Chapter 15: Roadmap for Future Migrations

Overview

As technology advances, application migrations from UNIX to the Microsoft Windows operating system need to address how to integrate and interoperate with new features and rising technologies on the Windows platform. This chapter introduces what to expect for current and future migrations with regard to the following technologies:

• XML and Web Services

• The Microsoft .NET Framework

• Interix integration with the Microsoft .NET Framework

In addition, some recent developments in information technology might soon have an impact on a migration. These include the following, which are also introduced in this chapter:

• Microsoft .NET Enterprise Servers

• High performance distributed computing