У Microsoft планы развивать хостинг приложений

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http://www.crn.com/sections/microsoft/micr...cleId=173402937

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“They’re starting to talk about it, but they’re way late. I’m in multiple deals now facing Salesforce.com, but the way [Microsoft Business Solutions] prices its product is not conducive to competing with that model,” the partner said. With the next edition of its CRM product, released to manufacturing last week, Microsoft plans to launch Service Provider Licensing Agreements (SPLAs) to ease the product’s use in hosted scenarios. Currently, the only other Microsoft ERP product to be offered via SPLA is Axapta, the longtime Microsoft solution provider said.
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