Microsoft gives sneak peek at Jupiter
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Sketching the rough details of its vision for a connected business environment around Web services, Microsoft revealed a new e-business server project, code-name Jupiter, and gave more details around its vision for real-time computing in the enterprise. Speaking here at the Microsoft Exchange Conference, Paul Flessner, senior vice president of the .Net Enterprise Server Group, extolled the value of a connected business, directly linking lower TCO and higher revenue and productivity with the ability to connect applications, systems, customers, and partners. Microsoft has been driving toward connectivity through Web services and its .Net technologies, he said.