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SQL 2005 Required Planning
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a major new release that completely changes the way database applications can be designed and implemented.

Planning for Visual Studio.NET 2005
This newsletter summarizes the features and functionality in VS.NET 2005 that you’ll want to put to use right away, without delay.

Winning New Business
No guru is needed to predict that great success will flow to those who can, early on, Identify, Individualize, Interact with, and Influence the specific key executives who hold the budgets and sees your vision.

Citrix New Product Roundup
Citrix Systems has been very busy this year. They have greatly expanding their product line to form a complete access infrastructure. Many IT professionals already know about Citrix’s core MetaFrame products and assume that the new products will continue to extend and expand that core. Not so! This newsletter summarizes Citrix's new products.

Reporting Services
If you have data, you have reports. What’s your return on that investment? These days, every investment needs to be leveraged and utilized as broadly as possible. This includes reports and the infrastructure that supports them. In this newsletter we’ll take a look at a solution you probably already own but are not using -- Microsoft SQL Reporting Services.

The Portal Mindset
Portals deliver the information and applications employees need to make fast and intelligent decisions, no matter where they are. Routine tasks become swift and centralized, allowing employees to focus on their jobs.

Workflow Convergence
The use of InfoPath as an intermediary between SharePoint Portal Server and BizTalk Server makes it possible to streamline and automate any business process, even those with complex data integration challenges.

The New MetaFrame Access Suite 3.0: Citrix Goes Far Beyond Thin Client Computing
With the next generation of the MetaFrame Access Suite 3.0 ready to be released, it's the perfect time to take a look at the Citrix product line. Read this month's newsletter for more details.

Better Workflow for Everyone
Microsoft SharePoint and InfoPath together provide an unprecedented level of power and flexibility combined with easy-to-use tools that streamline and automate workflows in your organization.

InfoPath - XML for Everyone
With InfoPath, anyone can use sophisticated XML-based data collection, reporting and work flow applications, designed and implemented by non-technical staff.

Terminal Services Means Business
Every installation of a Microsoft Windows server has built-in support for Terminal Services, making it possible to accomplish a wide variety of goals with little or no new investment in hardware or software. Read this month's newsletter for more information.

Integration Update: 2003
Almost five years after XML first hit the scene, Microsoft has just recently completed rolling out a full complement of products with mature, truly useful support for XML and related technologies. Read this month's newsletter to learn more.

Data Access in the .NET Framework
Time spent learning and mastering ADO.NET is the best investment you can make as a .NET developer.

Thin Client Update When Citrix and Microsoft Compete, You Win
With the newly improved support for Terminal Services in Windows Server 2003 and recent releases of MetaFrame XP and related products, it's time to take a fresh look at what Microsoft and Citrix have to offer.

Microsoft.NET Developer Update: Think Outside Your Box
The recent release of Visual Studio.NET 2003 makes Microsoft's .NET a stable, mature platform. .NET is tested, proven, and accepted as the future of software development on Microsoft operating systems.

Microsoft CRM - Quick ROI and Long-term Payoff
Recent advances in integration technologies make it possible to achieve the benefits of CRM without the disruption of an enterprise-wide roll-out of a single do it all package.

Success with CRM Means Integration
CRM isn't simply a product that gets installed and starts providing relationships with customers.

Ease into .NET with a Skills Acquisition Strategy
Review your options for .NET skills acquisition and plot a path to get you were you need to be.

It's Remotely Possible
Review a summary of recent advances in remote connectivity and a list of options you have for meeting common business challenges.

Better CRM through Web Services
.NET Web Services extend and enhance your customer relationship management (CRM) initiatives.

Discover New Opportunities with: .NET Web Services
.NET Web Services will change the way you do business by leveraging your existing investments in applications and databases and more easily integrating them with customer, partner, supplier applications. Read more in this month's newsletter.

Proven Results: .NET Means Business!
See how .NET technologies will save you money.

Getting it Right the First Time: Portal Success Factors
Getting your portal right the first time isn't difficult if you plan ahead and select the right portal technology.

