Jeffrey P. McManus is a developer specializing in online application development and a popular speaker at conferences such as VBITS, VSLive, and VBConnections. He is a frequent contributor to journals and is the author of four books on database and component technologies and two books on .NET technologies, including Visual Basic .NET Developer's Guide to ASP.NET, XML, and ADO.NET (Addison-Wesley, 2002). Jackie Goldstein is the president of Renaissance Computer Systems, a development and consulting company specializing in Microsoft tools and technologies. He also serves as the MSDN Regional Director for Israel and as a Subject Matter Expert for Microsoft Developer Days events. Jackie has many years of experience helping companies evaluate and integrate new technologies, and is a frequent speaker at conferences such as VSLive, TechEd, and VBITS. Contributor Kevin T. Price is a senior software architect and a contributor to several books on XML, security, and .NET technologies.