Business is not only buying and selling things. It’s about building a system which can make our day to day work easy for each concern team which is involved in that business and generate huge profit. Starting a business and taking it to a next level of success are two different things. Many businesses fail at a certain point because it lacks lot of things like appropriate funding, better business process and proper technology implementation etc. Business performance depends on two things; first its output (here it’s related to sales) and second is return on investment (cost to company) . At initial stage business does not require much investment but when it reaches at enterprise level as business grows it demands regular investment. For better business performance investment should be low and sales should be more. This is the point where business needs enterprise applications. Let’s see how enterprise solution can be helpful for businesses.

#1.

It reduces development cost and complexity

Most enterprises have multiple entities which separately work as a company. Developing separate application for each entity could be costly because different entities require different hardware, software and other resources. The most fascinating thing about enterprise application is that all tasks can be performed through a single application and you do not need to create a separate application for each. You get everything in a single package which can be easily handled by the all entities who are involved to form an enterprise. There are various enterprise technologies available and enterprises select them as per the business needs like Microsoft SharePoint, IBM WebSphere, and Siebel CRM which are used to create enterprise solutions.

#2.

It simplifies the manageability

Manageability is very important for enterprises where multiple processes work simultaneously. Creating different applications for each process can be time consuming and costly as different applications run on different hardware, software and need different resources to manage each. Enterprise application does not require separate platform to run. The whole enterprise application runs on a single platform which is easy to manage and needs less resources.

For example; D&M, is a privately owned electronic company headquartered in Japan, holds multiple companies. After its acquisition of many companies there were more than 200 consumer websites which were based on nine different technology platforms such as PHP, and Adobe cold fusion. It also relied on different services of multiple hosting, third-party design and development firms to maintain these websites and they were not have centralized control over their website source code or content. After implementing the legacy platform (enterprise solution), developed by an enterprise application development company, they could manage all consumer websites through a single centralized control, as per a case study.

#3.

It helps in better business process integration

As we know that in an enterprise business multiple processes work simultaneously. If the processes are not connected properly with each other within the system then system will not perform better. In big enterprises where multiple processes like marketing, finance, human resource and more work simultaneously it is important that each process should be connected with each other for better system performance. It is not possible through simple application but can be done through enterprise solutions.

#4.

Better Centralized Control

Another advantage of implementing an enterprise solution is its centralized data control. In general scenarios enterprises that run global business have many entities (websites) for different market segments. It is very critical and time consuming for enterprises to manage all entities at a time. In today’s business landscape enterprises have to take into consideration many aspects such as localization, collaboration, usability consistence and branding for better business growth. To manage all these things through many websites is very critical and not optimal as per current business trend. Enterprise application solutions enable enterprises to manage all these things through a single data center with minimum localized changes.

#5.

Better User Experience, Collaboration and Global Brand Building

Enterprise application provides enterprises a common infrastructure for all websites and applications. The most benefits of having a common infrastructure for all websites is greater consistence, improved navigation, better collaboration and re-usability.

It is essential for enterprises who run global business to leverage the power of enterprise application solutions. Many global businesses are adopting this to reduce cost.

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If I talk about the internet era, it was highly evolved, when W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) took a role of standards transmission. Because of this, all major software vendors agreed with this new Web Services technology, proposed by W3C committee. Here, Microsoft did as a pioneer in web services technology when they released their .NET architecture. It is reliable, scalable and trustworthy. And it represents a big step towards software interoperability, which makes spot-on software integration finally possible for the developers.

Well in this, it integrates the control of web-based solutions with the distributed application model of traditional multi-tier client-server design. While client-server design has traditionally relied on proprietary technologies to control information flow between the tiers, the current solutions take advantages of this industry-standard communications protocols to connect the power of the Internet. By creating solutions based on a combination of supplied and created services, more powerful and flexible applications can be built in a fraction of the time required using previous development methodologies.

.NET also serves a base for new programming languages that have already been functioned out, e.g. asp.NET, VB.NET, C#, J#. Microsoft .NET architecture spans from Microsoft Enterprise Servers to Smart Mobile Devices, and Web Services technology, powered by SOAP, WSDL and UDDI.

What are the current challenges?

In the past, the companies that have tried to offer solutions for enabling a website to expose application integration in a scalable, modular and Internet-friendly way but still they have met with significant challenges. Topmost among these challenges are the following:

• Time to market: The span of development time for getting an application or website to market may reduce the offering no longer feasible.
• Scaling to the Web: Existing object models and component designs simply do not work over internet protocols. Banished application development that can be redirected and served by any other server is a new concept for many developers.
• Lack of end-to-end development tools: Tool sets available today don't empower organizations with the flexibility necessary to stay ahead of their competitors. In the rapidly changing world of the internet, organizations must exhibit the agility to integrate with new partners, using development tools that solve the challenges of today's heterogeneous computing environments.

Why we need it?

The answer is simple i.e. to improve the operational efficiency or to manage the business risk and for that all we need is migration of the applications or databases in enterprises that arises from changes in business demands or technology challenges. Many enterprises are present on both the flip-sides of system to ensure that the investments they are putting in these legacy systems do not get gridlocked in proprietary and other outdated technologies while moving towards the newer systems. The necessity is to preserve standard of the business rules and practices in the old one and at the same time manage the valuable human resources in sustaining these legacy systems.

Why to migrate legacy applications to .NET?

• Distributed system
• Ease of development
• Xml web services
• Ease of deployment
• Richness of the .NET framework
• Smart client with win form as well as thin client with web form

The .NET Framework is an essential component of the Windows Server platform, with the end-to-end Internet platform built on the Windows operating system gives rapid development and deploying of the customized enterprise applications. These applications include web services and web applications that integrate customers, businesses, and applications. The .NET Framework allows developers for rapid development of web services and web applications with the use of competent features, such as multiple-language support, adherence to public Internet standards, and the use of a loosely coupled, scalable architecture.