1. Microsoft Corporation A view into the new application platform Bindia Hallauer Product Management, Application Platform Microsoft Corporation Redmond, USA

2. Connected Systems.NET Usage in Top Corporations Source: Microsoft InternalEnterprise Database Market Source: IDC

3. Microsoft Application Platform

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5. New Platform Capabilities Integrated development and debugging experience Comprehensive data integration, analysis and reporting Advanced availability, security, and scalability functionality Unified development & management tools Real-time business process alerts Comprehensive business process automation Productivity boost for applications and services Integrated lifecycle tools provide greater team insight Dramatic performance improvements

6. Value of Platform Integration Better DecisionsFaster Results Analysis and aggregation of disparate data sources Higher organizational and software team productivity Trusted Platform Greater efficiency, reliability of mission-critical systems

7. Trusted Business Platform Platform Chosen for Mission Critical Applications Source: IDC, 2005 Mission Critical Survey Java/J2EE Platform Performance PlantsByWebSphere Benchmark.NET 2.0 Windows Server 2003 SQL Server 2005 Whitepaper and Benchmark Source Code: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/java/compare/ IBM WebSphere 6 RedHat Linux Oracle 10G The Microsoft application platform is chosen more often for mission critical application development and deployment

8. Trusted Business Platform Web Service Performance Benchmark Whitepaper and WSTest 1.1 Benchmark Source Code: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/java/compare/ 6,414 Whitepaper and CacheBench Benchmark Source Code: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/java/compare/ 64-Bit Application Platform Performance The Microsoft application platform is significantly faster than IBM WebSphere

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