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ATTEMPTING TO DELIVER systems management that spans from the datacenter to mobile devices, Microsoft on Monday issued the first beta of Systems Management Server 2003.

The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant also detailed forthcoming Feature Packs that will bring some of the technologies to emerge in SMS 2003 to current customers before the final release of SMS 2003 

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eWeek has a new story by Microsoft Watch doyenne Mary Jo Foley about how Microsoft, in buying software company Navision, accidentally acquired surprisingly good development tools for MS's own .Net application infrastructure. These tools will be released as Microsoft
Business Framework 2003 early next year.

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HEWLETT-PACKARD (HP) WILL work with Microsoft to make sure .Net platform implementations work well when used by large enterprises.

The companies plan to jointly announce on Tuesday a worldwide cooperation initiative that will make use of HP's expertise in designing, implementing, supporting and managing large IT implementations, according to a statement preannouncing the plan.

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MICROSOFT RELEASED A set of tools Monday that allow Lotus Notes users to assess what applications they have running on their servers, a key step in helping them migrate to competing products from Microsoft.

The Microsoft Application Analyzer for Lotus Notes consists of two tools that enable users to take an inventory of the applications they have built for the Notes platform. Such information is useful for customers to help assess what resources it would take to migrate to Microsoft's competing Exchange server, said Jim Bernardo, product manager with Microsoft's Exchange group.

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Microsoft has acquired British game developer Rare, a Nintendo executive confirmed Friday.

Nintendo said in a statement that it has sold its 49 percent interest in Rare--developer of games based on popular Nintendo franchises such as Donkey Kong--but declined to name the buyer or price.

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