McGraw-Hill Construction transformed its information service business by connecting isolated data assets, repurposing existing information products, and developing new products and services on a Microsoft® .NET-connected Web service architecture. Support for XML-based Web services built into all applications and tools that use the Microsoft .NET Framework promotes cost-effective data reuse and exchange, and enables the company to provide customer-defined information to individual subscribers. With these new capabilities, McGraw-Hill Construction can drive new revenue from new products and services, help individual construction-related firms to increase their business agility, and help the construction industry to integrate stores of information related to projects, products, and people.