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Gartner, Inc., October 18, 2010 Microsoft is positioned in the Leaders’ Quadrant of this report that identifies which products contain the features required to address the needs of systematic application-to-application (A2A), B2B and cloud-based application and integration projects. According to Gartner, “[t]he part of the application infrastructure market focused on integration products for A2A, B2B and cloud-based application integration will undergo consolidation, because multiple product features are used across each of the project types. Many users are looking to support their integration projects with an integrated suite provided by one vendor, thus eliminating the burden to act as a system integrator for application infrastructure.”
Gartner, Inc., October 21, 2010 Microsoft is positioned in the Leaders’ Quadrant of this report which examines vendors' application infrastructure worthiness for systematic service-oriented architecture (SOA)-style application projects. According to Gartner, “Systematic projects include long-term consideration and project planning in the process of design and technology selection for the application. They target applications that are intended for extended periods of use, carry advanced service-level requirements and typically have an impact on the overall information context of the business organization.”
Visual Studio Magazine BizTalk Server 2009 R2, which has not been released yet, will be known as "BizTalk Server 2010" when it rolls out sometime later this year, Microsoft announced. BizTalk Server essentially functions as a messaging component in service-oriented architectures. It's used by enterprises to help tie disparate business processes together.
ZDNet It’s not often you see the Softies simplifying a product name rather than making it more complex. But it seems that’s what the BizTalk integration server team is doing, rechristening the product formerly known as BizTalk Server 2009 R2 as “BizTalk Server 2010.”
InformationWeek Microsoft made BizTalk Server 2009 generally available this week with enhanced capability to obtain RFID data from mobile devices and greater support for Windows Server 2008. BizTalk is Microsoft's integration server software or middleware used to link diverse applications and systems together and allow them to exchange data. It can provide connections into SAP applications or those from Oracle's E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, J. D. Edwards, and Siebel Systems. The Server has a total of 25 application adapters.
Learn how customers rely on Microsoft Application Platform technologies for development, deployment and management of mission critical business applications.
Microsoft Services today announced enhanced mission-critical capabilities for customers with business-critical solutions. As part of today’s announcement, Microsoft Services also announced the availability of an expanded Premier Mission Critical add-on aimed at helping customers tackle the support requirements of their most demanding solutions. An add-on to Premier Support, Premier Mission Critical provides a service and support program, with services spanning from solution validation and architectural reviews to proactive services and problem resolution resources.
Microsoft Corp. today announced that multiple payer, provider and partner organizations, including Molina Healthcare Inc., EmblemHealth, Edifecs, Evolute, Neudesic LLC, The TriZetto Group Inc. and Washington Publishing Company are standardizing on Microsoft’s integrated, standards-based platform, with Microsoft BizTalk Server 2009 at the core, to support HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 compliance. The platform also enables health plans to reduce costs and accelerate and automate processes and workflows to achieve administrative simplification.
During its Application Infrastructure Virtual Launch Event, Microsoft Corp. today unveiled the Windows Server AppFabric Release Candidate and announced that final availability will follow in June. The launch event can be viewed at http://www.appinfrastructure.com. The company also made available the first public beta for BizTalk Server 2010, which supports Windows Server AppFabric and is scheduled to release to manufacturing in the third quarter of 2010.
Microsoft Corp. today announced a new connector that accelerates two-tier enterprise resource planning (ERP) deployments between Microsoft Dynamics AX and SAP Business Suite. This new connector enables IT organizations to use Microsoft Dynamics AX across subsidiaries, divisions or branch entities to facilitate cost-effective business process integration and easily connect with SAP installations at the corporate headquarters location.
Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of Microsoft BizTalk Server 2009, the company’s enterprise integration and connectivity server solution. In its sixth release, BizTalk Server is already being used by 90 percent of Global 100 customers to integrate systems and automate processes. BizTalk Server 2009 delivers new capabilities to help customers more effectively integrate disparate systems, enhance end-to-end enterprise connectivity and more quickly exchange data across multiple platforms, resulting in increased efficiency and lower costs.
