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Microsoft Keeps on Rounding up Its Business Solutions Part One ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... reduce operating costs, Microsoft Business Solutions announced that it will deliver demand planning modules that enhance its Axapta, Great Plains, and Navision ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2003/12/news_analysis/NA_SC_PJ_12_01_03_1.asp - 18k - 2003-12-01 Summary: While the recent initiatives by Microsoft Business Solutions to piecemeal bolster its product lines' SCM capabilities should benefit users, a lot more cohesive SCM strategy is needed for Microsoft to truly permeate the SCM mid-market.

Microsoft Lays Enforced-Concrete Foundation For Its Business ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... 3. Delivering next-generation business applications. ... components stemming from all MBS' solutions, which will ... on .NET technology was the new Microsoft CRM product ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2002/11/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_11_01_02_1.asp - 18k - 2002-11-01 Summary: While most of its applications co-opetitors have been licking their wounds and dreading another financial quarterly report, cash amassed Microsoft has recently shown a flair for aptly devising and executing a strategy for its Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) division portfolio, to its partners and cust

Microsoft to Add 'Encore' Functionality to MBS Great Plains 8.0 ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Microsoft Corporation's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) division ... management (CRM) solutions: MBS Axapta, MBS Great Plains, MBS Navision ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/07/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_07_08_04_1.asp - 19k - 2004-07-08 Summary: By adding nonprofit and public sector accounting capabilities to the forthcoming MBS Great Plains 8.0 release via acquiring a former independent software vendor (ISV) partner Encore Business Solutions, Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) may find a way to counteract its archrival Best Software's superiori

Microsoft Lays Enforced-Concrete Foundation For Its Business ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... enterprise applications division of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ ... its new and existing business applications. ... rounded but vertically focused solutions for medium ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2002/11/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_11_06_02_1.asp - 12k - 2002-11-06 Summary: Despite the plausible product roadmap, any organization evaluating MBS products should keep itself informed, and consider existing functionality only. MBS, at this stage, will likely not appeal to companies that need more complex CRM capabilities or must manage customer relationships through diverse li

Microsoft 'The Great' Poised To Conquer Mid-Market, Once and Again ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... one of the first to incorporate eXtensible Business Reporting Language ... standard and the Microsoft Digital Dashboard and Microsoft BizTalk solutions. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2002/05/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_05_14_02_1.asp - 16k - 2002-05-14 Summary: Having garnered cash amounting to the GDPs of many developed countries, software giant Microsoft has treated itself with another 'billion plus' acquisition of its long-term partner and recent competitor, Navision, a business application provider for the mid-market. Will this move fill the gaps of earlier

Microsoft Lays Enforced-Concrete Foundation For Its Business ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Further Mutually Complement and Great Plains Supply Chain ... other vendors like eWorkplace Solutions (for its ... be viable to sell Microsoft business software much ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2002/11/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_11_05_02_1.asp - 21k - 2002-11-05 Summary: MBS is both a threat and an opportunity for the most nimble vendors, and mid-market CRM vendors might have acquired another lease of life extension in the medium term to redefine their value proposition, especially given that some have recently secured new funds and/or found solace in a partnership with

Microsoft 'The Great' Poised To Conquer Mid-Market, Once and Again ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Also, as Axapta runs on Unix and ... Furthermore, contrary to Great Plains' acquisition, this one ... while, eg, watching Microsoft Business Solutions' commercial on ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2002/05/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_05_15_02_1.asp - 16k - 2002-05-15 Summary: Microsoft's reticence to comment on any timelines of product integration and operations mergers, to our belief, stems from their genuine inability to foresee it at this stage. Still, although the indications that the business will continue to be as usual are strong, Microsoft may eventually decide to str

Autodesk to Bring Microsoft Business Solutions Closer to PLM

by P.J. Jakovljevic & Jim Brown ... most of its Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) ERP ... with Microsoft's ERP solutions through the ... Autodesk's software to Microsoft's Great Plains, Navision, or ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/plm/2003/11/news_analysis/NA_PL_PJ_11_17_03_1.asp - 25k - 2003-11-17 Summary: While the recent joining of complementary forces by Microsoft Business Solutions and Autodesk will make many heads turn, a lot more detail and clarifications are needed for the alliance to establish itself as an ERP-PLM superpower in the mid-market.

Microsoft to Add 'Encore' Functionality to MBS Great Plains 8.0 ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... such as, the MBS Great Plains' emphasis on ... other ISV partners' potentially similar solutions, along with ... layers that constitute the Microsoft Business Framework ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/07/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_07_10_04_1.asp - 16k - 2004-07-10 Summary: MBS' current strategy of letting extension functionality proliferate spontaneously largely resembles the current development practice of the open source community. This can be be considered ironic, because open sourcing is something Microsoft loves to hate.

Microsoft Lays Enforced-Concrete Foundation For Its Business ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... customer activities both in Microsoft CRM and ... purchase orders, and other common business documents appear ... has announced baseline vertical solutions for retail ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2002/11/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_11_04_02_1.asp - 24k - 2002-11-04 Summary: Stampede 2002 has radiated moderate optimism within VARs and other attendees, in a sharp contrast with many other user or industry conferences where we have felt a generally somber, anxious, or at least subdued mood. Small wonder for this isolated ebullience, given that, despite the current soft market,