Two Words that Belong Together: Wireless … Portals
Find out how to provide fast, secure access to applications not originally intended for access on the move with small, efficient devices.

Results from a Wireless Workforce: Mobility Pays
This month's newsletter looks at solutions for supporting productivity with software no matter where you might be working.

Discover GOLD with Proven Automation Tactics
Looking for a fast route to new sources of revenue? Better profit margins? More results from existing staff headcount? For ideas on how to accomplish these goals, read this month’s newsletter.

Citrix MetaFrame XP: Time for Another Look
If you've got a mobile workforce or remote offices that need to be connected or if you're having trouble getting applications delivered efficiently to the people that rely on them, it's time to take a look at what Citrix has been doing lately.

Information = Productivity
Microsoft’s new Office XP in combination with the SharePoint Portal Server or Content Management Server offer great environments for efficient and productive information management. Read this month's featured article for more details.

NEW BizTalk Server 2002: Integrate Business Processes, not Systems
BizTalk Server 2002 gives your company the ability to gain access to new business, do more business with existing relationships, and best of all, do so more cost-effectively than ever.

Information Self-Service in a .NET Enterprise
Help your company identify new sources of revenue and save costs by embracing .NET and the Internet.

Microsoft .NET Enterprise Server Round-Up
With no less than ten products comprising Microsoft’s new .NET Enterprise Server collection, this month's newsletter offers insights into what .NET is all about and why it takes so many components to pull it all together.

Portals & Thin Clients: The Future of Applications
This month's newsletter talks about technologies that provide answers the two of the most common .NET questions: How to make a transition from the old to the new and How to protect existing investments.

Applications are DEAD: The Future is Data
The traditional view of data is to treat it as a side-effect of the application design process. This worked well for a long time, but is no longer acceptable in today's business environment where the fast pace of change and innovation is coupled with the demand for integration and collaboration. Read more about the changing role of applications in this month's newsletter.

XML and .NET: Getting You There
Microsoft’s .NET initiative puts XML at the very center of all development activity, which means the care and feeding of XML-based systems will soon be a major activity in every organization. View our latest newsletter for information on these exciting topics.

Microsoft .NET for Jaded Managers
You skim the announcements and scan the web pages looking for a quick take on this .NET business – what’s the big deal? Is it all hype or is there substance? Is it on the distant horizon or just around the corner? Check out our latest newsletter for more details.

Maximize Your Existing IT Investments
Your company is like every other company in at least one respect: you've made a big investment in computer hardware and software over the years and now more than ever you want to maximize and prolong the investment.

Portal Mania: The Who, What and Why
This article provides an executive summary of the portal marketplace: which vendors offer which products and how the products compare and contrast.

Content Management in an Information Economy: It Just Got a Whole Lot Easier!
See how Microsoft’s new SharePoint Portal Server provides a single, comprehensive solution to the large and unwieldy problem of content management.

Thin Client Technologies: What's New? Plenty!
Major improvements and enhancements have recently been made with even more exciting news coming soon. This article provides a quick summary of what’s new and worth looking into.

New Year's Resolution: Take Security Seriously
Are you aware of all the risks? Are you familiar with the tools and tactics for reducing your risk? Do you have a written security policy? All this and more is discussed in this very timely newsletter.

XML And CRM
See why XML And CRM are a terrific combination, and two technology trends that you cannot ignore.

BizTalk Server: Lets Get Specific
See how BizTalk Server will manage to perform the miracle of continued economic prosperity through increased productivity.

SQL Server 2000
The technological focus of the world today demands that time is of the essence. Learn more about SQL Server 2000's new features such as expanded RDBMS capabilites, XML and Active Directory Support and Performance Improvments. Find out if an upgrade would be a good solution for your company.

BizTalk Server and the New New Economy
The American economy has enjoyed tremendous growth without inflation due primarily to worker productivity gains. Much of this productivity stems from computer automation. Can this growth trend continue? Alto says YES, and products like Microsoft's forthcoming BizTalk Server are the way it will happen.

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