Lots of changes from Microsoft is expected to come in the next few years through its Unified Communications push. CMS Wire is the first site I saw that I saw mentioning that the new SharePoint will be called SharePoint 2010.
Finally. Microsoft has come forward with some news about the next version of SharePoint.
First, we have an official name: SharePoint 2010. Not overly innovative, but at least we can all agree on what to call it now.
The real question for everyone isn't what the new name of SharePoint will be. The question is, can competing interests at Microsoft between software at the Windows client and software as a service coexist? Most Enterprise 2.0 people recognize that in order for SharePoint to truly succeed in tomorrow's enterprise, SharePoint needs to break its over dependence on Microsoft's Windows and Office client suite.
On a side note: I've really enjoyed visiting and reading the articles at CMS Wire these past several months. From my perspective, there has been a big improvement in the quality of articles written as well as CMS topics covered. I've always recommended CMS Wire as a CMS resourse for my readers to visit but until recently I wasn't a regular reader of the CMS Wire. Something has changed.