SAP has announced on Tuesday the completion of an alliance with Microsoft that could extend the reach of its software to millions of new workers through the ubiquitous Office set of productivity tools. The unusual link between the German and US software groups, which grew out of their failed merger discussions early last year, will let workers access some of the features in their companies' back-office SAP systems through Microsoft's familiar desktop software.
SAP AG and Microsoft have announced that 'Project Mendocino', a joint product announced 12 months ago to enable efficient interaction with SAP business processes and data through Microsoft Office applications, will be shipped on time in June 2006.
It is officially named Duet software. The two companies have also announced further product enhancement plans later this year. These will consist of value packs including five additional scenarios (recruitment management, travel management, analytics, purchasing management and sales activity management) in MS Office coming from mySAP ERP and mySAP Business Suite applications for CRM and Supplier Relationship Management (SRM).
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