“Microsoft is set to jump into the Internet messaging market
later this year with the much anticipated convergence of its
Internet-based server applications suite and corporate messaging
server software.”
“Part of Microsoft’s BackOffice family, the Microsoft Commercial
Internet System (MCIS) suite of Internet-based server applications
includes Internet access, Web hosting, and e-commerce software will
be combined with the next version of the software giant’s Exchange
messaging server, called Platinum.
“The goal is to make Exchange scale from small businesses to the
largest ISP. The ISP market is very important for us,” he
said.”