Analyst Insights: Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portal Products, 2005 - Gartner The portal product market is growing, but the number of vendors in the market is shrinking. Portal products are purchased as point products, but suites now garner a growing amount of portal product sales. The Horizontal Portal Product Magic Quadrant shows interesting changes in vendor positions. Vendor Rating Update: Microsoft Trying to Secure SMB Share - Gartner Microsoft has improved its go-to-market approach for small and midsize businesses. The question is whether this is enough to protect its operating system leadership and build a similar position in the business application segment. Trends 2005: Collaboration - Forrester Research The market for point collaboration products is shrinking as collaboration features are absorbed into applications and software infrastructure. In 2005, collaboration capabilities will continue to move into the infrastructure, with Microsoft emerging as an early platform leader. Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Takes Off and Propels Partners' Revenue Growth - Yankee Group Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2003 is an unqualified success with small and medium business (SMB) customers, Microsoft value-added resellers (VARs) and consulting partners. Microsoft Addresses Enterprise ETL - Forrester Research SQL Server 2005 Integration Services Will Replace Data Transformation Services Microsoft's new tool for extract, transform, and load (ETL) addresses enterprise ETL requirements like collaborative development, dedicated administration, and server scalability.

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