Just what is .NET? Next-generation framework will let manufacturers conduct business without borders.

MSI, March, 2003

If you've heard the term Microsoft .NET but you're still not quite sure what it means, chances are you re not alone. As Microsoft continues to educate the IT and business community, users of business software applications should consider this: knowing how to define .NET is not as important as knowing what .NET can do for your business.

"From a business systems perspective, .NET enables unprecedented connectivity and flexibility," says Mike Frichol, general manager of manufacturing at Microsoft Business Solutions. "Business users get easy access to a broad array of functionality across the entire business and that of their trading partners. They also have a wider variety of options for how they deploy that functionality and related business services."...

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