Microsoft .NET is a set of software technologies for connecting information, people, systems, and devices. This new generation of technology is based on Web services--small building-block applications that can connect to each other as well as to other, larger applications over the Internet. By using the Internet to enable software applications to more easily work together, Microsoft .NET offers businesses the opportunity to increase operating profits, decrease costs, and connect with customers and employees. Here …showed first 75 words of 653 total…

…showed last 75 words of 653 total…developer productivity, Visual Studio .NET helps alleviates one of the greatest scarcities in the world: skilled programmers. Applying rapid application development techniques to Web applications and services increases developer productivity, saving both time and money. Finally, by supporting any programming language, these tools tap the broadest developer talent pool (only about 10 percent of the world's developers know Java), take advantage of existing skills, and let people use the tool most appropriate for a specific task.