Released on = July 11, 2006, 3:55 pm

Press Release Author = Alba Spectrum Group

Industry = Computers

Press Release Summary = Microsoft Dynamics AX/Axapta, NAV/Navision, SL/Solomon,
GP/Great Plains, CRM localization status in Brazil - highlights for Multinational
corporation IT department, launching operations on the Brazilian market

Press Release Body = Microsoft Dynamics AX/Axapta, NAV/Navision, SL/Solomon,
GP/Great Plains, CRM localization status in Brazil - highlights for Multinational
corporation IT department, launching operations on the Brazilian market

Microsoft Business Solutions in Sao Paulo is in the launching mode for just
localized Axapta, which tends to become new rising star among Microsoft Dynamics
family of products. Navision was localized earlier and have numerous and growing
number of implementations as well. Microsoft CRM is doubling user licenses number
as a expansion pattern for the last three years, we see very good trend for
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 expansion in Brazil. Microsoft Dynamics GP is not
supported by MBS in Brazil, however you can rely on Alba Spectrum support across the
country, we also provide international support in Latin America and USA/Canada from
our Houston location. Solomon has limited number of installations. Also Microsoft
Dynamics should be compared with its competition: Oracle E-Business Suite is
traditionally strong, however it is typical for larger enterprises, plus SAP just
introduced SAP Business One - and it niche is for mid-size and smaller businesses,
but we also recommend SAP B1 in spoke-and-hub model, where SB1 (spoke) integrates
into mySAP (hub). Let's take a look at Microsoft Dynamics specifics:
. Future Orientation. Microsoft advertises Microsoft Dynamics as Financial, HR,
Supply Chain, Manufacturing, etc. solution for your business, where the size of the
business is not emphasized. At this time Microsoft Dynamics consists of several MRP
applications, mentioned above. If your business is small/mid-size - in the USA you
typically implement Microsoft Dynamics GP/Great Plains. In Brazil this role was
played by Microsoft Navision and currently MBS is promoting AX./Microsoft Dynamics
AX with some pre-settings to reduce implementation time and simplify the solution.
To stick to the traditional Axapta market niche - it is for upper mid-size and large
corporate clients with very strong positions in Europe, LATAM, Brazil, USA and
Worldwide
. Microsoft Dynamics Technology highlights. Navision, Axapta, Great Plains have
their native language and initial programming environment: C/SIDE, MorphX/X++ and
Great Plains Dexterity respectively. Microsoft Dynamics (former Microsoft Project
Green) moves them toward Microsoft .Net platform: Microsoft SQL Server, C#, VB.Net
programming in Microsoft Visual Studio environment. At this time - .Net nature
shows up in Microsoft Business Portal, plus Microsoft Dynamics CRM (future CRM front
end for Microsoft Dynamics) is .Net application, utilizing Microsoft Active
Directory, MS Exchange, MS Sharepoint, etc.
. Microsoft Dynamics Customization & Integration. In the Microsoft World the
conception of ERP platform, open for interoperability is popular - you can consider
Microsoft Dynamics as initial base for your business needs, open for customization
as well as advanced and even cross-platform integration: Oracle, IBM DBII, Progress,
etc.
. Localization Dilemma. Even if we are talking that specific international ERP is
localized for Brazil - some compromises should still be expected - the typical one
is Payroll module. Payroll localization is typically not the first priority, due to
the fact that multiple Brazilian Payroll solutions are available historically and
could be integrated into ERP on the GL transactions level
. Again - Axapta. Yes, we believe that Axapta has excellent potential to be sold on
its advanced three-tier architecture - it should be considered the most resent and
future oriented among Microsoft Dynamics ERP product family.

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Brazil: 55-11-3444-4949, help@albaspectrum.com skype: albaspectrum
Andrew Karasev is Chief Technology Officer at Alba Spectrum Technologies (
http://www.albaspectrum.com http://www.enterlogix.com.br http://www.ronix-systems.de
) - Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains, Navision, Axapta, MS CRM, Oracle
Financials and IBM Lotus Domino Partner, serving corporate customers in the
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