Application Platform Optimization

Organizations of all sizes are requiring IT to take a lead role in delivering business value. Facilitating mission-critical activities on time, under budget and with an architecture that is built for change is easier said than done. Every business has different goals, demands and measurements of success. Nevertheless, these elements are the foundation of business strategy, differentiation and success.

Application Platform Optimization includes solutions to help IT departments provide business value by facilitating mission-critical activities on time, under budget and with an architecture that is built for change. To keep up with increasing customer demands, new business opportunities and expanding government regulations, companies have incrementally added information systems to support specific business processes. But in many cases, these systems do not share information or integrate processes, which can create risks.

For businesses to be competitive and grow, they need to be able to connect processes, people and information across organizational and geographic boundaries. Once this challenge is met, people can achieve more for their companies as they become more agile and costs are reduced.

As a core capability of the Microsoft Application Platform, Microsoft SOA and Business Process technology helps solve these problems by connecting disparate systems and processes, thus helping the business to respond in real-time to customers, partners and a changing business climate.

Is your Application Platform people-ready? Take this self-assessment and find out.
Use this assessment tool to compare your infrastructure against industry best practices and the latest IT research. Measure the effectiveness of your current infrastructure in platform-agnostic terms and then, after taking the assessment, use your results to prioritize your IT investments to help your organization thrive and continue to grow.

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Executive Letter: Customer, Partner, Analyst Support Fuels Platform Growth
A Letter from Steve Guggenheimer, General Manager for Microsoft Application Platform Marketing