Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004

Hey hunks and babes!
So this smthign new .. that I am exporing as a part of my internship.. yeps.. Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004. From the limited knowledge that I have gathered over past few day, here is small introduction to it -

Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 is a middle tier business logic unit that can be used to automate (or semi automate) the business process based on some pre defined and configurable business rules. There are 2 main types of usages
* Connecting applications within a single organization, commonly referred to as enterprise application integration (EAI)
* Connecting applications in different organizations, commonly referred to as business-to-business (B2B) integration

Quite a costly item as it seems .. with a price tag of US$25000 per processor.. this thing sgould be quite useful in automating further a software that my internship company is developin'

More information on :

1. http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/

2. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnbiz2k2/html/BizTalkVSautoeng.asp