21 October 2003
Microsoft Office 2003 Information Enhancements
There are a number of information-related developments in the 2003 version of Microsoft Office. We look at three below.
Factiva’s first solution for the Microsoft Office System, Factiva Search, is now commercially available. Factiva Search, integrated with the Microsoft Office 2003 Editions, provides information workers with quick and convenient ways to gain a comprehensive view of the external business environment from within their daily workflow. It allows information workers to conduct research on Factiva’s collection of thousands of sources directly from a report or presentation they’re creating. Factiva is a participating partner at Microsoft’s 2003 Office event in New York on 21st October.
OneSource Information Services has announced that it is supporting the Microsoft Office System launch through the introduction of the Catalyst / Account Intelligence Module for Microsoft Office Word 2003, the Catalyst / Financial Analysis Module for Microsoft Office Excel 2003, and support for the Research Task Pane within the Microsoft Office System. These solutions have been designed to deliver comprehensive business insight from the OneSource Enhanced Information Warehouse repository, including company profiles, analyst reports, executive details, news and financial information, directly into Microsoft Office System programs. With these solutions, Microsoft Office System users in sales, marketing, finance and business analyst roles will benefit from more efficient and effective business processes.
The two new modules are part of the new OneSource Catalyst product family. Catalyst modules are designed to reduce the overall amount of time users spend searching for critical data about clients and prospects, and to help users make effective use of that data to target, qualify, sell to and service their customers. Over the past two years, OneSource has made investments to support information-delivery standards such as XML and XBRL. The Catalyst modules that work with the Microsoft Office System take advantage of Microsoft's support for these standards in the Office 2003 Editions, and deliver on Microsoft's goal of enabling users to easily access,integrate and utilise information from various sources. You can find out more at: www.onesource.com.
Meanwhile the BBC News website says: "The days when you could forward an embarrassing e-mail to your colleagues could be a thing of the past. Upgrades to Microsoft's Outlook e-mail program come with a feature which gives you complete control over what people do with messages or documents. The software giant says its Information Rights Management system is intended to protect sensitive information. You can see the full BBC story at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3207258.stm
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