By attending the sessions that follow the theme "Building the Next Generation Line-of-Business Application," you will learn how to develop high performance, scalable applications to exploit the capabilities of MicrosoftÒ Windows NTÒ and BackOfficeÔ. You will learn about evolving technologies, such as transaction processing, message queuing, and resource management. You will understand the implications of MicrosoftÒ Visual BasicÒ Scripting Edition (VBScript), MicrosoftÒ JScriptÔ, and Active Server Pages (code-named Denali) on your application planning. The sessions will show why supporting network independence, unified logon, Microsoft Automation, and remote administration will make development simpler and your application easier to manage in the future.