Microsoft touts smarter, thinner Office

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Microsoft believes business intelligence should be added to a suite that employees use to collaborate and manage their workflow -- Office.

The Redmond, Wash., company today unveiled Microsoft Office Business Scorecard Manager 2005, a business performance management server application to improve the user experience of corporate workers.

Jeff Raikes, group president of Microsoft's information worker business, said the product reflects changes in the workplace, including increased needs for collaboration and the trend of offering employees more access to information and applications.