Microsoft BizTalk Server 2009 Beta

The company Microsoft has released another public beta version of its package BizTalk Server 2009, planned to be released in the first half of 2009.
BizTalk Server 2009 includes enhanced support of the Service-Oreinted Architecture, support of RFID, improved integration with popular internal systems and support of virtualization. The package BizTalk Server 2009 now includes modules BizTalk RFID Mobile and BizTalk RFID Standards Pack. Extended support of the Radio Frequency Identification technology allows you to track all units in the stock, to organize the delivery of goods, as well as various logistics chains.
The package BizTalk Server 2009 supports work with advanced technology platforms of Microsoft, including Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack One (SP1), Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1. The hypervisor Hyper-V, provided with the advanced server platform Windows Server 2008, is extremely interesting for customers willing to reduce costs through virtualization of various IT components of their production processes.
This Microsoft product has extensive integration with the technologies of IBM and Oracle E-Business Suite, widely used in corporate systems. In particular, BizTalk Server 2009 can interact with the systems of IBM CICS (Customer Information Control System), IMS (Information Management System), DBMS DB2, DB2/400, DB2 Universal Database and WebSphere MQ. The platform WebSphere MQ is popular among industrial companies as it allows exchanging information between dissimilar heterogeneous computing systems.
The new version of BizTalk Server is a key component of the Microsoft strategy, known as Real World SOA. This strategy also involves the use of the technologies Windows Server,. NET, Visual Studio, SQL Server and SharePoint. All of these components help to combine into a single structure all system of the enterprise, including business applications, legacy systems, automated production equipment, etcâ€¦