.NET is the Microsoft Web services strategy to connect information, people, systems, and devices through software. Integrated across the Microsoft platform, .NET technology provides the ability to quickly build, deploy, manage, and use connected, security-enhanced solutions with Web services. .NET-connected solutions enable businesses to integrate their systems more rapidly and in a more agile manner and help them realize the promise of information anytime, anywhere, on any device. The Microsoft platform includes everything a business needs to develop and deploy a Web service-connected IT architecture: servers to host Web services, development tools to create them, applications to use them, and a worldwide network of more than 35,000 Microsoft Certified Partner organizations to provide any help you need. Each year, thousands of companies turn to .NET-the Microsoft strategy for the implementation of Web services-to connect people, information, systems, and devices through innovative software solutions. Integrated across the Microsoft platform, .NET empowers businesses to quickly build, deploy, and manage connected, security-enhanced solutions. In short, .NET helps businesses realize the promise of information anytime, anywhere, on any device.