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Microsoft is building on its 2002 buy of Danish business application developer Navision A/S with the release this week of its first major product built on the Navision software suite.
Dubbed Microsoft Navision 4.0, the software is aimed at strengthening the Redmond, Washington, company's position in the business application market targeting small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Microsoft has been trying to carve a niche in the category over the past few years, investing $2.4 billion to enter the market with its buy of Navision and U.S. midmarket business application provider Great Plains Software. ... With no global leader and an estimated 40 million small business and 600,000 midsized companies worldwide, Microsoft predicts enormous market potential. It has said that it is investing $10 billion in its SMB efforts over the next five years, in addition to $1.7 billion for its partners program and $850 million for the Microsoft Business Solutions group in fiscal 2005. ... Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said recently that he "wants to make the whole world Danish," adding that if Microsoft had the same success with its business applications products as it did there, revenues from its Business Solutions unit would rocket. The Business Solutions unit reported revenue of $667 million for fiscal 2004 and is projecting revenue growth of 9 percent this year, to $820 million in 2005. Navision already had a strong customer base when Microsoft snatched up the company for around $1.3 billion. Some 45,000 organizations around the world already use the Navision product suite, Microsoft says. Silleman sees potential in all global markets, but says that Eastern European countries that just joined the European Union (news - web sites) appear particularly ripe for the picking. The new suite is available in 39 languages and 41 local versions. A typical configuration for a single user starts at about $2500 for the software license, Microsoft says, while implementation and consulting fees are extra. Implementation typically takes nine days, Silleman says. Подробнее... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...87&sid=95612453 |
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