Monday, May 08, 2006
Computerworld > Microsoft, SAP to ship link in June
Computerworld > Microsoft, SAP to ship link in June: "Duet is aimed at corporate users who rarely run SAP applications but are regular Office users, says Sharada Achanta, SAP's senior director of solution marketing for emerging solutions.
The first iteration of the tool, Duet 1.0, will link Microsoft and SAP applications to support budget monitoring, employee time and leave management, and organisation management. For example, an employee can record work and billable hours in Microsoft Outlook and then synchronise the data with SAP software.
While Duet will probably be successful, it faces a number of hurdles. Among them is the need for competitors Microsoft and SAP to closely cooperate, according to a recent note issued by analysts at Boston-based consultancy AMR Research. "
The first iteration of the tool, Duet 1.0, will link Microsoft and SAP applications to support budget monitoring, employee time and leave management, and organisation management. For example, an employee can record work and billable hours in Microsoft Outlook and then synchronise the data with SAP software.
While Duet will probably be successful, it faces a number of hurdles. Among them is the need for competitors Microsoft and SAP to closely cooperate, according to a recent note issued by analysts at Boston-based consultancy AMR Research. "
