optimize your system performance. Also, you can manage individual database servers or enterprise-level...(read more)

TechMela 2007

2007-06-20T18:33:00Z

Back from TechMela 2007 which was held between 13th to 16th June in Mumbai. This was a mega event for ITPro, developers, designers and Technology and Business Decision Makers. This was a mix of IndiMix, MEDC and TechEd. Sessions I Attended This time i attended sessions on Orcas, Performance Point Server and OBA. I am yet to explore all the features of Orcas, however my area of interest has been around Office Development with Orcas and i must say i am extremely happy with the deployment and security...(read more)