I have complained and ranted and railed
about the lack of ERP innovation coming from the Big Two enterprise software
players—SAP and Oracle—as well as other traditional on-premise business
software vendors. While billions of dollars have flooded into these companies'
coffers, how much innovation—real, ground-breaking types of stuff—have we seen
from the incumbent mega vendors and their overpriced lines of applications?
Microsoft
Dynamics Offers Stability And Business Assistance In Today’s Market
As one of the Big 4 (i.e. IBM,
Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP), Microsoft’s investments in its Microsoft Dynamics
product line remains extensive and steadfast. As companies begin to worry
about the financial viability of their software vendors, Microsoft continues
to:
Invest
in R&D and innovation. As other vendors begin to cut R&D in
the face of global contraction, expect Microsoft to buck the trend and
honor its commitments to deliver on its road map as promised. With
more and more consumption of .NET components, Microsoft can take advantage
of its technology stack to deliver future innovations in search, data
management, content management, and other productivity tools. Key
innovations such as XRM for property management, complaint management,
citizen management, dealer management and contractor management also
highlight the other advancements to come.
Prove
value to the customer. Various programs to help deliver value
were announced at Convergence including new financing options and the
“Unleash Your Potential” program. With SME/SMB customers facing
liquidity issues, Microsoft Financing delivered a 0% Financing Offer that
ended March 20th, 2009 on top of its Business Ready Licensing
simplification programs. The new Smart Pay offer allows customers to
buy now and pay 6 months later with 24 or 36 month terms so long they take
action by June 30, 2009. Unleash Your Potential provides customers
with a best practice business solutions road map to accelerate design time
and improve implementation outcomes.
The bottom line
- Microsoft Dynamics should be considered in short lists
Whether it be usability, functionality,
integration with other services, or global availability, Microsoft Dynamics
family of enterprise applications continue to improve with each release.
Large enterprises looking at costly upgrades of legacy ERP and CRM systems
should consider the option of Microsoft Dynamics as an alternative in their
divisions or subsidiaries. Small and mid market customers will
immediately benefit from usability and integrating with Microsoft Outlook and
should leave Microsoft Dynamics in their short lists.
'Dynamic'
businesses will survive recession Microsoft pledged to see its customers
through the recession during the Dynamics conference in New Orleans Tuesday.Chris
Kanaracus (IDG News Service)
11/03/2009 10:04:00
Microsoft's Convergence conference
opened Tuesday in New Orleans with a message and a string of new offerings
meant to ease the suffering of its recession-battered ERP (enterprise resource
planning) and CRM (customer relationship management) customers.
"Our mission is to give you a set
of tools that will help you become a dynamic business," said Kirill
Tatarinov, corporate vice president, Microsoft business solutions, during a
keynote address. "We will stay the course ... we will help you endure,
prevail and win."
