| Title: |
Making .NET Work in the Enterprise |
| Author: |
David Sprott |
| Publication Date: |
9 December 2002 |
| Report Type: |
Journal |
| Report Class: |
Best Practice |
| Abstract: |
Conversations with Technology Integrator Avanade; Recent reports suggest Microsoft's .NET is making some progress in the enterprise marketplace, but what constitutes enterprise ready? At the enterprise level, each organizations' requirements are often very different, so how does the Microsoft platform support enterprise needs? Recently we had a series of conversations with Avanade, an integrator that is focused solely on the Microsoft platform, and in this article we report on how they are bringing .NET into the enterprise.
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| Backgrounder: |
Recently Avanade approached me and asked to brief CBDI on their activity, and over the past few weeks I have had meetings with a number of Avanade folk, who have been really open about their products and practices, and also the reality of working at the leading edge (of .NET and Web Services) while the goalposts are constantly moving.
Those readers that have been around for a while may recall that Accenture's predecessor was well known for its work with frameworks. Not surprisingly therefore Avanade is strongly focused on asset management, and the creation of frameworks that enable transfer and reuse of assets, skills and intellectual property. At the point that Avanade was formed in April 2000 the company inherited a DNA based framework that has now been superceded by a new family of frameworks referred to as Avanade Connected Architectures (ACA). Today these include a number of frameworks that cover .NET applications, integration, mobile, portals and infrastructure.
We discuss Avanade's WS strategies and report on how their frameworks are utilized, and examine a significant case study - the Australian Department of Employee and Workplace Relations (DEWR). |
| Report Size: |
6 Pages |
| Report Access Type: |
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