Energizer is using the 2007 Microsoft Office system to create Office Business Applications (OBAs). These applications take advantage of the power of the Office Business Platform—the client and server software, services, and tools that make up the 2007 Microsoft Office system—to give workers easy access to LOB-application data through familiar Office programs. Energizer will be using Open XML Formats and a number of OBA services in the 2007 Microsoft Office system, including workflow, search, the Business Data Catalog, an extensible user interface, and the Web Site and Security Framework.

“What we like about the 2007 Microsoft Office system products is the deep integration of desktop programs with back-end data,” Benz says. “For example, it’s easier than ever to connect the Excel program to the Microsoft business intelligence products, and to connect Microsoft Office Outlook calendars to SharePoint site calendars. To create these new integrated applications, we needed to deploy the latest and greatest version of Microsoft Office to maximize those efforts.”

Energizer has deployed Microsoft Office Professional 2007 on the desktop computers of nearly all 6,800 knowledge workers. At the same time, Energizer has deployed Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007 and created multiple collaboration and workflow applications that take full advantage of the productivity efficiencies provided by the 2007 Microsoft Office system programs.

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- Daz