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The need for collaboration isn't new, but software-as-a-service has at last made real collaboration possible within and between businesses with a level of cost and complexity that's accessible to smaller businesses. As software-as-a-service (SaaS) moves into the mainstream, businesses are embracing new applications and ways of doing business. But there's also an opportunity for SaaS vendors to add value to on-premise and desktop applications already widely in use. eXpresso is doing exactly that and providing Excel spreadsheet collaboration to the large, established Microsoft Office installed base. Excel is just a beachhead for eXpresso; the company plans to roll out similar collaboration tools for Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Adobe PDF, and JPG image files. eXpresso CEO George Langan discussed his views on how SaaS and cloud computing are changing business and collaboration.
Langan: I see a few BEA-type companies popping up, but the truth is there are very few tool vendors in this space. VCs hate tool companies; they see tools as a product suite, not as a company. At first, BEA was really lightweight, really fast, and really easy to use. Today, there's a need for integration between different cloud computing platforms and we're trying to meet that need with lightweight tools that are quick and easy to use by focusing on the documents and files rather than on the data integration.
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