The future of Collaboration in SAP NW Portal?

Hi all,
I have a mandate from management to implement SAP Collaboration Rooms in our SAP NW Enterprise Portal (NW 7.0); basically, to increase the usability of EP for business users. However, I have had a hard time convincing myself (and thus management) that SAP Collaboration Rooms would be the tool/product to use going forward (in terms of collaboration).
First of all, maybe it's just me but I noticed that SAP have gradually separated and dropped the "C" from "KMC". Then, 'collaboration' is hardly mentioned (as a feature/functionality) in portal's roadmap/release strategy, for releases after NW 7.0; in fact, the latest release strategy for LE only mentioned Duet Enterprise briefly.
I went to the SDN's main page of 'Collaboration'
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/nw-collaboration#section4
only to find the 'Update on SAP NetWeaver Collaboration Services - Status Quo and Outlook' blog, which is supposed to provide up-to-date information, dated back in 2008.
And then I found this blog (with a footnote on KMC)
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/17524
to be very interesting.
So, if I understand correctly, SAP expects its 'partner ecosystem to deliver solutions based on Duet Enterprise' (quote from the release strategy) and is encouraging its customers to use third-party software for collaboration such as MS SharePoint, etc.
It'd be much appreciated if we can have an official confirmation from SAP about the future of SAP Collaboration Rooms in NW Portal and some suggestions as to what would be the best alternatives for its customers if we are to continue using SAP NW Portal.
With all due respects, this thread is meant to have an open discussion (not to blame anyone or any product) and I'm seeking advice from experienced SDNers; so, all helpful suggestions are much welcomed/appreciated.
Best regards,
Dao
Edited by: Dao Ha on Sep 30, 2010 3:03 PM
Edited by: Dao Ha on Sep 30, 2010 3:29 PM

The dual support of server and client object models are required.
- the CSOM provides sandbox isolation, support for SharePoint as a SAAS platform (Office 365), and provides support for interoperability with other languages (via JSON, web services, etc)
- the SSOM provides on-prem installations with more integration capabilities than can be provided via app models/etc. For example, I'll be developing a custom claims provider for ADFS integration starting Monday, which can ONLY be installed as a farm solution.
Microsoft has been focused on updating SharePoint with newer server-side technologies. WebForms has been outdated for a while now, and SP has been working to include newer technologies such as MVC. This is evident in some places, such as search result templates,
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