-- Command scripting -- Administrators frequently perform tasks that are sped up by automation at the command line rather than using programs that perform similar tasks. Scripting is a method of automating those tasks further.
-- Scripting demand -- As NT becomes closer to UNIX in terms of functionality and everyday use, and as UNIX administrators become NT administrators, the demand for scripting solutions has and will increase.
-- Market Share -- Forty percent of all corporations have Windows NT installed up from 33 percent 9 months ago. It's the leading corporate intranet platform for 47 percent of corporate intranets, up from 41 percent 9 months ago. IntelliQuest Inc. recently filed a report which found that Windows NT is the most frequently deployed corporate Internet platform.
-- NT Growth -- Companies are choosing Microsoft Windows NT as their operating system platform because they need a single infrastructure to support a number of services. File and Print. Applications. Communications. Electronic Commerce. And Internet and intranet hosting. For example, more than one million Internet sites now use Windows NT Server as their Web server platform.