North Plains

Great Plains: Strong Channel and Microsoft focus for Dynamic(s) ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Within the next 3 years, 25% of Great Plains' revenues will come from outside of the North American market (60% probability). Great ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/1999/12/research_notes/VN_BA_PJ_12_99_1.asp - 13k - 1999-12-01 Summary: Great Plains has established very strong branding and penetration within the Small-to-Medium Enterprises (SME) segment of the ERP market, with a large and loyal customer base and a uniquely developed, extensive partner channel within the industry. A long presence on Microsoft's platforms ensures that R&D

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

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... fewer users, to ninety-nine users. General availability for Microsoft Great Plains 8.0 is expected in North America in July 2004. ... 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

How Great Is Great Plains' Manufacturing Offering (Did Somebody ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic & L. Talarico ... The customers are currently only North America-based owing to Great Plains' endeavor to get all its ducks in a row before releasing products for wide spread ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2001/05/research_notes/EN_BA_PJ_05_01_01_1.asp - 22k - 2001-05-01 Summary: Great Plains informed us during its Convergence 2001 annual user conference about its initial strides into the discrete manufacturing market. The following is our view of Great Plains’ odds of success in this particular endeavor.

Microsoft Throws .NET At SMEs, With CRM As Bait

by P.J. Jakovljevic, Louie Talarico ... standalone product as well as an integrated solution to Microsoft Great Plains Dynamics, Solomon and eEnterprise. Its expected availability in North America is ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Crm/2002/03/news_analysis/NA_CR_PJ_03_08_02_1.asp - 13k - 2002-03-08 Summary: While Microsoft might be honest today with its claims of staying away from the true enterprise-level CRM applications space, no one can be sure that its appetite will remain in check for very long.

Kewill And Microsoft Great Plains To Further Mutually Complement

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Currently, it has one of the largest customer bases in the market segment, but primarily in North America. Also, to date, Great Plains has been successful at ... 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.

Great Plains Reports Financial Results for the Second Quarter

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... However, Great Plains is also facing resolution of the following challenges: a very low brand awareness outside of the North American market due to weak multi ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2000/01/news_analysis/NA_BA_PJ_01_12_00_1.asp - 6k - 2000-01-12 Summary: On December 16, Great Plains Software, Inc., a leading provider of fully integrated front office/back office e-business solutions for the mid-market, announced financial results for the fiscal quarter ended November 30, 1999. Great Plains reported record second quarter revenues of $47.4 million, a 49% in

Microsoft Great Plains Procures eProcure At Last

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... largest customer bases in the market segment, but primarily in North America ... and the direct accounting software competitor Solomon, enabled Great Plains to post ... 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 to Add 'Encore' Functionality to MBS Great Plains 8.0 ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... government, not-for-profit, education, and healthcare organizations in North America alone. ... with the same developer toolset as MBS Great Plains, which should ... 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.

Is 'Sage' Wiser And Better Than 'Best'?

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... if not everywhere else), Microsoft, and one product that is virtually a household name within that target market in North America, MBS Great Plains.However, in ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2005/08/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_08_22_05_1.asp - 24k - 2005-08-22 Summary: The two small-to-medium enterprise (SME) market segment leaders seem to have somewhat different strategies going forward (despite inevitable watching over each other's shoulder), and time will tell who will ultimately win (or maybe both will remain in a stalemate power sharing situation).

Global versus Local Channel Approach, Who Will Win?

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... By contrast, Great Plains, the best-known SME enterprise resource planning (ERP)/accounting product in North America (and still a major revenue contributor ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2005/08/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_08_26_05_1.asp - 25k - 2005-08-26 Summary: There is a clear distinction between the market dynamics within the respective MBS and Sage/Best channels.