Microsoft Business Network (MBN)--Coming of Age?
Part Four: More Challenges and User Recommendations
P.J. Jakovljevic - September 4, 2004

More Challenges

At the end of March, during its annual conference for North American customers, Convergence 2004, Microsoft Corporation's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) division previewed upcoming versions of its enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) solutions: MBS Axapta, MBS Great Plains, MBS Navision, MBS Solomon, Microsoft CRM, and related services. The main takeaway from the conference was that MBS will continue to invest in its current offerings to provide customers with the enriched functionality they need to remain competitive in today's evolving marketplace and exploit their existing information technology (IT) investments. Business processes will be streamlined, and the information they need will be more accessible allowing companies to make educated business decisions...