October 24, 2007 7:05 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Channel partner programs,
Direct reseller channel conflict,
Enterprise applications,
Microsoft,
SMB,
Software as a service (SaaS)Microsoft hopes to ease concerns about its ERP migration plans by extending minimum support on all four product lines for another five years.
"The longer support pledge should put any worries about Microsoft's ERP roadmap to rest, says Barb Edson, senior director of Microsoft Dynamics...
October 23, 2007 7:26 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Direct reseller channel conflict,
Enterprise applications,
Microsoft,
Software as a service (SaaS)In its quest to entrench Microsoft CRM as a popular hosted alternative to Salesforce.com, Microsoft today cut the subscription fees for hosting partners by 40 percent,
These partners will now pay...
October 22, 2007 8:48 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Direct reseller channel conflict,
Enterprise applications,
MicrosoftIntuit says its newly launched solution provider program for mid-market companies will make QuickBooks for Enterprise a viable alternative to Sage Software and Microsoft ERP products.
The company, long a leader in accounting software for consumers and very small businesses, says there is a huge...
October 16, 2007 4:20 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Direct reseller channel conflict,
Enterprise applications,
Microsoft,
Software as a service (SaaS)The next version of Microsoft Navision ERP (aka Dynamics NAV) has been delayed a full year, the company confirmed today.
What was to have been NAV 5.1, due late this year, has morphed into NAV 6, with a slated release date of the fourth quarter 2008. That's calendar year quarter,
A Microsoft...
October 7, 2007 10:55 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Enterprise applications,
Microsoft,
OracleSAP, the ERP market leader, is buying Business Objects, another European software power, for about $7 billion.
The move by SAP, Waldorf, Germany, to buy Paris-based Business Objects typifies the...
October 2, 2007 8:56 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Collaboration software,
Direct reseller channel conflict,
Google,
Managed services providers,
Microsoft,
Software as a service (SaaS)Microsoft let another shoe drop Monday in its "software plus services" take on software-as-a-service
First it announced a free service, with the catchy name Microsoft Office Live Workspace. This will let users securely access their stored online documents and files from anywhere. Users can...
September 11, 2007 10:17 AM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Enterprise applications,
Microsoft,
NewsThe latest version of Microsoft BizTalk Server is out this week (Monday), complete with radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, more business-to-business functionality and built-in industry-specific support.
Those features will make BizTalk Server 2006 R2 easier for Microsoft partners to...
September 10, 2007 7:12 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Direct reseller channel conflict,
Enterprise applications,
Microsoft,
Software as a service (SaaS)
The next few weeks will be big for the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) category.
Salesforce.com is about to host its DreamForce event. NetSuite's IPO is on its way. SAP will unveil A1S on September 19 in New...
August 29, 2007 10:30 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Collaboration software,
Microsoft,
Server virtualization
Less than two months before it launches Office Communications Server 2007, Microsoft is buying...
