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

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Potential and existing Navision/Great Plains customers should evaluate the offered product lines, bearing in mind what the competitors have to offer too. ... 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

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

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Therefore, the closeness of corporate cultures and business models of former archrivals Navision and Great Plains (oriented mainly toward license revenue ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2002/05/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_05_14_02_1.asp - 17k - 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

Will Solomon Finally Satisfy Great Plains Insatiable Appetite?

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... A partnership or merger with a fierce European competitor like Navision or Sage would have clearly threatened Great Plains' global position. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2000/05/news_analysis/NA_BA_PJ_05_26_00_1.asp - 9k - 2000-05-26 Summary: Great Plains announced it intends to significantly expand its mid market e-business community through the acquisition of Solomon Software, its direct competitor. The combined company will have more than 130,000 customers, 2,200 team members and a worldwide network of 2,000 channel partners.

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

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... 1,600 resellers. Like its MBS Solomon and MBS Navision siblings, MBS Great Plains' modules are available in two editions. The upper ... 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

Kewill And Microsoft Great Plains To Further Mutually Complement

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Microsoft Great Plains faces the challenge of offering too many third-party ... Competitors like, eg, Navision, Epicor, Syspro, or Made2Manage, will cite their ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2001/11/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_11_12_01_1.asp - 13k - 2001-11-12 Summary: While Microsoft Great Plains and Kewill will offer a potentially awesome combined offering worldwide, their competitors will bet on products that cover all the bases in a natively integrated fashion.

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

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... for MBS is that Encore leverages the outgoing Great Plains' Dexterity code base, which does not bode well for extending into MBS Solomon, MBS Navision, or MBS ... 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 Great Plains Procures eProcure At Last

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... with similar histories and/or products that are also its fierce competitors include Epicor, Sage, Navision, and Kewill. To date, Great Plains has been more ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2001/08/news_analysis/NA_BA_PJ_08_13_01_1.asp - 15k - 2001-08-13 Summary: In a somewhat belated and long deliberated move, Microsoft Great Plains has struck an OEM partnership deal with Clarus to provide eProcure, an end-to-end e-procurement solution.

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

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... In parallel with that effort, MBS will continue to support and enhance all of the existing products from former Great Plains and Navision. ... 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

Great Plains Unveils New E-Commerce Solution

by Steve McVey ... and strengthens Great Plains' position against fierce competition from other enterprise application vendors focused on the mid market, such as Navision, Epicor ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2000/12/news_analysis/NA_BA_SRM_12_06_00_1.asp - 8k - 2000-12-06 Summary: eSell is targeted at businesses looking for a quick road to the Internet.

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

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... costs, Microsoft Business Solutions announced that it will deliver demand planning modules that enhance its Axapta, Great Plains, and Navision products, and ... 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.