We have been using MSDE (Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine) for a master piece application based on .NET & WinXP/2000. I was checking the feasibility of application migration to Vista and got shocked !

Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (MSDE) will not be supported on the Microsoft Vista operating system. Now we have to migrate the MSDE to SQL 2005 Express before starting the Vista migration

Industrial Automation community has been adopting proprietary (or open) protocols (eg: - Modbus, Profibus, DeviceNet etc) for communicating with devices and most of them are based on serial communication. Industrial Ethernet is all about the usage of Ethernet protocols in industrial environment. I have uploaded an article here regarding basics of Industrial Ethernet and its implementation.