All .NET Whitepapers

White papers are submitted by companies with expertise in their areas of technology. They provide a means for the company to demonstrate their knowledge of a particular technology.

Build Blazing Fast Windows® and ASP.NET Applications with DevExpress LINQ-Enabled Grid Controls
by Developer Express
published 12 May 2008
Advanced data-aware components for Visual Studio have traditionally been unable to consume large datasets efficiently. In this whitepaper, see how with DevExpress LINQ-Enabled Grid Controls, these performance limitations are a thing of the past. You’ll learn how and why complex data analysis and mining operations like grouping, sorting, filtering, and summary computations against large remote datasets can now easily be leveraged by developers for client machines.

Telerik Delivers Next Generation ASP.NET UI Components
by Telerik
published 01 Apr 2008
To build truly next generation websites, you need UI components that give you the power and flexibility to harness the speed of Ajax and rich experience of client-side programming- all without requiring you to write any JavaScript. This White Paper will show you how everything you need to successfully create ASP.NET apps that pass today’s “Web 2.0” standards are just a free download away from being at your fingertips.

A New AJAX Approach - Client-side Controls Invoking Web Services
by ComponentArt
published 07 Feb 2008
This whitepaper describes a new high-performance AJAX technique that is currently gaining quite a bit of momentum among ASP.NET Developers. We will explain how this technique differs from standard AJAX techniques, with comments on ease of use, performance, elegance and the available client-side features within each technique. We highly recommend trying the included live examples associated with individual AJAX techniques as they best illustrate the performance advantages of our new AJAX approach.

Use Distributed Caching to Speed-Up Session Management in Your ASP.NET Application
by ScaleOut Software
published 21 Nov 2007
ASP.NET’s out-of-process session-state management can bog down performance when used on web farms. A distributed caching solution can help increase performance when an application's session grows too large. For a faster ASP.NET application running in a server farm, try using distributed caching APIs instead of standard ASP.NET session state to store session data.

Best Practices for Building Custom Executive Digital Dashboards
by Dundas Software
published 10 Sep 2007
This white paper defines what a digital dashboard is and will help you identify the key elements which make them useful. Having over 3 years experience in building and designing digital dashboards for multiple needs and end users, Dundas Software is in the unique position of consolidating its experience into information that will help you build a visually appealing and well designed digital dashboard.

Building WPF Style Interfaces with Classic Windows Forms
by Telerik
published 24 Aug 2007
With the release of Windows Vista® earlier this year, users are beginning to expect applications that match the new "clear and confident" interfaces of their operating system. Traditional GDI-based experiences that have been "good enough" for years now look strangely out of place and dated. This whitepaper shows developers how they can easily meet these expectations without learning new technology or using the WPF runtime.

Optimizing Web Code: Getting the Most Out of Your Bandwidth
by Port80 Software
published 29 Nov 2005
This article discusses several ways in which you can easily optimize the delivery of your Web pages.

Fundamentals of Web Site Acceleration
by Port80 Software
published 22 Nov 2005
This paper outlines a common sense, cost-effective approach to lowering total cost of ownership and improving Web site and Web application performance according to two simple principles: send as little data as possible and send it as infrequently as possible. We will explore best practices that can be systematically employed in Web front-end source code and at the origin server in order to achieve performance improvements. These basic strategies, which all avoid expensive hardware solutions in favor of software and business process enhancements, include code optimization, cache control, and HTTP compression.

The Importance of Web Application Scanning
by Acunetix Team
published 16 Nov 2005
Organizations need a Web application scanning solution that can scan for security loopholes in Web-based applications to prevent would-be hackers from gaining unauthorized access to corporate applications and data. Web applications are proving to be the weakest link in overall corporate security, even though companies have left no stone unturned in installing the better-known network security and anti-virus solutions. Quick to take advantage of this vulnerability, hackers have now begun to use Web applications as a platform for gaining access to corporate data. This whitepaper explores this topic and more.