Microsoft Office 2007 integrates content management

Microsoft has announced that the 2007 Microsoft Office system will be available by the end of 2006.

"Microsoft is also introducing a full range of servers that will integrate systems across collaboration, enterprise content management and forms, business intelligence, and enterprise project management scenarios," writes Canada`s MarketNews.

Office SharePoint Server 2007 will unify portal and content management, business insight and business process capabilities; and specialised servers like Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007, and Microsoft Office Forms Server 2007 will deliver project and portfolio management and electronic forms management systems, respectively. Microsoft Office Groove Server 2007 will provide centralised management, data relay and data integration capabilities.

FileNet has been recognised in Gartner`s enterprise content management report as being in the leader quadrant in the field of content management systems (CMS), according to Al-Bawaba News.

The report, titled "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management 2005," evaluates 18 content management vendors on several factors, including the architecture, integration and completeness of each vendor and its ECM suite.

FileNet was one of the first ECM vendors to recognise this emerging market requirement for more mature, fully integrated ECM suites, adds the report, quoting Gartner.

Google last week entered its first partnership with a major professional services firm, systems integrator BearingPoint, in hopes of attracting vertical industries to its search appliance with support and customisation services, reports Network World.

"BearingPoint plans to focus on customising search services to specific industry platforms such as enterprise content management systems, access control and authentication integration, and interfaces for specific deployments such as call centres or research labs," states the article.

"The idea is we sell a very general-purpose platform for search," says Dave Girouard, GM for Google Enterprise.