Microsoft to Add "Encore" Functionality to MBS Great Plains 8.0
Part Two: Market Impact
P.J. Jakovljevic - July 9, 2004

Market Impact

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 customers and partners in the public sector. The acquisition includes Encore's not-for-profit accounting products and the inter-company payables management and requisition management modules currently 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...