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Windows DNA from Microsoft Corp., is a system-wide architectural framework for building and deploying distributed applications based on the Windows DNA platform. This framework allows companies to share information internally within their organizations, as well as their suppliers and customers across the Internet. Windows DNA is designed to promote application interoperability, ultimately offering manufacturing firms a common approach to gathering and sharing information, and executing against events generated by B2B E-Commerce systems.

Microsoft Corp. in February 1999 launched Windows DNA as a collaborative initiative with customers, developers and manufacturers having the goal to produce a technical architecture aiming to reducing the costs and simplifying the process of deploying, integrating and managing systems for manufacturing enterprises.

The architecture, called Windows Distributed interNet Applications (Windows DNA), allows disparate software applications to integrate seamlessly, enabling a proficient information exchange among distributed solutions from the shop floor and enterprise resource planning (ERP) processes. It links islands of information within an enterprise environment, improving information flow, and bridging the gaps between enterprise applications as well as supply chain business partners.
The Windows DNA framework relies on the Component Object Model (COM) as its foundation. Other important DNA technologies include Visual Basic for Applications and DCOM. A technology to watch in the future is XML for data transfer. Windows DNA is the application development model for the Windows platform. It specifies how to develop robust, scalable, distributed applications using the Windows platform, extend existing data and external applications to support the Internet, and support a wide range of client devices maximizing the reach of an application.

The Windows DNA architecture enables organizations to solve industry-specific challenges, while lowering costs associated with deploying and managing information technology systems.

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