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If yours is like many businesses today, you're busy
adapting to the challenges and opportunities brought by the Internet. The
Microsoft Windows® 2000 Server operating system can make the transition
easier. Now you can use the Internet to improve all your business
operations—from how your employees work together to how you extend your
network to customers and partners.
Active Server Pages (ASP), first introduced as a component
of Windows NT Server 4.0, revolutionized the way Web content was served.
This technology allowed organizations to create dynamic and highly
personalized Web sites. The implementation of Active Server Pages in Windows
2000 Server is faster, more reliable, more scalable, and ready to run on
high-end multi-processor hardware.
Windows 2000 also introduces new technologies that let you
build richer Web applications and solutions, such as the next generation of
the Microsoft Component Object Model, COM+. Developers using COM+ find it
much easer to create and use software components, and benefit from a runtime
environment and services that are easily used from any programming language
or tool.
Another technology revolutionizing the Internet is the
Extensible Markup Language (XML). XML enables easy integration of data from
multiple sources, reduced network traffic, granular updates, and more
meaningful searches. The Windows 2000 XML Parser is implemented as a COM
component, providing a complete XML foundation for Windows DNA-based
applications.
In addition, Windows 2000 includes integrated support for
streaming media, which allows organizations to develop and distribute
real-time presentations and rich multimedia content to both internal and
external audiences. Imagine being able to send full screen video to your
users’ desktops on demand, while providing CD-quality audio, digital
rights management, and great integration with other application software.
When Windows NT was introduced, it provided something that
was revolutionary in high-volume commercial operating systems: symmetric
multi-processing (SMP) support. SMP meant that Windows NT could take equal
advantage of multiple microprocessors on the same PC. Although
microprocessors continue to get faster and faster, real scalability is
achieved by adding more processors or by adding more PCs to a cluster—a
process known as "scaling out."
Windows 2000 provides the technologies required to let
your Internet applications grow without limitations. For example, it allows
the most demanding high-end applications to use more computer memory. In
addition, Windows 2000 Server supports four simultaneous processors, while
Windows 2000 Advanced Server supports eight. Further, core parts of the
operating system have been tuned to ensure that you get more than ever out
of each processor. For example, Active Server Pages scales two to three
times better on multiple processors than Windows NT 4.0 does.
Should your Internet site grow particularly large,
services such as Network Load Balancing (NLB), which is part of Advanced
Server, enable you to grow your Internet site by simply adding PCs. NLB then
directs traffic on the site to spread it across the multiple machines
without requiring you to learn whole new development techniques or
reengineer all of your applications.
As businesses extend their networks beyond original
boundaries, for example by adding extranets and Internet sites, they need to
increase system security. In addition, employees typically store
confidential information on laptops and other mobile computing devices,
which may be lost or stolen. To help companies enhance their security to
address new ways of using information, Windows 2000 provides end-to-end
security. This means that organizations can integrate systems both inside
and outside the corporate network boundaries, while providing complete
access control and data protection. Security features include advanced
techniques for identifying who is accessing the system, including the use of
digital "keys" to access selected data, and a single ID that
permits users to access not only their own computer, but also other shared
resources (such as printers or files) on the corporate network, the
Internet, or even a business partner's network.
Windows 2000 Server provides comprehensive,
standards-based security services, including flexible authentication, data
encryption, flexible and secure network access, protection of virtual
private networks (VPNs) using core Internet standards such as IP Security (IPSec),
secure transaction processing, and security extensions for the development
platform such as the CryptoAPI.
Conclusion
In summary, Windows 2000 Server provides the integrated
Web and application development services, scalability, flexibility, and
security services to allow organizations to extend their business to the
Internet. With Windows 2000 Server, businesses can securely connect with
their customers, partners, and employees—wherever Internet access is
available. Businesses can use the Internet infrastructure to offer expanded
and innovative applications, rich content, and secure access to information,
products, and services.
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Microsoft to learn even more...
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