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Next-generation Internet to aid industry
Microsoft's Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Bill Gates has outlined the company's vision and road map for Microsoft .NET.
Microsoft's Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Bill Gates has outlined the company's vision and road map for Microsoft .NET, the company's two-year-old software initiative for connecting information, people, disparate systems and devices "In just two years, we've gone from debut to delivery of the first generation of Microsoft.NET
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 29 Oct 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The broad industry consensus around XML-based web services gives us a tremendous foundation for breakthrough work in many areas.
The focus of .NET is on software that creates connected customer experiences that transform the way people live and work".
Microsoft predicts that companies using web-based technologies to collect and distribute real-time information; that quickly transform information into actionable knowledge; collaboratively turns knowledge into swift, efficient actions, have the best chance of success in this economic climate.
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The next phase of the .NET process continues to build upon the XML-based interoperability of web services (intranet portals that provide users with a structured, personalised way of accessing information to collaborate across departmental and geographical boundaries), to provide tangible benefits for industry and to support dynamic business relationships along the supply chain.
According to Paul Burgum, Microsoft's Industry Manager for Manufacturing and Engineering: "This technology will allow managers to get ever greater productivity gains as web services unlock critical information and enable them to make better business decisions.
Engineers located around the globe will be able to work together in real-time to refine new product designs; sales people and plant floor managers could exchange up-to-the-minute information about orders and production, ensuring the most efficient use of manufacturing facilities.
Manufacturers will be able to simplify purchasing and service and connect users to suppliers and partners more efficiently by guiding visitors to a website with focused, personalised content".
"By combining XML web services displayed on the Internet, companies can program the web to create applications.
For example, an automobile manufacturer could integrate inventory control, fulfilment mechanisms and purchase order tracking into a comprehensive supply chain management system, simply through the connection of a number of web services.
NET is aimed squarely at the biggest IT pain points: connecting disparate systems inside the organisation and with business partners and helping IT "do more with less" in the current economic climate", Burgum concluded.
Bill Gates outlined five areas of focus for Microsoft in the future: breaking down barriers between systems and organisations; breaking down barriers to trust; breaking down barriers between people; breaking down barriers to knowledge; and breaking down barriers to everyday use.
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