Caching Application Block and database backing store

Caching can help to overcome some of the challenges associated with enterprise-scale distributed web applications: Performance - Caching improves application performance by storing relevant data as close as possible to the data consumer. This avoids repetitive data creation, processing and transportation Scalability - Storing information in a cache helps save resources and increases scalability as the demands on the application increase Availability - By storing data in a local cache, the application may be able to survive system failures such as network latency, web service problems, and hardware failures