Jon Toor discusses I/O Director, a software and hardware package that virtualizes I/O connectivity so that network and storage resources can be redeployed on the fly.
The Language Integrated Query (LINQ) facilities make querying a first-class concept in the .NET Framework 3.5. Because ASP.NET is just a development platform built on top of the .NET Framework, there's no reason why you can't query data in a Web context using LINQ.