Top 10 Reasons to deploy biztalk server2004

Top 10 Reasons to Deploy BizTalk Server 2004 Content Updated: March 02, 2004 You can use the tools and services in BizTalk Server 2004 to efficiently and effectively integrate systems, employees, and trading partners faster than ever before. Improving Time to Value By using a common set of reusable integration services, organizations can deploy new applications and trading partner relationships far more quickly and easily. With the BizTalk Server SEED Wizard, organizations can test and deploy business-to-business exchanges in hours instead of days or weeks. Ease of Use A single, integrated development environment lets organizations develop integration solutions far faster using readily available marketplace skills, thereby dramatically reducing the overall personnel costs associated with integration. With access to information in real time through Microsoft Office, business users spend less time gathering information and more time acting on it. Efficient Business Process Automation The BizTalk Server 2004 visual environment for defining, deploying, and managing internal and external business processes can enable organizations to react far more quickly to changing market conditions, government regulations, customer desires, and competitor behavior. Interoperability of Microsoft Visio and Visual Studio .NET enables information workers and business analysts to define business processes, while developers make those processes actionable. InfoPath, with its native support of XML, easily integrates with BizTalk Server 2004, allowing human interaction at appropriate stages throughout a running business process. Productive Infrastructure BizTalk Server 2004 provides enterprise-class scalability and reliability without requiring modifications to existing systems, providing organizations with reduced cost, development time, and risk. A flexible architecture enables IT organizations to react quickly to market shifts that demand process change. The substantial Microsoft research and development commitment to enterprise integration solutions, combined with its leadership in Web services, ensures long-term value for customers and makes BizTalk Server 2004 a low-risk investment.