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Definition For
some time now, both small and large companies have been building robust applications
for personal computers that continue to be ever more powerful and available at
increasingly lower costs. While these applications are being used by millions
of users each day, new forces are having a profound effect on the way software
developers build applications today and the platform in which they develop and
deploy their application. The increased presence
of Internet technologies is enabling global sharing of information-not only from
small and large businesses, but individuals as well. The Internet has sparked
a new creativity in many, resulting in many new businesses popping up overnight,
running 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Competition and the increased pace
of change are putting ever-increasing demands for an application platform that
enables application developers to build and rapidly deploy highly adaptive applications
in order to gain strategic advantage. It is
possible to think of these new Internet applications needing to handle literally
millions of users-a scale difficult to imagine a just a few short years ago. As
a result, applications need to deal with user volumes of this scale, reliable
to operate 24 hours a day and flexible to meet changing business needs. The application
platform that underlies these types of applications must also provide a coherent
application model along with a set of infrastructure and prebuilt services for
enabling development and management of these new applications. Introducing
Windows DNA: Framework for a New Generation of Computing Solutions Today,
the convergence of Internet and Windows computing technologies promises exciting
new opportunities for savvy businesses: to create a new generation of computing
solutions that dramatically improve the responsiveness of the organization, to
more effectively use the Internet and the Web to reach customers directly, and
to better connect people to information any time or any place. When a technology
system delivers these results, it is called a Digital Nervous System. A Digital
Nervous System relies on connected PCs and integrated software to make the flow
of information rapid and accurate. It helps everyone act faster and make more
informed decisions. It prepares companies to react to unplanned events. It allows
people focus on business, not technology.
Creating
a true Digital Nervous System takes commitment, time, and imagination. It is not
something every company will have the determination to do. But those who do will
have a distinct advantage over those who don't. In creating a Digital Nervous
System, organizations face many challenges: How can they take advantage of new
Internet technologies while preserving existing investments in people, applications,
and data? How can they build modern, scalable computing solutions that are dynamic
and flexible to change? How can they lower the overall cost of computing while
making complex computing environments work?
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