<p>Huddle talks a lot about being the "alternative to SharePoint." The company used the phrase today to launch a new offering. And it used it in December when it released Huddle Note, an iOS application that enables users to create content in the cloud, share it inside or outside of a company firewall and collaborate with other workers on documents all from mobile devices.</p><p>So is it a viable alternative to SharePoint? "Sure, Huddle is legitimate competition to SharePoint," says Rob Koplowitz, SharePoint analyst for Forrester Research. "It doesn't do everything SharePoint does, but in the areas where there is overlap, Huddle is very robust." About Huddle Office</p><p>Huddle today launched another tool it claims continues to make its offering an alternative to SharePoint. The San Francisco-based software provider announced Huddle Office, which is designed to enable workers to collaborate in Huddle's cloud via their Microsoft Office tools. It's a marriage between productivity tools and Huddle's cloud collaboration service, the company maintains.</p><p>Users can save files into their Huddle workspaces directly from Microsoft Office applications and each Word, PowerPoint and Excel file with a Huddle comment stream alongside it. According to Huddle, the solution enables users to:Skip the step of saving files to hard drive Comment on files directly in Microsoft Office View recent files instantly Use audit trails and version controlDocument Collaboration</p><p><a href="http://www.cmswire.com/cms/document-management/is-huddle-still-a-sharepoint-alternative-023983.php">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.cloudpro.co.uk/saas/document-management/3756/huddle-serves-up-cloud-based-microsoft-office">Huddle serves up cloud-based Microsoft Office</a> (Cloud Pro)</p><p><a href="http://siliconangle.com/blog/2014/01/30/huddle-extends-enterprise-collaboration-cloud-for-office-users/">Huddle extends enterprise collaboration cloud for Office users</a> (SiliconANGLE (blog))</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dDxNOMl0uNNooVMJcjburB4bY4jBM&authuser=0&ned=us">13 additional articles.</a></p>