For Information & Knowledge Management Professionals (Length: 12 pages)

November 11, 2008

So, Thinking Of Alternatives To Microsoft Office?

Direct Answers To Frequently Asked Questions

by Kyle McNabb

with Matthew Brown, Rob Koplowitz, Sheri McLeish, Keith K. Tsang, Charles Coit


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Enterprises today have something not seen for at least the past decade: unprecedented choice in desktop productivity tools. Google, IBM, open source, and numerous enterprise Web 2.0 vendors offer alternatives to desktop productivity's gorilla: Microsoft Office. Choice is good. But with choice comes confusion as those looking closely at desktop productivity investments wonder if they can save money or better serve employees with an alternative. This document answers frequently asked questions posed by information and knowledge management (I&KM) professionals responsible for evaluating desktop productivity alternatives.

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QUESTIONS

item1. What's the adoption rate of the leading Microsoft Office alternatives?

item2. What's keeping enterprises from aggressively embracing these technologies?

item3. How are other enterprises using these alternatives to Microsoft Office?

item4. Will we cut costs by moving to an alternative?

item5. What, in addition to cost, should we factor into any evaluation?

item6. What can we do internally to focus our evaluations?

item7. What trends should we keep an eye on to see how these alternatives mature?

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Analyst: Kyle McNabb
Technology: Information & Knowledge Management, Office Productivity
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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