by Nicholas Kolakowski, eWeek
Microsoft will launch Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 May 12, making the productivity suite immediately available to businesses, roughly a month before consumers. While Microsoft hopes that Office 2010 will allow it to command the productivity-software segment, the company faces challenges in two areas: cloud-based productivity apps such as Google Apps, which are drawing the attention of both consumers and businesses, and depressed business spending, which has affected uptake of Microsoft’s other recent flagship product, Windows 7. Microsoft will doubtlessly offer a full-court press in an attempt to disseminate Office 2010 to as many consumers and businesses as possible.
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