Microsoft has officially unveiled Office 2007, the next
version of its flagship suite. The new version aims to move beyond
word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and e-mail to support
enterprise collaboration.
As part of the release Microsoft is introducing a range of
servers. Office SharePoint Server 2007 will become the single
server that unifies portal and content management.
Other servers include Office Project Server 2007, Project
Portfolio Server 2007, and Forms Server 2007, which respectively
support project and portfolio management and electronic forms
management.
Office Standard will sell for £235, while Office Professional
will cost £300.
Michael Azoff, senior research analyst with Butler Group, said
Microsoft's strategy was to develop the individual products in
Office into a web-enabled, networked tool.
"With office productivity products becoming available as open
source software, Microsoft is now evolving MS Office into an
enterprise integration platform," he said.
