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August 8, 2001 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Microsoft Corp. (microsoft.com) announced recently the general availability of the enterprise, evaluation and developer editions of Microsoft Content Management Server 2001.
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Content Management Server 2001 is the company’s Web content management
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system that enables businesses to quickly and efficiently build, deploy and
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maintain highly dynamic Internet, intranet and extranet Web sites, the
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latest addition to the Microsoft .NET Enterprise Server family.
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“Customers looking for a content management product built for the Microsoft
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platform now have a clear choice,” said Chris Atkinson, vice president of
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the .NET Enterprise Solutions Group at Microsoft.
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Microsoft says its Content Management Server 2001 dramatically reduces the
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time required to bring Web site applications to market, while offering the
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scalability needed for the most demanding environments. “Content Management
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Server is an integrated member of the .NET Enterprise Server family. In
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particular, it features out-of-the-box integration with Microsoft Commerce
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Server 2000, enabling customers to deploy personalized and targeted
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e-commerce sites quickly,” Atkinson said.
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The full-featured licensed version of Content Management Server 2001 is
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available for a suggested retail price of $39,901 per CPU. In North
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America, those interested in Microsoft Content Management Server 2001 should
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call (888) 304-2222. Internationally, inquiries can be made via local
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Microsoft subsidiaries.
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A full-featured 120-day enterprise version of Content Management Server 2001
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is available for download from http://www.microsoft.com/cmserver/evaluation/trial.htm.
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The developer edition of Content Management Server is available to MSDN
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subscribers at
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/resources/subdwnld.asp. The
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developer edition will ship with MSDN Universal in October 2001.
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Many early adopter customers are using the upcoming release of Content
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Management Server 2001 today to power their e-business initiatives. More
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than 150 customers – including Fujitsu Systems Business of America Inc.,
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Marriott International Inc., The Royal Canadian Mint, Sterling Commerce,
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Texaco Inc. and Verizon Communications – are using previous versions of the
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software, formerly known as Ncompass Resolution from Ncompass Labs, to power
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their Web sites. All existing customers will receive a free upgrade to
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Microsoft Content Management Server 2001.
