Michael Kiselman

Aberdeen Report: Companies See Increased Productivity Through the Convergence of Enterprise Applications and Desktop Tools

2007-10-15T22:03:00Z

In case you have missed this aricle on MoneyCentral:

"The integration of desktop tools with enterprise applications is a two-way street that brings personal productivity, which in turn translates to improved corporate productivity. Aberdeen, a Harte-Hanks company (NYSE: HHS), recently conducted a benchmark report titled "Two Worlds Converge: Enterprise Applications Meet the Desktop" and discovered that Best-in-Class (BIC) companies see a 20% increase in gross margin and 21.3% increase in revenue year-over-year, with a ratio of revenue growth to staff growth of 2.2. This compares with less than 1% increase in gross margin, 1.6% increase in revenue and a ratio of revenue to staff growth of .7 for Laggard organizations."

If you would like to obtain a complimentary copy of "Two Worlds Converge: Enterprise Applications Meet the Desktop" from Aberdeen please follow this link before 11/26/2007.

Office Business Applications (OBA) and Epicor

2007-09-19T23:06:00Z

Check out this recorded interview with Epicor's technical folks - the conversation about OBAs and Office as a front end to Line of Business starts at about 2:03 into the recording. Enjoy!

Office Business Applications - Microsoft's opportunity to change the face of the eneterprise software

2007-08-21T19:00:00Z

Josh Greenbaum has posted an article highlighting the great opportunity Microsoft has with OBAs:

"OBAs are Outlook, Excel, or Word interfaces to back-office ERP functionality, and their ascendancy would make Office the user’s entrée into the ERP world instead of a proprietary Windows client or enterprise portal interface. Judging from the initial reaction to the original OBA – the SAP/Microsoft joint product called Duet – and the early indications of interest from customers for the newer, non-SAP OBAs, this is Microsoft’s opportunity to change the face of enterprise software"

Granted, Josh points out a few wrinkles Microsoft has to iron out before the smooth sailing to the ultimate success and i am confident that over time, we definitely will.

Microsoft's Stealth Route To The Back Office: Office Business Applications

2007-07-26T00:35:00Z

Echoing last week's OBA POrtal announcement, CRN Magazine follows up with an interesting article covering traction of Office Business Applications in the market.

Duet, Microsoft OBAs and me changing roles...

2007-06-30T01:42:00Z

It has been over 2 years since I started working on Duet (Project Mendocino back then). It has been a great fun and I have enjoyed tremendously both the product and the folks on the Duet teams (SAP and Microsoft). I have decided to do something a bit different this time around, and joining Office Business Applications marketing team was a logical and exciting choice. I will keep you up to date on the OBA front - here is the most recent article about the topic.

I will most likely won't be able to track Duet closely but Ian Tien in his blog does a great job. Enjoy!