Microsoft and SAP to link Office with ERP

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Microsoft and Germany's SAP are joining forces to develop and market software to link SAP's business management systems more closely with Microsoft's Office suite, according to an SAP representative.

The companies plan to discuss the joint effort--code-named Mendocino--on Tuesday at an SAP convention in Copenhagen. Although the companies are longtime partners, the Mendocino project represents the first time the software giants have created a new product together, SAP spokesman Bill Wohl said.

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Now, instead of buying SAP, Microsoft is collaborating with the company. The new program will enable Office workers to enter data into an SAP system via Microsoft's popular Outlook calendar and e-mail programs and via Excel spreadsheet. The companies plan to deliver Mendocino later this year, and both will sell it, Wohl said.

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