Microsoft Corp. today announced that the fifth major release of its
BizTalk Server is now generally available. BizTalk Server 2006 R2 is
designed to allow a company to extend its business processes to the
corporate "edge" to collect RFID data from a warehouse or link with
trading partners, Microsoft said. The company planned to unveil R2
in Taiwan to emphasize the focus on the supply chain in this release;
Microsoft views the Asia-Pacific region as "a primary hub for
manufacturing and the supply chain," said Burley Kawasaki, a director
in Microsoft's connected systems division. R2 includes native support
for RFID and EDI and also adds support for regulations like SWIFT, HL7,
HIPAA and RosettaNet that are aimed at supporting various vertical
industries such as health care and financial services. BizTalk RFID
is a robust and extensible set of capabilities with open APIs and
tools to cost effectively build vertical asset tracking / supply chain
visibility solutions and configure intelligent RFID-driven processes.
BizTalk RFID will include rich data, device and event management.
BizTalk Server 2006 R2 is also available in a new Branch Edition aimed
at supporting the connection of intraorganizational supply chain
processes. Microsoft today also released for testing BizTalk Server
Adapter Pack Beta 2, which is focused on helping companies integrate
business applications from SAP AG, Oracle Corp. and Siebel Systems.
The adapters work with BizTalk Server 2006 R2, SQL Server 2005 and
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, and are scheduled to be
available in the first half of next year. More Information
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