Somasegar: I think the big value proposition that we bring to the table, much more than anybody else, is integration. Our tools work together well against one single integrated [store]. And I don't think anybody else is providing that today. People are starting to talk about it, but we are the first to market the Visual [Studio] Team System.

So right from day one, when we started designing this, we said what is the different value proposition that we can bring to the customer and have that much more productive experience for the customer, for the team in this case? And we said, integration is the name of the game. And so right from day one all of our tools are integrated, they can have an integrated workflow. And they work against one integrated store.

InfoWorld: And that integrated store, is that Team Foundation Server?

Somasegar: That is Team Foundation Server. It's a collaboration platform that brings all these things together. One of the things to say in this context is we know productivity. We know agility. And that's what we've been focused on always. We wanted to take that and marry it with what I call discipline. The phrase that I like to use is, agility with discipline. You wanted to be agile, you wanted to be productive, and we want you to do it in a disciplined way. Because when teams come together, people have to have a software development process and methodology.

InfoWorld: How is Microsoft accommodating agile development techniques in Visual Studio?