Following the seriously well-hyped release of its Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 last week, Microsoft Corporation has announced a few more details on the program and on RC1’s availability for broader customer and partner testing. Along with the official announcement of more details came the official announcement of Vista software prices. The prices had been […]
(Cue dramatic foreshadowing music…) Just when you thought you knew your Windows operating system… A new force is entering the market… Familiar, yet different… A cause for celebration, a cause for anticipation, a cause for… Horror! (The stringed strains from Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho.”) Well, okay, maybe not, but an update to the Windows operating system […]
From Down Under comes the news that Bowen & Groves has released version 5 of its M1 by B&G ERP software. New features in the release include support for Microsoft SQL 2005, cost of goods accounting, new time card functions, and RFQ document management. Enhancements include those to purchasing, multi-plant support, shipment, alert, sales order, […]
Add another media outlet to the list of those proclaiming an imminent death to Microsoft software. InformationWeek.com has just put up a piece by CRN’s Barbara Darrow entitled “Businesses Don’t Need Microsoft Software.” An attention grabber? No doubt. Darrow’s piece profiles solutions in the CRM world and others which find hosted alternatives to the megagiant […]
The awaited security patch for the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser update has been released, albeit two days after originally promised. The security update for the browser update, which was released on August 8, is promised to “fully resolve” the security bug embedded in the Explorer program. Major problems were almost instantly experienced by websites using […]
Avanade Inc., a global technology integrator for Microsoft enterprise solutions, released some results of a benchmark study detailing enterprise-scale use of Microsoft CRM. The Avanade test results demonstrated the relative capability of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 to scale under a variously sized sales force loads with response times averaging under 0.5 seconds. The Avanade tests […]
Microsoft scores on the ERP and CRM front. SpyOptic Inc. has selected Microsoft Dynamics GP as its choice of ERP system and will be implementing Microsoft Dynamics CRM to better manage its relationship with its customers and vendors. SpyOptic distributes eyewear and accessories to more than 5000 retail stores in the U.S. The California-based company […]
Workopia, Inc. which is a Microsoft partner has announced that it will be extending assistance to SMBs in America that wish to assess and deploy effective and inexpensive CRM software. The news released by TMCnet states that Workopia believes it "talks the language of the small/medium company". Workopia not only offers training to a company’s […]
Not related to the CRM industry, strictly speaking, the news released from Microsoft will no doubt have medium- and long-term implications everywhere. The announcement, which has multiplied like bunnies fed a diet of Viagra-supplemented carrots, stated that the software giant has confirmed that it is developing a new portable music player to directly compete with […]
The CRM media has been full of Microsoft buzz this week, thanks to mainly to releases and announcements coming out of their worldwide partner conference in Boston. Biggest of all the big hype, of course, was the news about Microsoft Dynamics CRM and SaaS offerings. Competitor Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com got lots of print […]