Microsoft is replacing its Great Plains and Small Business departments with a new division to be called Microsoft Business Solutions. According to reports on the Associated Press, the division will be headed-up by Great Plains veteran and former...
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Microsoft launched its own business applications initiative several years ago, through the acquisition of Great Plains Software and Navision, two smaller software makers. Microsoft and SAP initiated merger discussions late last year, but broke off...
Microsoft also revealed that it had held merger talks with SAP in the wake of Oracle's bid for PeopleSoft. Microsoft vice president Bill Veghte wrote on Wednesday in the email, which was seen by silicon.com sister site CNET News.com: "Oracle's...
The software giant, however, is wooing PeopleSoft Enterprise customers with its Microsoft Business Solutions-Great Plains products. But those talks stalled early last year, due to the complexity of the deal and the integration that would have...
Also scheduled to appear is Doug Burgum, head of Microsoft Business Solutions and former chief executive of Great Plains, a company Microsoft bought several years ago. The company is gearing up to release its first set of Project Green features...