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 Microsoft News Corner....October

Microsoft Kicks off MEC 2002 with Platform Innovation in Windows .NET Server 2003 and .NET Enterprise Servers.

Anaheim, California...In his opening MEC 2002 keynote speech to more than 5,500 Microsoft customers and industry partners, Paul Flessner, senior vice president of the Microsoft® .NET Enterprise Server Division at Microsoft Corp., announced the forthcoming innovations within the Microsoft enterprise platform that will focus on driving a lower total cost of ownership and reducing complexity for customers as well as helping businesses better connect with their partners, customers and mobile devices. These innovations are included in Windows® .NET Server 2003 as well as the newest versions of a number of the .NET Enterprise Servers, including Exchange -- code-named "Titanium" -- and the e-business Servers -- code-named "Jupiter."

"The primary goal of Microsoft's Enterprise software business is to drive the complexity out of IT through innovation," Flessner said. "For the benefit of the customer, Microsoft is working to make all the pieces of its enterprise platform collaborate seamlessly, as well as making it more manageable and approachable by extending the platform to include more value-added technologies, and by ensuring that the platform is interoperable with all the existing technologies within a customer's IT environment."

Flessner also reported that customer anticipation and enthusiasm is rapidly building for Windows .NET Server 2003 . More than 200,000 customers have signed up for the product through the Customer Preview Program within the past 60 days - the largest number ever on any Microsoft server product. Industry partners also are preparing for the arrival, with more than 75,000 Windows .NET Server 2003 Partner Guides, which includes RC1, distributed since September.