Umberto Paolucci Vice President, Microsoft Corporation.
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Umberto PaolucciUmberto PaolucciVice President, Microsoft Vice President, Microsoft CorporationCorporation
““The major contribution of The major contribution of advances in information advances in information technology and their technology and their incorporation into the capital incorporation into the capital stock has been to reduce the stock has been to reduce the number of worker hours number of worker hours required to produce the nation’s required to produce the nation’s output, our proxy for output, our proxy for productivity growth.” productivity growth.” Alan GreenspanAlan Greenspan
Chairman, Federal ReserveChairman, Federal Reserve
More Power And Capacity More Power And Capacity Hardware and BandwidthHardware and Bandwidth
CPUCPU 2X / 18 months2X / 18 months
BandwidthBandwidth 3X / 18 months3X / 18 months
Disk CapacityDisk Capacity 3X / 18 months3X / 18 months
PC Power In New FormsPC Power In New Forms
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Tablet PCs& Laptops
Digital Video Camera
Web Pads
Security & Surveillance
VideoConferencing
Phone &Voicemail
TV
Auto PC
HiFi Audio
Games
Pocket PCs
Internet
Cell Phone
Improved InterfacesImproved InterfacesFueling Productivity GainsFueling Productivity Gains
SpeechSpeech
HandwritingHandwriting
High resolution displaysHigh resolution displays
Large displaysLarge displays
Digital Decade Digital Decade Software FoundationSoftware Foundation
For information worker productivityFor information worker productivity
For IT department efficiencyFor IT department efficiency
For digital business processesFor digital business processes
Software ChallengeSoftware Challenge
Why aren’t these problems Why aren’t these problems easy to solve?easy to solve?
How do I get integration of How do I get integration of information and flexibility? information and flexibility?
Will these systems be reliable Will these systems be reliable and self-managing?and self-managing?
Will complexity for everyone Will complexity for everyone involved be reduced? involved be reduced?
Common ProblemsCommon Problems
Boundaries hinder efficiencyBoundaries hinder efficiency Between software applicationsBetween software applications
Between systemsBetween systems
Between software and peopleBetween software and people
Between organizationsBetween organizations
Software designed for manual controlSoftware designed for manual control
XML Is The AnswerXML Is The Answer
Work started in 1997Work started in 1997
Microsoft bet the company on Microsoft bet the company on this with .NET in 2000this with .NET in 2000
Major impact on all software Major impact on all software systems - OS, database, Officesystems - OS, database, Office
Industry-wide adoption criticalIndustry-wide adoption critical
Competition on implementationCompetition on implementation
Software Before XMLSoftware Before XML
CatalogCatalog
Functions and data internalFunctions and data internal
Application as black boxApplication as black box
No easy control or automationNo easy control or automation
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Software With XMLSoftware With XML
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Standard way of exposing informationStandard way of exposing information
Allows software to control softwareAllows software to control software
Industry and company standards importantIndustry and company standards important
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Prices Order
Marketplace AMarketplace A Marketplace BMarketplace B
Digital Business ProcessesDigital Business ProcessesFrom Marketplaces to Web ServicesFrom Marketplaces to Web Services
Web ServicesWeb Services
Are our business systems well connected?Are our business systems well connected?
Are our information workers contributing Are our information workers contributing to corporate goals?to corporate goals?
How much insight do we have on the How much insight do we have on the metrics that impact our business?metrics that impact our business?
How good is our velocity and quality of How good is our velocity and quality of decision making?decision making?
Does our technology allow us to better Does our technology allow us to better respond to customers?respond to customers?
Are customers Are customers really at the really at the
center ?center ?