Microsoft technologies provide the agility to meet the demands of today's business environment through rapid application development. Effectively leveraging Microsoft technologies can help businesses achieve greater competitive advantages in the dynamic business environment. Microsoft technologies based solutions can help the clients to minimize the operating costs and produce higher ROI.

VEBLOGY is working on Microsoft technologies since its inception. Microsoft technologies are revolutionizing the way to develop desktop, mobile, and web applications. We adopted these technologies to make use of its incredible platform and level of interoperability.

So we decided to provide an overview of what's on the Microsoft's development radar for this year. From new versions to new initiatives, it looks like it's going to be an interesting year.

.NET Framework 4.0:
The .NET Framework version 4.0 is in its beta. This version improves scalability and performance with improved caching, application deployment, and updating with ClickOnce technology, and offers support for the broadest array of browsers and devices with ASP.NET 3.5 controls and services. There are a variety of new classes as well as updates to others and removing existing classes. This is the base for all .NET-based applications, so it is a major update. You'll need to be aware of the changes for future application development, as well as ensuring existing applications run as planned using it.

ASP.NET 3.5
While ASP.NET is part of the .NET Framework, it does require additional setup (via Web server) and it is often discussed as a separate technology. We know many Web developers who are very excited about the next version of ASP.NET. Version 2.0 adds more than 50 new controls, an enhanced security model, simplified data access, site themes, and database caching. One major enhancement is ASP.NET 3.5's standards support of XHTML and accessibility standards (Section 508/WCAG).

Visual Studio 2008?
Although there are a number of non-Microsoft .NET development environments available, Microsoft's very own Visual Studio .NET (VS .NET) 2008 is the clear frontrunner. It is the most popular .NET IDE, and the next iteration, Visual Studio .NET 2008, addresses the features introduced in the next release of the framework, as well as improvements to the development client.

ASP.NET AJAX
ASP.NET AJAX is the free Microsoft AJAX framework for building highly interactive and responsive web applications that work across all popular browsers. The ASP.NET AJAX framework includes Server-Side ASP.NET AJAX, Client-Side ASP.NET AJAX, the AJAX Control Toolkit, and the jQuery library. ASP.NET AJAX enables developers to choose their preferred method of AJAX development, whether it is server-side programming, client-side programming, or a combination of both.

By optimizing Microsoft technology usage and adaptability, VEBLOGY delivers business solutions that help the clients to obtain:

• An optimal and effective usage of IT infrastructure
• Minimized total cost of ownership
• Higher return on investment
• Business continuity

In regards to Microsoft technologies, we have proficiency in the following areas:

• .NET Framework 1.1/2.0/3.0/3.5
• .NET Compact Framework
• Win CE / Windows Mobile Platforms
• ASP.NET
• VB.NET & C#
• Visual Basic
• Classic ASP