[Tech] Da IBM un desktop concorrente di Office basato sul Web

IBM sarebbe in procinto di annunciare un ambiente desktop orientato agli utenti business e pensato come alternativa a Microsoft Office.



A differenza di quanto accade col prodotto Microsoft, le funzionalità di posta elettronica, elaborazione testi, foglio di calcolo e database del prodotto IBM saranno sfruttabili anche da utenti di sistemi Linux, Unix e palmari attraverso un apposito web server.

IBM on Monday is expected to announce new software intended to take on Microsoft in the market for desktop business applications.



The new software, which falls under IBM’s Lotus Workplace strategy, is a bundle that includes e-mail, word-processing, spreadsheet and database applications aimed at business users.



While Microsoft’s market-leading Office bundle works only on the Windows and Macintosh operating systems, IBM's new software is designed to be distributed and accessed through a Web server, and to be accessible from systems running Windows and Macintosh, as well as Linux, Unix and handheld devices, sources close to IBM said.



Steve Mills, the top executive at IBM’s software unit, is expected to announce the new software at a press conference in New York.



IBM has also rounded up support from other software makers, including Siebel Systems and PeopleSoft, which can make their Web-based business applications available through the new IBM software.

Fonte: News.com.