Tuesday, September 7, 2010

.NET in Mission Critical Applications


Mission critical applications are defined as Business applications, excluding email, that would bring your company to a stop if they were not running. Mission critical applications are typically supported and managed by a central IT staff. For example, applications are airline reservation systems and order processing for a retail store chain.

Key Takeaways
  • Windows Server has #1 server OS share (52.7%) for deployed mission-critical applications
  • Windows Server and .NET are the #1 (54.1%) deployed application server
  • .NET usage exceeds Java across all sizes of enterprises
  • Windows Server is the #1 OS used (46%) by deployed mission critical Java applications
  • SharePoint leads (over IBM WebSphere) as the #1 portal used by enterprises’ primary mission-critical application
  • SQL Server leads (over Oracle) as the #1 database used by enterprises’ primary mission-critical application
  • BizTalk Server leads (over Oracle) as the #1 process integration technology used by enterprises’ primary mission-critical application
  • Microsoft leads as the #1 (58.6%) vendor for service oriented architectures 
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Referred from: 
Microsoft .net website, Microsoft,
[Online] , Retrieved 7th July 2010.
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