from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
BackOffice
<software> A suite of network {server} software from
{Microsoft} that includes {Windows NT} Server, BackOffice
Server (for the integrated development, deployment, and
management of BackOffice applications in departments, branch
offices, and medium sized businesses); {Exchange Server};
{Proxy Server}; {Site Server} for {intranet} publishing,
management, and search; Site Server Commerce Edition For
comprehensive {Internet commerce} transactions; {Small
Business Server} for business operations, resource management,
and customer relations; {SNA Server} for the integration of
existing and new systems and data; {SQL Server} for scalable,
reliable database and data-warehousing; {Systems Management
Server} (SMS) for centralised change- and
{configuration-management}.
Latest version: 4.5, as of 2000-12-16.
(http://microsoft.com/backofficeserver/).
(2000-12-16)