Microsoft BizTalk Server 2009 goes deep

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Microsoft is aiming to further strengthen its push into the enterprise with the public beta release of BizTalk Server 2009.

Announced together with the general availability of two RFID add-ons -- BizTalk RFID Mobile and the BizTalk RFID Standards Pack -- BizTalk Server 2009 offers integration with back-end systems such as the latest versions of various IBM mainframe and other enterprise products, and Oracle's E-Business Suite.

The product, slated to ship in the first half of next year, also supports the latest Microsoft application platform technologies, including Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack One, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1.