Choice of platform for the future should be based on sound business reasoning instead of personal preferences or even technical excellence. .Net is one such technology platform using Web services that benefits everyone right from individual users, organizations, and developers. Organizations get the best of their return on investment in .Net technology that enables them to implement powerful, cost-effective IT solutions to meet future needs.
.Net lets organizations free from the confines of proprietary technology, providing the flexibility and scalability that can enable organizations connect their existing IT systems and provide a foundation for the next wave of technology.
Benefits of .NET
Organization’s perspective
Helps organizations lower operating costs by helping connect systems
Increases sales by providing the right information as and when required
Integrates services and applications with customers and partners
Helps developers quickly create new solutions to address business issues
The user's experience becomes very customizable and provides integrated data and customized interactions that work well with a wide range of computing hardware, such as Pocket PCs, Smartphones, laptops, and other devices
Individuals’ perspective
Helps individuals with a more personal and integrated computing experience.
.NET-enabled computing is centered on the user–not on the features of the software or hardware
The user's experience becomes very customizable
Provides integrated data and customized interactions that work well with a wide range of computing hardware, such as Pocket PCs, Smartphones, laptops, and other devices
Enhances the mobile computing experience so user's can get their information regardless of their location
Developers’ perspective
Provides a tightly integrated set of tools for building and integrating Web services
Provides comprehensive development platform with Visual Studio .NET that offers the best, fastest, and most cost-effective way to build Web services
Can take advantage of a programming model designed from the ground up for creating Web services in a highly productive, multilanguage environment
Allows to use existing skills to create a wide range of solutions that work across a broad array of computing devices
Provides a foundation for building Service Oriented Architectures (SOA).
