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by David R. Brousell, MA Editorial Staff Posted on Tuesday, May 02, 2006 6:53:00 PM Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox    | Abstract: | Software giants accelerate general availability of tool that provides access to SAP software from Microsoft Office, reveal initial employee administration applications. |
Microsoft Corp. and SAP AG today provided an update on Project Mendocino, the joint effort to develop a software product to allow users to access SAP's software through Microsoft Office, saying that the product would reach general availability in June, one month earlier than they originally predicted. In a Web-based press conference today, the two companies also said the software product has been named Duet for Microsoft Office and SAP. The two said further that following Duet's availability next month, they would provide later this year what they called "value packs" for the software that would address customer relationship management and supplier relationship management capabilities. Project Mendocino was announced in April 2005 in Copenhagen at SAP's annual Sapphire conference. The objective of the project is to make it easier for users to access the mySAP ERP system by allowing entry through the familiar Microsoft desktop interface that so many knowledge workers already use in their companies. SAP's goals were to enhance and simplify the user experience and also grow the population of people who use the SAP system. [Click to continue] |
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