Tuesday, April 24, 2007
MS, SAP extend Duet partnership | InfoWorld | News | 2007-04-24 | By China Martens, IDG News Service
MS, SAP extend Duet partnership InfoWorld News 2007-04-24 By China Martens, IDG News Service: "The Duet partnership had appeared somewhat strained last month when Microsoft unveiled plans to come out with Dynamics Client for Office and SharePoint, a new product to more tightly integrate its own rival Dynamics business applications with Office and its SharePoint Web portal. Microsoft, which has tended to focus more on small to midsize users, also promised to compete more aggressively in the enterprise applications space against both market leader SAP and number-two player Oracle Corp.
Microsoft executives positioned the Dynamics Client, due out in May, as 'a superset' to what Microsoft and SAP currently offer with Duet. For instance, unlike Duet 1.0, the Dynamics Client will provide Microsoft's customers and partners with access rights to information and processes managed by Dynamics so they can customize and build their own Office business applications. "
Microsoft executives positioned the Dynamics Client, due out in May, as 'a superset' to what Microsoft and SAP currently offer with Duet. For instance, unlike Duet 1.0, the Dynamics Client will provide Microsoft's customers and partners with access rights to information and processes managed by Dynamics so they can customize and build their own Office business applications. "
