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Microsoft Corp. today furthered its commitment to providing the most comprehensive solution for embracing the Internet, intranets and client-server technologies with the release of the beta 2 version of Host Integration Server 2000. This release, which includes updates to the product that was released in February, now allows bidirectional replication between Oracle and Microsoft® SQL Server databases connected by LANs, WANs or the Internet. This replication functionality allows customers to make duplicate copies of data, move those copies to different locations, and synchronize the data automatically so that all copies have the same data values. Host Integration Server 2000 is the only product that provides this type of functionality.

A key component of the Microsoft Windows® DNA 2000 platform, Host Integration Server 2000 is the first step toward flexible mainframe integration with front-end systems and the Internet. This product also empowers developers of Windows DNA by offering new ways to utilize existing AS/400, mainframe data and applications by working seamlessly with all the products in the Windows DNA family, including BizTalk Server 2000, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Commerce Server 2000. Host Integration Server and the Windows DNA 2000 architecture also utilize key standards-based integration enablers such as XML, COM+ and SOAP to allow developers to realize significant new business value through application integration.

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