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Microsoft Delivers Release Candidate of Windows Server AppFabric, Beta Release of BizTalk Server 2010
New technologies bring benefits of the cloud to IT environments today.
REDMOND, Wash.. May 20 --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.
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"The role of application infrastructure has become a mission-critical function in all types of businesses today, which creates demand for high-performing, connected systems and applications," said Abhay Parasnis, general manager, Business Platform Division at Microsoft. "With Windows Server AppFabric and BizTalk Server 2010, customers can use their existing skills to improve the scalability, connectivity, and performance of applications running on their current IT assets."
To keep pace with rapidly changing business demands, IT must reduce the development time and increase the flexibility and availability of applications. However, the custom infrastructure often required to achieve these benefits is also complex, time-consuming and expensive; it requires developers to rewrite portions of the application when the infrastructure or scale requirements change. With Windows Server AppFabric and BizTalk Server, development, deployment and management are simplified, increasing efficiency and flexibility to support business needs as they happen.
Windows Server AppFabric provides improved speed, elastic scale and high availability for Web applications through new, distributed caching capabilities. It also provides tools to simplify the development and management of composite applications built using Windows Communication Foundation and Windows Workflow Foundation. Windows Server AppFabric will be available to customers with licenses for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 (Standard and Enterprise editions) at no additional cost.
With support for the latest Microsoft platform releases, BizTalk Server 2010 works with Windows Server AppFabric to enable developers to more rapidly build composite applications that connect to disparate line-of-business systems through BizTalk Adapters and BizTalk Transformations from within .NET development environments. This release also delivers simplified trading partner management tools, an enhanced BizTalk mapper that simplifies complex transactions, and a unified dashboard for backup and restore functions.
Organizations are already achieving early success with Windows Server AppFabric and BizTalk Server 2010. "Our customers are in need of technologies that address their expensive, disparate systems and disconnected applications, which can lead to missed business opportunities to identify trends, service customers and plan for the future," said Philippe Lacroix, chief technology officer of Expertime, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. "With Windows Server AppFabric, BizTalk Server, and the .NET Framework, we've seen customers achieve tangible, immediate improvements, including up to a 70 percent reduction in IT costs and significantly increased connectivity."
Product Information and Availability
More information about the launch event and related products is available:
-- To visit the Application Infrastructure Virtual Launch Event:
http://www.appinfrastructure.com/
-- To download or get more information about Windows Server AppFabric:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/appfabric
-- To download the beta or get more information about BizTalk Server
2010: http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.
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Source: Microsoft Corp.
CONTACT: Rapid Response Team of Waggener Edstrom Worldwide,
+1-503-443-7070, rrt@waggeneredstrom.com, for Microsoft Corp.
Web Site: http://www.microsoft.com/
Microsoft Delivers Release Candidate of Windows Server AppFabric, Beta Release of BizTalk Server 2010
New technologies bring benefits of the cloud to IT environments today.
REDMOND, Wash.. May 20 --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.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGO)
"The role of application infrastructure has become a mission-critical function in all types of businesses today, which creates demand for high-performing, connected systems and applications," said Abhay Parasnis, general manager, Business Platform Division at Microsoft. "With Windows Server AppFabric and BizTalk Server 2010, customers can use their existing skills to improve the scalability, connectivity, and performance of applications running on their current IT assets."
To keep pace with rapidly changing business demands, IT must reduce the development time and increase the flexibility and availability of applications. However, the custom infrastructure often required to achieve these benefits is also complex, time-consuming and expensive; it requires developers to rewrite portions of the application when the infrastructure or scale requirements change. With Windows Server AppFabric and BizTalk Server, development, deployment and management are simplified, increasing efficiency and flexibility to support business needs as they happen.
Windows Server AppFabric provides improved speed, elastic scale and high availability for Web applications through new, distributed caching capabilities. It also provides tools to simplify the development and management of composite applications built using Windows Communication Foundation and Windows Workflow Foundation. Windows Server AppFabric will be available to customers with licenses for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 (Standard and Enterprise editions) at no additional cost.
With support for the latest Microsoft platform releases, BizTalk Server 2010 works with Windows Server AppFabric to enable developers to more rapidly build composite applications that connect to disparate line-of-business systems through BizTalk Adapters and BizTalk Transformations from within .NET development environments. This release also delivers simplified trading partner management tools, an enhanced BizTalk mapper that simplifies complex transactions, and a unified dashboard for backup and restore functions.
Organizations are already achieving early success with Windows Server AppFabric and BizTalk Server 2010. "Our customers are in need of technologies that address their expensive, disparate systems and disconnected applications, which can lead to missed business opportunities to identify trends, service customers and plan for the future," said Philippe Lacroix, chief technology officer of Expertime, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. "With Windows Server AppFabric, BizTalk Server, and the .NET Framework, we've seen customers achieve tangible, immediate improvements, including up to a 70 percent reduction in IT costs and significantly increased connectivity."
Product Information and Availability
More information about the launch event and related products is available:
-- To visit the Application Infrastructure Virtual Launch Event:
http://www.appinfrastructure.com/
-- To download or get more information about Windows Server AppFabric:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/appfabric
-- To download the beta or get more information about BizTalk Server
2010: http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.
Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGO
AP Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org/
PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com
Source: Microsoft Corp.
CONTACT: Rapid Response Team of Waggener Edstrom Worldwide,
+1-503-443-7070, rrt@waggeneredstrom.com, for Microsoft Corp.
Web Site: http://www.microsoft.com/