FCS to ride the efficacy of 'Microsoft .Net Framework' on its way to customer delight

Date: July 21, 2004

Noida (near Delhi): The Noida-based FCS Software Solutions Ltd has bagged a large contract from one of the US market leaders in online gaming solutions segment. The project involves eliminating slow access speed over the web, which occurs because of a large number of betting transactions handled by the client's server during peak hours.

According to Mr Vineet Narang, VP (Strategic Planning and Business Development) at FCS, who heads the Offshore Services Group of the company: "We are deploying Microsoft .Net Framework in this project, as it would enable us not just to add speed but also to fortify the client data protection; and it would also allow us to customize the application in different languages and currencies without any cost or time overrun."

The US gaming client has deployed applications over 200 installations across the world. The vast spread of its operations automatically entails the usage of different languages and currencies in different parts of the world. "Implementing modifications in the existing application would have required major changes in the original architecture, which would also entail huge investments and time," clarifies Mr Narang.

Following a careful study of the client needs, FCS development team recommended rewriting the entire application in the Microsoft .Net Framework that consists of three main components: the common language runtime, a hierarchical set of unified class libraries, and a componentized version of Active Server Pages called ASP.Net. The framework is a platform for building, deploying, and running mission critical applications. It provides a highly productive, standards-based, multi-language environment for integrating existing investments with next-generation applications and services as well as the agility to solve the challenges of deployment and operation of Internet-scale applications.

"Today a large numbers of corporations have applications, which need to be upgraded with the aid of emerging technologies," says Mr Narang. "The major problem with the existing applications is that they have become standalone applications in different programming languages within the organization catering to specific functions. It has resulted in a large number of restricted data boundaries and getting one application talk to another has become a nightmare."

Organizations primarily need to have a system where applications for all business functions can run from a central platform. The Microsoft .NET Framework brings precisely that usability. It supports the integration of multiple programming languages in a way unimagined previously, enabling developers to choose the right programming language for the task at hand. All programming languages target a single, extensive, and extensible set of class libraries and are, therefore, able to integrate with each other as never before.

"FCS has developed an expertise in migrating and building reliable and large mission critical applications in .Net Framework over the past few years," says Mr Narang, "and we plan to exploit this expertise in delivering complete customer delight."