Wednesday, June 21, 2006
The Windows Observer--Microsoft Unveils LOBi to Unite 3rd Party Apps with Office
The Windows Observer--Microsoft Unveils LOBi to Unite 3rd Party Apps with Office: "Levin pointed to Duet, the joint development project with SAP that turns Office into an interface for many mySAP activities (see 'SAP-Microsoft Collaboration Produces 'Duet''). Microsoft is also taking a similar tact with its own Dynamics suite of ERP applications, and made significant strides in hooking Office into its premier ERP suite, the former Axapta (see 'Dynamics AX 4.0 Takes Step Toward Unified ERP'). 'By building LOBi on Office SharePoint Server, we allow customers to get started today creating Office Business Applications and then grow with LOBi when it becomes available,' Levin says. "
