Operating Systems

Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server is the easy way to Internet-enable your business. As businesses come to rely more and more on the Internet, they have the opportunity to grow, extend their networks to partners and customers, and consider new ways to bring their products and services to market. To take advantage of these opportunities, businesses need an infrastructure that can readily respond to market forces, delivers high reliability, efficient management, ease of use, and supports the latest advances in networking hardware. And to readily pursue these opportunities, businesses want to build on their existing investments in skills and systems.

The reliable desktop and laptop operating system for businesses of all sizes

Built on NT Technology, Windows 2000 Professional offers rock-solid reliability and improved manageability that simplify desktop management. And its integrated Web capabilities and broad support for mobile computers and hardware devices make it easy for business users to connect to the Internet and work anywhere, anytime.

Building on the integrated set of technologies in Windows® 2000 Server, Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Advanced Server provides advanced symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) support, clustering, and load-balancing technologies—so you can run more demanding e-commerce and line-of-business applications.

Servers

Exchange 2000 Enterprise Server, seamlessly integrated with the Microsoft Windows® 2000 operating system, is designed to meet the messaging and collaboration needs of large distributed enterprises. Together with its client software, Microsoft Outlook® 2000, Exchange provides a highly reliable, scalable, and easy to manage messaging and collaboration infrastructure.

Microsoft® Systems Management Server 2.0 includes detailed hardware inventory, software inventory and metering, software distribution and installation, and remote troubleshooting tools. These integrated features make Systems Management Server 2.0 the most scalable way to reduce the cost of change and configuration management for Windows® based desktop and server systems.

Microsoft BackOffice Server 2000, the integrated server suite includes the latest versions of the following Microsoft server applications: Windows 2000 Server, SQL Server™ 2000, Exchange 2000 Server, HIS 2000, ISA 2000, and Systems Management Server 2.0 w/ SP 2.0.

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition is the complete database and analysis offering for rapidly delivering the next generation of scalable e-commerce, line-of-business and data warehousing solutions.

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000 provides powerful security and network acceleration. It is an extensible enterprise firewall and Web cache server featuring the best integration with the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system for policy-based security, acceleration, and management of internetworking.

Office Software

The most significant version of Office ever released, Microsoft® Office XP Professional integrates productivity innovations throughout its programs to transform the traditional Office suite into a smarter overall work experience. By simplifying productivity, enabling collaboration for everyone, and extending Office beyond the desktop, Office XP Professional streamlines how people work with information and one another, making it easier for everyone to create, share, and analyse important data.

The first Microsoft-developed version of Visio, Visio Professional 2002 provides diagramming solutions that help business and technical professionals document and communicate a broad range of ideas, information, and systems. Diagrams created in Visio Professional provide valuable insights into existing technical systems and help individuals and teams more effectively develop new ones. When used to augment text and numbers, Visio diagrams make a message more concise, help people remember main points, and transcend cultural and technical barriers.