BizTalk Server 2002 provides organizations with the server, tools, adapters, and vertical accelerators needed to integrate and automate their business. BizTalk Server provides companies with three main benefits:

• Integration of enterprise applications. By achieving a unified view of their data and applications both within their organization and with their business partners, business can increase their revenues and decrease their cost of operation. Data and transformation services and the application integration features in BizTalk Server 2002 can provide businesses with the tools they need to achieve this unified view.
• Automation of business processes. BizTalk Orchestration Designer and BizTalk Orchestration Engine provide organizations with business process automation, enabling their businesses to run predictably.
• Development of operational excellence. To realize real return on investment, it must be possible to rapidly deploy and easily manage an integration solution. This flexibility can reduce the cost and complexity associated with application integration. BizTalk Server 2002 introduces SEED, a revolutionary new technology for automating the integration of business partners over the Internet.

Biztalk Adapters & Accelerators:

In today's global economy, companies need to integrate BizTalk Server with applications from other companies. To make this easier, Microsoft and its technology partners offer BizTalk Adapters and BizTalk Accelerators:

• BizTalk Adapters. Microsoft BizTalk Adapters are additional software components that enable BizTalk Server to integrate with third-party applications from companies like SAP, J.D. Edwards, and PeopleSoft.
• BizTalk Accelerators. Microsoft offers three BizTalk Accelerators- that vastly reduce the time, effort, and cost associated with application integration for healthcare, manufacturing, and B2B networks.