Microsoft this week outlined a clear plan to deliver its Dynamics enterprise resource planning (ERP) software as cloud-delivered services. Microsoft has some credibility here, drawing on its experience delivering Dynamics CRM Online. But is it moving fast enough with its cloud strategy, and will the company really change its Microsoft-biased ways?
These were questions many Dynamics customers had in mind before attending this week's Microsoft Business Solutions Convergence Conference in Houston, Texas. They were reassured, for the most part, as Microsoft laid out a sensible and fairly aggressive roadmap for its various ERP software products (GP, NAV, and AX) and its Dynamics CRM application. Microsoft also vowed it would have "multi-platform, multi-device" mobile support. This must mean Apple iOS and Android OS tablets and smartphones, but top Microsoft executives including COO Kevin Turner and Microsoft Business Solutions president Kirill Tatarinov couldn't bring themselves to name names.
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