Released on = May 7, 2006, 3:08 pm

Press Release Author = Alba Spectrum Group

Industry = Computers

Press Release Summary = Microsoft Dynamics project - or formerly referred as Project
Green should unify and modulate all Microsoft Business Solutions ERP applications:
Microsoft Great Plains/Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Navision (former Attain)
Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft (Navision) Axapta/Microsoft Dynamics AX

Press Release Body = For Multinational corporation MRP selection is typically
complicated by the following:
. Country Specific Taxation. Including regional and municipal taxes in the foreign
country
. Government Fiscal Reporting. It is normal to think that in the foreign country
bureaucracy and filing rules are the same, however you should not be surprised to
see certain or substantial differences
. Foreign Language. When multinational corporation penetrates to the local market -
it should keep ERP transparent and somehow offset the "language and cultural"
problems
Microsoft Dynamics project - or formerly referred as Project Green should unify and
modulate all Microsoft Business Solutions ERP applications: Microsoft Great
Plains/Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Navision (former Attain) Microsoft Dynamics
NAV, Microsoft (Navision) Axapta/Microsoft Dynamics AX. The challenge of unification
probably will result in quality change for the unified interface, such as
Web/Business portal/Microsoft Outlook & MS Office integration, Deployment of new
technologies, such as Microsoft Sharepoint with workflow automation. Plus the
development platform for Microsoft Dynamics products should shift from proprietary
tools, such as Microsoft Dexterity, C/SIDE, MorphX (no confirmation for Axapta yet -
but we guess it should follow) to C# and VB.Net with VisualStudio. In this small
article we will try to orient IT managers in Microsoft Business Solutions MRP
products selection for international and regional markets.
. Microsoft Dynamics AX. Microsoft Axapta, opposite to Navision or Great Plains
where market shares are gained/divided and competition is based on renovations and
product improvements, Axapta has great potential yet to be deployed, coming from its
modern and very futuristic system design and architecture. Being targeted to upper
mid-market and corporate clients Axapta shows very good progress on emerging
markets: in Russia for example the number of Axapta installation is similar and
comparable with the number of Navision installations. Plus, in 2005 large number of
Microsoft Business Solutions gold certified partners rushed into Axapta consulting
arena - this is seen in the USA, UK, Australia and continental Europe. In Brazil
currently MBS in local Portuguese Axapta launching mode - localized for Brazilian
tax code
. Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Is planned as front CRM solution for the majority of
Microsoft Dynamics ERP system: integration with Microsoft Dynamics GP is available
for GP 7.5, 8.0, 9.0 and CRM 1.2 and 3.0, Microsoft Navision - through third party
integrations, Axapta integration is planned. Microsoft has Microsoft CRM as
worldwide product, so you should not have any doubts regarding your regional market.
. Microsoft Dynamics GP. The regional markets for Great Plains 9.0 and following
Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 version will narrow: United States, United Kingdom,
Canada: both English and French speaking, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and
other English speaking countries in Asia, Africa and Worldwide, plus Spanish
Speaking Latin America. Microsoft Dynamics GP 10 will not be available for Germany,
France, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland - the last version localized for these European
countries will be 9.0 - June 2006
. Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Currently Navision has very good presence in Europe,
including East Europe: Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Slovakia. Microsoft
also localized Navision for new markets, where it just moved in: Brazil for example
- it was interesting development in Brazil - first Microsoft probed Solomon, then
Microsoft Great Plains 7.5 and in 2004 replaced it with localized Navision
. Competition. Oracle is on the way with Oracle Fusion project, aiming on Oracle
Financials/Applications/E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, JDEdwards and potentially
Siebel integration. SAP with the purchase of new mid and small market ERP: SAP
Business One and Mendocino - for SAP R/3 is catching up
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About Alba Spectrum Technologies. Alba Spectrum Technologies is joint venture of
several IT and business consulting companies, now operating as single business
entity. We have local presence in the Houston, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, San
Diego, Dallas, Miami, Atlanta, Denver, Phoenix, New Orleans, Minneapolis, San
Francisco, LATAM & Brazil, Germany, Russia, South East Asia and Oceania. We believe
in the coexistence of Java (J2EE, EJB, Linux, Unix), Oracle and Microsoft (.Net, C#,
VB) platforms and systems and specialize in several product lines and cross platform
integration, customization, heterogeneous report design, plus we provide ERP/CRM
systems comparison and reviews, not being committed to just on MRP platform. We also
stake on XML cross-platform data interchange to be advanced in the coming decade.

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