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Microsoft at one point wanted to become a full featured IT department for companies. From managing their infrastructures, active directory, issuing laptops, but
by cm2187 4y ago
Microsoft at one point wanted to become a full featured IT department for companies. From managing their infrastructures, active directory, issuing laptops, but also providing basic erp, kind of salesforce like. I am not sure where they went with that but it certainly an idea that has merit. A small or medium size company should probably outsource its IT department except for the parts that are specific to their business.
ERP are the mother of all vendor lockin for large companies. Not only you need to configure it, but you need to integrate it with the thousands of internal systems.
- skissane 4y ago> but also providing basic erp, kind of salesforce like. I am not sure where they went with that but it certainly an idea that has merit Microsoft has a suite of ERP software – Microsoft Dynamics. They got it by acquiring a bunch of companies – Great Plains, Navision, Solomon, Axapta. Originally on-premise, now they encourage SaaS but some of it is still available on-premise for those who prefer that. Generally focuses on the small-to-medium enterprise sector, although they've been trying to make inroads on larger enterprises; but large enterprises are still dominated by SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, etc.