Office Suite

Who’s Got the Better Windows Office Suite? Corel or Microsoft?

by P. Hayes ... Got the Better Windows Office Suite? Corel or Microsoft? ... Figure 1 shows weights for the top-level categories in the Desktop 2000 Office Suite Model. ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2000/05/research_notes/PN_BA_MPH_05_12_00_1.asp - 10k - 2000-05-12 Summary: There is no one correct answer, both desktop office suites excel in specific areas and pale in others. The contents of this note target the generic corporate office employee who makes heavy use of a word processor, medium use of spreadsheets, and limited database and/or web development.

Accounting (ERP for SMB): Bizfinity Office by BizFinity

... Back Office Suite offers Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales and Purchase Order Processing, Inventory and Accounting automation and partial shipment ... http:/.../software/174-11049/Accounting-ERP-for-SMB/BizFinity-Bizfinity-Office.html - 4k - 2009-11-18

Sun's StarPortal Opens Its Gates Early

by R. Krause ... Market Impact. This marks the first ASP-based office suite, ostensibly beating Microsoft to the punch by as much as twelve months. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/01/news_analysis/NA_HW_RAK_01_10_00_1.asp - 6k - 2000-01-10 Summary: Sun Microsystems Inc. has launched an 'early access' program for its StarPortal desktop productivity suite.

Winner Takes All – Siebel Ousts SalesLogix From Solomon’s Deal

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... In a July press release, Great Plains announced that it plans to integrate the Great Plains Siebel Front Office suite of eBusiness applications from Siebel ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2000/09/news_analysis/NA_BA_PJ_09_08_00_1.asp - 14k - 2000-09-08 Summary: Much sooner than its ERP counterparts had done it in their respective market, Siebel has been making a big push into the CRM mid-market with the introduction of eBusiness 2000 MidMarket Edition. Solomon Software, a division of Great Plains, is another in its string of recently announced notable product

Baan E-Commerce: a Wing, a Prayer & a Single Platform

by A. Turner ... Product Strengths. MS Focus: Baan has selected Microsoft's Back Office Suite as the single platform to base their E-Enterprise products. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/eCommerce/2000/02/research_notes/PN_EC_ADT_02_00_1.asp - 12k - 2000-02-01 Summary: Baan hopes e-Enterprise will put them on the e-commerce map.

Major Vendors Adapting to User Requirements

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... It was devised to help workers who spend most of their time in the Office suite but who also need to be in touch with SAP sessions. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2006/03/research_notes/VN_ER_PJ_03_28_06_1.asp - 20k - 2006-03-28 Summary: SAP and Microsoft have finally realized that their products will increasingly be evaluated by how well they interconnect, how flexible they are, and how intuitive their user interfaces are. However, these trends have already been incorporated by lesser-known vendors.

3 Microsoft Shop Myths Dispelled? » The TEC Blog

... Your office is standardized on Windows and MS Office Suite. Should you select MS Dynamics and become a full-fledged “MS shop”? ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/blog/2008/11/05/3-microsoft-shop-myths-dispelled/ - 59k - 2008-11-05

Microsoft Kills a Flock of Birds with One Stone

by R. Krause ... Keeps Corel afloat, implying that MS still has competition in the office suite area. Conspiracy theory time. During their anti-trust ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/10/news_analysis/NA_HW_RAK_10_12_00_1.asp - 7k - 2000-10-12 Summary: Microsoft announces it is buying nearly 25% of the common shares of archrival Corel. Aside from giving Corel a much-needed infusion of funds, what does it mean?

Software for Real People Part Two: Competition and User ...

by David March ... as the creative front-end to any of these management tools, and why MindManager provides bi-directional integration with the Microsoft Office suite and a ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2005/02/research_notes/VN_EV_XDM_02_01_05_1.asp - 17k - 2005-02-01 Summary: The root of creativity rests in the people, the management, and the culture of the organization. A better tool will not help an organization that is resistant to change and stifles creativity. It is important to remember that while management can solve a technical problem. Technology will never solve a m

Interview with Louis Suárez-Potts of OpenOffice.org and CollabNet

by Josh Chalifour ... and is compatible with similar applications such as Microsoft's office suite. The project is sponsored by Sun Microsystems and hosted by CollabNet. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/FreeOpenSource/2005/07/research_notes/RN_FS_JC_07_28_05_1.asp - 42k - 2005-07-28 Summary: Louis Suárez-Potts speaks about the political and social architecture of open source communities as well as practices for successful oversight of a project. He covers specific examples from his role as community development manager for the OpenOffice.org project.