First Watson RTM; Duet at SAPPHIRE

We just finished testing our first RTM release of Watson, which we’ll be announcing at AIIM on Tuesday.  If you’re attending, shoot me an email, I will be there doing demos.  This our first release to be pressed on CDs (at least that we know about) and the development team rose to the challenge.  We’re really excited about the new functionality and the overall quality of this version of Watson.  We were able to achieve some great product integration in very short order.  Check back later for details.

I’ll also be attending SAPPHIRE in Orlando on Thursday, where I hope to spend some time learning about Mendocino, now officially known as Duet.  This is absolutely where software should be going – there is no reason users should have to jump through so many hoops to do simple things like request vacation time.  With Duet, you can get it done without ever having to leave Outlook.  Of course, we’ve been pushing the same direction with search for some time.  It’s exciting for us to see such big players embrace a similar notion.