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| SAP and Microsoft increase collaboration in Duet Software | |
| 30th April 2007 SAP said last week that they have deepened their relationship and extended their product road map for Duet software for Microsoft Office and SAP, a solution that allows information workers to interact with select SAP business processes and data through Microsoft Office applications. The companies will jointly enhance Duet with additional business scenarios, platform capabilities and development tools. Duet is seen as vitally important to increasing worker productivity and collaboration. It allows SAP users to access and use information through the familiar Microsoft Office interface. SAP said last week that they have deepened their relationship and extended their product road map for Duet software for Microsoft Office and SAP, a solution that allows information workers to interact with select SAP business processes and data through Microsoft Office applications. The companies will jointly enhance Duet with additional business scenarios, platform capabilities and development tools. Duet is seen as vitally important to increasing worker productivity and collaboration. It allows SAP users to access and use information through the familiar Microsoft Office interface. The upcoming version, Duet 2.0, is planned for the end of 2008 and Duet 3.0 is planned to be released soon after the next generation of SAP Business Suite applications and Microsoft Office software, including Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. This announcement from SAP and Microsoft underscores the companies' continued investment in shaping the future of Duet to ensure that it benefits their joint customers. Léo Apotheker, deputy CEO of SAP AG says, “Duet started out as a revolutionary combination of two industry leaders and continues as the only commercially available product that is jointly developed and supported by both Microsoft and SAP. With this Duet road map, customers and partners can count on richer business scenarios, new collaboration features and simpler, more flexible ways for information workers to leverage their organization's business processes and information.” For organizations to succeed, all employees need instant access to relevant enterprise information and processes. Originally announced in April 2005, Duet is the result of groundbreaking collaboration between SAP and Microsoft which extends the benefits of SAP to information workers through the familiar Microsoft Office environment. Duet makes SAP applications useable right away without the need for training on a new user interface. “The incredible level of interest in Duet by our customers motivated us to share specifics around the future direction of the product,” said Jeff Raikes, president of the Microsoft Business Division at Microsoft. “The broadened capabilities of Duet coupled with the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server integration will bring businesses new value and people the tools to help them drive business success.” New features SAP customers can expect in Duet 2.0 and Duet 3.0 include, new business scenario support for sales and supply chain management, and support for unstructured processes, information and team collaboration through embracing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, Microsoft's business productivity platform. |
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