Microsoft, SAP sing a Duet
May 12, 2006 from Computer Dealer News - "Microsoft and SAP will start selling the software that bridges their key applications next month, promising customers and partners a new era of accessibility to enterprise data. However, while the companies are working together jointly selling and marketing the software, they won't say yet what the price will be.
Called Duet, it allows Microsoft Outlook to be used as a front end to peer into mySAP, the complex enterprise resource management (ERP) application that large companies and governments use to run their operations.
“There are a lot of business processes that anybody in an organization needs to participate in on a day-to-day basis,” said Elizabeth Caley, a senior product manager for Microsoft Canada. “We're trying to take those that are accomplished in SAP and make it so that an end user can do them without a lot of training and support.
Anuj Batra, SAP Canada's national lead for emerging solutions, said the advantages for users will be “superior decision-making because of better synchronization” between mySAP and Office.
One SAP-Microsoft partner already working on an early version of the software is Montreal's Nakisa Inc., whose Web-based application lets users create organization charts and diagrams from SAP data. “For us, (Duet) is an exciting opportunity,” said John Payes, director of Nakisa's Microsoft partnership.
The first release of the software will include four “scenarios,” linking to SAP's budget monitoring aimed mainly at general users covering time management, leave management and organization management functions. Later in the year two value packs will be available for purchase aimed at business managers covering recruitment management, travel management, analytics, purchasing management and sales activity management." For the rest of the article, click here.
180 View - I teach a course at Ryerson University that uses mySAP to demonstrate ERP concepts, and have an appreciation of the deep functionality of the system but also its complexity. It seems to me that Duet is nothing more than windows dressing, and that the vast amount of functionality within mySAP will not be accessible via Outlook.
May 12, 2006 from Computer Dealer News - "Microsoft and SAP will start selling the software that bridges their key applications next month, promising customers and partners a new era of accessibility to enterprise data. However, while the companies are working together jointly selling and marketing the software, they won't say yet what the price will be.
Called Duet, it allows Microsoft Outlook to be used as a front end to peer into mySAP, the complex enterprise resource management (ERP) application that large companies and governments use to run their operations.
“There are a lot of business processes that anybody in an organization needs to participate in on a day-to-day basis,” said Elizabeth Caley, a senior product manager for Microsoft Canada. “We're trying to take those that are accomplished in SAP and make it so that an end user can do them without a lot of training and support.
Anuj Batra, SAP Canada's national lead for emerging solutions, said the advantages for users will be “superior decision-making because of better synchronization” between mySAP and Office.
One SAP-Microsoft partner already working on an early version of the software is Montreal's Nakisa Inc., whose Web-based application lets users create organization charts and diagrams from SAP data. “For us, (Duet) is an exciting opportunity,” said John Payes, director of Nakisa's Microsoft partnership.
The first release of the software will include four “scenarios,” linking to SAP's budget monitoring aimed mainly at general users covering time management, leave management and organization management functions. Later in the year two value packs will be available for purchase aimed at business managers covering recruitment management, travel management, analytics, purchasing management and sales activity management." For the rest of the article, click here.
180 View - I teach a course at Ryerson University that uses mySAP to demonstrate ERP concepts, and have an appreciation of the deep functionality of the system but also its complexity. It seems to me that Duet is nothing more than windows dressing, and that the vast amount of functionality within mySAP will not be accessible via Outlook.
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