Microsoft heeft vandaag een complete lijn nieuwe software uitgebracht, die het begin van de .NET strategie zou moeten inluiden. Het gaat nu nog om loodzware serversoftware, maar het is de bedoeling dat in de toekomst iedereen gaat meedoen aan .NET.
Een van de belangrijkste onderdelen van de Enterprise Server familie is uiteraard Windows 2000 Datacenter, die eveneens vandaag officieel is uitgekomen.
Designed with mission-critical performance in mind, .NET Enterprise Servers are built from the ground up for interoperability, using open Web standards such as Extensible Markup Language (XML). The .NET Enterprise Servers, along with the Microsoft Windows® 2000 platform, supply the foundation for developing and managing applications for the .NET platform. Microsoft .NET enables the third generation of the Internet, where software is delivered as a service, is accessible by any device any time from any place, and is fully programmable and customizable. Microsoft designed the .NET Enterprise Servers specifically to help companies rapidly integrate and orchestrate services and applications into a single comprehensive solution.
[break]Tegelijk met de lancering van al deze nieuwe software worden ook de nieuwe 32-way HP servers aangekondigd, die standaard met Windows 2000 Datacenter geleverd zullen worden.[/break]
- Microsoft Application Center 2000
The deployment and management tool for high availability Web applications built on Windows 2000.- Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000
Orchestrate business processes and Web services within and between organizations.- Microsoft Commerce Server 2000
The solution for quickly building an effective online business.- Microsoft Exchange 2000
The reliable, easy to manage messaging and collaboration solution for bringing users and knowledge together.- Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000
Integration components for host systems.- Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000
Integrated firewall and Web cache server built to make the Web-enabled enterprise safer, faster, and more manageable.- Microsoft Mobile Information 2001 Server
The reliable and scalable platform for wireless solutions that brings mobile users and information together anytime, anywhere, on any device.- Microsoft SQL Server 2000
The complete database and analysis solution for delivering scalable Web applications.HP's NetServer is designed for as many as 32 Intel Pentium III Xeon processors, as many as 64GB of RAM, and as many as 96 PCI slots. Despite this, an 8-way configuration of the server is the most popular version, said Duane Zitzner, the president of HP Computing Systems.
Preliminary benchmarking of an 8-way NetServer produced results showing the system can handle as many as 32,000 mail users while running Windows Exchange 2000, which will be the most popular application running on the server in the first six months of availability, Zitzner said.
Ten slotte belooft Microsoft er uiteraard alles aan te doen om goede hardwaresupport te krijgen, en om XML als universele standaard in te voeren. Ze werken daarvoor samen met een groot aantal bedrijven, zoals Intel, IBM, Dell, Compaq en Cisco.