Microsoft has a long list of Windows 2000-centric products due out this year -- including Exchange 2000, SQL Server 2000, Host Integration Server 2000, Application Center 2000, BizTalk 2000, and Commerce Server 2000.

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The company is offering a rangeof Platform Adapter Components (PACs), including the Microsoft COM PAC, which will allow integration with Microsoft'sSQL server, Internet Explorer, Windows NT and COM clients.

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The service now goes beyond integration with Gmail and into a custom SMTP server.

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Once a SnapLogic server is installed, SnapLogic has an environment for creating integration between data sources and applications.

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The question that remains is whether or not this proposed NDS integration will be as complete as Cisco's ongoing work to incorporate Microsoft's Windows 2000 Server-based Active Directory into its hardware management software.

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