This month, we are going to explore XPS, or XML Paper Specification, a new way to describe data for viewing, printing and exchanging with other systems and applications. XPS (the technology was formerly code-named “Metro”) will be introduced along with Windows Vista. 2007 Microsoft Office system will be the first major Microsoft Application to support creation of documents in XML Paper Specification.
Reason enough to have a close look how XPS works and how you can leverage the technology in your own applications. Despite the fact most new applications feature XML based file formats, it is highly desirable to have a mechanism for printing, viewing and data exchange that is not tied on any applications particular file format.
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Vinod Unny is the Managing Director of Enterprise InfoTech, a technology consultancy company based in New Delhi, India. Vinod has also been appointed as the Microsoft Regional Director for the entire North India Region. Vinod has been an extremely active member of India’s Information Technology community for many years. He is a regular contributor to India’s leading computer magazine –
PCQuest – on many areas of technology. He has lead both technical and techno-business teams in the United States, Japan and of course in India. Vinod has traveled widely and regularly, both in India and around the world for projects and events.
Vinod has also been an active and popular speaker in many different technology seminars across the country and has been invited by organizations such as Borland, Caldera and the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) to speak at many of their events. He is also a very regular speaker in all major events of Microsoft as well. Vinod has also been invited to many different management institutes and other technical forums to talk about the trends as well as technical presentations on cutting edge technology. Vinod has also won the second prize in an international contest conducted by Halcyonsoft, USA in 1999.
Being a Microsoft Regional Director has not restricted Vinod’s area of expertise. Although very well versed in Microsoft technologies, Vinod has also worked on many other technologies including competitive ones. Vinod works regularly on Linux and Open Source Software as well – and in doing so gains a much larger appreciation for the work done by Microsoft. He passes on this knowledge and appreciation regarding Microsoft technologies in comparison to Linux/OSS to audiences, clients and readers in his various evangelism efforts.
Using technology most effectively remains the watchword for Vinod’s obsession with it. Having started working with computers at a very young age when computers were not publicly around to programming for the Internet much before it was commercially available in India, Vinod has tried to keep himself one step ahead of the learning curve to be able to give his clients the best informed and most effective solution that is technically possible.
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