Microsoft to Add "Encore" Functionality to MBS Great Plains 8.0
Part One: Event Summary
P.J. Jakovljevic - July 8, 2004

Event Summary

On April 27, Microsoft Corporation's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) division announced the acquisition of accounting products from a Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada-based vendor, Encore Business Solutions, Inc., that could be critical to the success of the customers and partners in the public sector. The acquisition includes Encore's not-for-profit (NFP) accounting products and the intercompany payables management and requisition management modules, some of which have currently been sold by MBS under an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement with Encore. Namely, the only modules that have been OEM-ed so far have been the purchase order enhancements and cash flow management functionality, but these are not a part of the NFP solution...