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Microsoft Reorganizes E-Business Server Group: Page 2 of 2

All of the movement has some solution providers shaking their heads. "What I'm hoping is that the dust settles by the end of January, in time for the next round of PAC meetings," he said, referring to the periodic Partner Advisory Councils that Microsoft hosts.

Everyone agrees that melding the capabilities now offered in several servers--Content Management Server, Commerce Server and BizTalk Server--was a tall order and one fraught with political and technological peril. "I guess Kiker was prophetic when he said that coming up with a unified e-business strategy is a lot easier than selling that notion across all of Microsoft," said one solution provider partner when apprised of the news.

Sources close to the company say the new general manager of e-business servers is Amit Mital, who held the same title within the Web conferencing unit which is part of the Office group. A Microsoft spokesman was checking on Mital's status at press time.

This article appears courtesy of CRN, the newspaper for builders of technology solutions.