About this episode

The episode discusses the potential impact of AI on the replaceability of Microsoft's Office applications.

Directions' Barry Briggs and industry analysts George Gilbert and Peter O'Kelly discuss if and how AI could be making Microsoft's core Office apps more replaceable.

People in this episode

Host: Barry Briggs

Guests: George Gilbert, Peter O'Kelly

Topics covered

• AI
• Microsoft Office
• technology trends
• product replacement
• industry analysis

Keywords

• Microsoft
• Office
• AI
• replaceable apps
• industry analysis
• Barry Briggs
• George Gilbert
• Peter O'Kelly

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft

Products: Office, AI

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