For all you collabronauts out there, whether you are architecting, developing, maintaining or consuming information - it these three whitepapers should be a required text and on hand for any snappy business cases you need to put together.

The 2007 Microsoft Office system goes far beyond mere content creation by managing the entire document creation process. From gathering information to revising documents in a group setting, its rich collaborative features help people stay connected no matter where they are. And the fully-integrated tools and services of Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007, Windows SharePoint Services, and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 make it simple to create workflows and publish content widely throughout the organization.

This white paper describes how different versions of Office programs work together with the 2003 and 2007 versions of SharePoint technologies. Although an overview of the integration features of Microsoft Office 2000 versus Microsoft Office XP with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is provided, the paper’s focus is on the integration features of the Office 2003 Editions versions the 2007 Office Suites with the 2007 SharePoint Products and Technologies.

This document discusses the you can integrate Groove and SharePoint to enhance and facilitate collaboration in your enterprise. I really believe that the organisations that do not have a use for tools like Groove are the organisations that will not be around in 5 years time. High Performing tools for High Performing teams are a competitive advantage today, but tomorrow? Poor tooling and poor teaming will be a very broken business model.

To those that think they don't need technology to differentiate themselves? Just ask Encyclopedia Britannica. Its fashionable to say that wikipedia killed big heavy EB. However, it was dead long before that - don't you remember Encarta?