Thiru Thangarathinam works for Intel Corporation in Phoenix, Arizona. He is an MVP and specializes in architecting, designing, and developing distributed enterprise-class applications using .NET-related technologies. He is the author of Professional ASP.NET 2.0 XML from Wiley and has also coauthored a number of books in .NET-related technologies. Thiru has also been a frequent contributor to leading technology-related online publications. At Intel, he is part of the team that is focused on developing the Enterprise Architecture and Service Oriented Architectures for Intel. He can be reached at thiruthangarathinam@yahoo.com.