Microsoft issues second 'Maestro' beta

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Microsoft has released a second beta of "Maestro," now formally known as Microsoft Office Business Scorecard Manager 2005.Maestro is a server-based business performance management scorecard application that tightens integration between Office and backend software. It is branch off of Microsoft's Office Accelerator program, but dramatically increases Business Intelligence capabilities, the company says.

"Maestro helps businesses turn information into action by surfacing key business data in the Office System," said Lewis Levin, corporate vice president of Office Business Applications at Microsoft.