SAP and Microsoft Deliver Road Map for Duet Software

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SAP and Microsoft Deliver Extended Road Map for Duetâ„¢ Software

Continued commitment to empowering information workers with simplified access to key business data and processes through Microsoft Office.

[quote]ATLANTA — April 24, 2007 — SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) and Microsoft Corp. (NYSE: MSFT) today announced that they have deepened their relationship and extended their product road map for Duet™ software for Microsoft® Office and SAP, a solution that allows information workers to interact with select SAP business processes and data through Microsoft Office applications. The companies will jointly enhance Duet with additional business scenarios, platform capabilities and development tools. The upcoming version, Duet 2.0, is planned for the end of 2008 and Duet 3.0 is planned to be released soon after the next generation of SAP® Business Suite applications and Microsoft Office software, including Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server. This announcement from SAP and Microsoft underscores the companies’ continued investment in shaping the future of Duet to ensure that it benefits their joint customers. The news was released at SAPPHIRE® ’07, SAP’s international customer conference, being held in Atlanta April 22 – 25.

“Today’s announcement is a win for customers, another example of SAP’s ongoing tradition of co-innovation with partners and evidence of our continued commitment to our relationship with Microsoft,â€