Microsoft Dynamics

Best of breed or best of suites? The transformational argument

August 5, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Rod Drury dropped a bomb into the Xero blog on that perennial of topics: best of breed or best of suites? I am surprised that it has reared its head so relatively early in the SaaS development lifecycle. As Rod says: The incumbent desktop products that have been around for many years have added many [...]

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SAP Business ByDesign 2.5: time to invest?

August 3, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Yesterday SAP announced the general availability of SAP Business ByDesign 2.5. In real world language that means it is there for anyone to check out and buy rather than what has been happening: a controlled release to achieve a baseline of 100 customers. Along with the release came confirmation that SAP is offering starter packs [...]

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Microsoft and AAA communities

November 24, 2008 General

The other week, I spoke with the people behind AAACommons, the American Accounting Association’s community: Built on HiveLive’s LiveConnect[TM] platform, the online community (dubbed AAACommons) allows university professors, researchers, and accounting professionals working with the AAA to advance the field of accounting. Members can share resources, establish personalized research and teaching spaces, keep up with [...]

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