MICROSOFT SHIPS WINDOWS 2000 DATACENTER SERVER.Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ) has begun manufacture of the Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 2000 Datacenter Server, completing the product family for the Windows 2000 operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . The Windows 2000 Datacenter Server and its complementary Windows Datacenter Program delivers today's enterprise a high level of reliability, scalability and serviceability for line-of-business, e-commerce solutions and hosting environments. Windows 2000 Datacenter Server provides businesses with the best business value for enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. today and also provides a platform for tomorrow's .NET applications, which require the highest degrees of scalability and reliability, support for a wide range of devices, adherence to key standards like XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. , and support for software as a Web service The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. . The Windows Datacenter Program is a cooperation between Microsoft and the industry to address the most demanding requirements of enterprise customers, providing a "bet-your-business" cost-effective alternative to existing proprietary computing environments. The Windows 2000 Datacenter Server has been designed for enterprises that require high-end, very reliable software for high-traffic networks and the ability to support a large number of applications and users on fewer servers. The Windows Datacenter Program will be kicked off Sept. 26 in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Calif., as part of Microsoft's Enterprise 2000 Launch event announced last week. Datacenter will be joined by the .NET enterprise servers, comprised of SQL Server 2000, Exchange 2000 Server, BizTalk Server 2000, Commerce Server 2000, Application Center 2000, Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000 and Host Integration Server 2000 as well as other enterprise-ready products and services. Delivering on the Microsoft .NET vision, the combination of Windows 2000 Datacenter Server and the .NET enterprise servers provides one of the best platforms for building, deploying and managing Web services, thus providing the foundation for the third generation of the Internet. Windows 2000 Datacenter Server will only be offered through Certified Datacenter Partners. Certified partners currently include Compaq Computer Corp., Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and Unisys. Complete product and services offerings based on Windows 2000 Datacenter Server and the Windows Datacenter Program are expected to become available to customers during autumn 2000. |
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