SAP and Microsoft are to release their joint Mendocino
data integration package this Friday.
The launch follows the release of Mendocino version 1.0 to 50
users and partners at the end of last year.
Graham Conlon, SAP’s programme manager for Mendocino in the EMEA
region, confirmed, “On 28 April the product will be available to
the public.”
Mendocino integrates SAP back-office business applications with
Microsoft’s Office products, allowing users to access business data
from SAP applications through a more familiar interface.
The aim is to help users access and manipulate budgeting, human
resources and billing information stored in corporate SAP databases
more easily. Mendocino will also include analytics presenting data
in easy-to-use formats via Office.
The Mendocino release is one of a number of moves aimed at
promoting Microsoft Office as the way in to business software. In
January, Microsoft issued free software giving access to Siebel
customer information platforms via the Outlook e-mail program.
