Microsoft's SMB unit is getting its Microsoft Business Network and demand-planning ducks in a row.
Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) division has more than just the launch of the 1.2 release of Microsoft CRM on its plate in the coming months.
Microsoft Business Solutions late last month released to manufacturing its Microsoft Business Network (MBN) code, a couple of months later than it had hoped. MBN officially RTM'd on August 22, a company spokeswoman confirms.
"It will be available in the next couple of months," she adds.
Prior to its acquisition by Microsoft, Great Plains was working on an EDI-like network that would be optimized for small/mid-size businesses (SMBs). MBN - a B2B network designed to connect suppliers to their customers - is the fruit of that labor. Unlike traditional EDI systems, however, MBN makes use of XML for sharing documents and data.
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