| ActiveMac | Anonymous | Create a User | Reviews | News | Forums | Advertise |
|
|
|
User Controls |
|
New User |
|
Login |
|
Edit/View My Profile |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ActiveMac |
|
Articles |
|
Forums |
|
Links |
|
News |
|
News Search |
|
Reviews |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
News Centers |
|
Windows/Microsoft |
|
DVD |
|
ActiveHardware |
|
Xbox |
|
MaINTosh |
|
News Search |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ANet Chats |
|
The Lobby |
|
Special Events Room |
|
Developer's Lounge |
|
XBox Chat |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FAQ's |
|
Windows 98/98 SE |
|
Windows 2000 |
|
Windows Me |
|
Windows "Whistler" XP |
|
Windows CE |
|
Internet Explorer 6 |
|
Internet Explorer 5 |
|
Xbox |
|
DirectX |
|
DVD's |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TopTechTips |
|
Registry Tips |
|
Windows 95/98 |
|
Windows 2000 |
|
Internet Explorer 4 |
|
Internet Explorer 5 |
|
Windows NT Tips |
|
Program Tips |
|
Easter Eggs |
|
Hardware |
|
DVD |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Latest Reviews |
|
Applications |
|
Microsoft Windows XP Professional |
|
Norton SystemWorks 2002 |
|
|
|
Hardware |
|
Intel Personal Audio Player 3000 |
|
Microsoft Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Site News/Info |
|
About This Site |
|
Affiliates |
|
ANet Forums |
|
Contact Us |
|
Default Home Page |
|
Link To Us |
|
Links |
|
Member Pages |
|
Site Search |
|
Awards |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Credits |
 |
Microsoft Muddies the 'Enterprise' Waters | |
|
||
| Time: 14:33 EST/19:33 GMT | News Source: Microsoft Watch | Posted By: Byron Hinson | ||
|
When is an app not an enterprise app? Apparently, when the DOJ and Oracle are asking about it. Microsoft has had a lot of practice in delivering statements to the Department of Justice over the years. But its most recent such statement — that it has no plans to enter the enterprise application market within the next two years — is probably one of its most ludicrous. (And that is saying a lot.) | ||
|
Write Comment
Return to News |
Displaying 1 through 25 of 308 Last | Next |
The time now is
2:19:05 PM
ET.
Any comment problems? E-mail us |
| #1 By 1845 (67.161.212.73) at 3/9/2004 4:19:56 PM |
| In the business applications space, Microsoft doesn't have any enterprise offerings that I'm aware of. It has apps and technolgoy upon which business apps are built (Windows Server, .NET Framework, SQL Server, Exchange Server, etc.). These are not the same thing. Microsoft isn't in the CRM business on an enterprise scale. It's not in the business intelligence market on an enterprise scale. Etc. Not surprisingly, I disagree with MJF on this issue. |
| #2 By 1642 (66.208.6.173) at 3/9/2004 11:04:59 PM |
| I would agree that there current implementation of CRM is not greared toward "enterprise scale", but what about Great Plains? I would certainly call that an enterprise application. I will admit that coming from a small company (we do run Great Plains) it may just appear that what I would label as enterprise, others would only see as scaling up to mid-size organizations. |
| #3 By 1845 (67.161.212.73) at 3/10/2004 9:54:44 AM |
|
Great Plains, Solomon, and NAVision are all targetted at small to midsized companies.
A few links: http://mbs.microsoft.com/howtobuy/solutionbuilder.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/PressPass/press/2002/Feb02/02-26MidmarketPR.asp "Microsoft Great Plains provides business applications that help small and midmarket companies become more agile in today's interconnected economy by extending specific information and procedures to employees, customers, vendors and partners." I agree that in time, these could be grown to support large enterprise customers (Fortune 1000 size), but that's not what they are built for right now. Oracle, SAP, and PeopleSoft, however, are built for that right now. Their target is the largest companies with billions in revenue. |
|
Write Comment
Return to News |
Displaying 1 through 25 of 308 Last | Next |
The time now is
2:19:05 PM
ET.
Any comment problems? E-mail us |
