Microsoft Corp. today announced the technical beta release of the new Office system, code-named Office “12″. The technical beta is available only to nominated customers and partners worldwide and is an important step toward general availability scheduled for the second half of 2006.

Microsoft® Office “12″ is designed to help improve information workers’ productivity through a new results-oriented user interface, powerful graphics and diagramming engines, and advanced task and information management tools. In addition, through broader investments in enhancing business intelligence, collaboration and enterprise content management capabilities within Office “12″, there are new solutions to help customers control content, streamline business processes, collaborate across organizational boundaries and make more-informed decisions.

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Source: MSFN