September 23, 1997 Cisco, Microsoft Launch Industrywide Initiative For Directory-Enabled Networks More Than 20 Companies Support Initiative for Linking Users to Network Services
September 23, 1997 Microsoft Announces Comprehensive Architecture For Next Generation of Applications Windows Distributed InterNet Applications Architecture Integrates Client/Server, Web Applications; Extends Current Technology Investments
September 23, 1997 Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft Announce Plans to Work Together To Enable Secure Enterprise Collaboration Across the Internet Solutions to Simplify Secure Access to Critical Enterprise Resources Across the Internet
September 23, 1997 Microsoft Outlines Vision for Windows at Sold-Out Developer Conference Articulates Strategy for Erasing Boundaries Between PCs and the Internet
September 23, 1997 PeopleSoft to Take Advantage of Windows DNA Architecture Company Will Extend COM-Based Interoperability Features in PeopleTools Product
September 23, 1997 Microsoft, SAP to Collaborate Closely on Windows DNA, COM+ And Business Framework for Internet, Business Applications Gives Customers Foundation for Creating Custom-Tailored Yet Fully Integrated Enterprise Business Solutions
September 23, 1997 Windows NT 5.0 Beta Delivered to Over 200,000 Developers Largest Professional Developers Conference Ever Focuses on Windows NT 5.0 As Foundation for a New Generation of Applications
September 22, 1997 Microsoft Press Announces Publication Of “Introducing Microsoft Windows 98” The Official First Look at the Next Version of Microsoft Windows Is Now Available
September 22, 1997 Lawson Products Turns to Microsoft’s COM For Platform-Independent, Web-Enabled Interface COM Momentum Grows, Now Used in More Than 200 Million Systems Worldwide; 65 Percent Annual Growth to Boost COM Revenue to $3 Billion by 2001
September 19, 1997 Sony and Microsoft Team Up To Deliver Personal Technology “Test Drive” for Consumers Initiatives Provide Hands-On Opportunities With Digital Imaging, Personal Computing and the Internet