What Is an Office Business Application?

OBAs are a new breed of application that combines the use of the Office system with information and processes defined in line-of-business systems (LOBs). OBAs are a type of composite application. Composite applications are focused on enabling an effective way to build business applications that are contextual, collaborative, easy to use, role-based, and configurable. Today’s businesses need to be more agile to be competitive, and this need depends on access to information and its integration with various business processes, thus bringing to light this new type of software application called an Office Business Application.

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