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Microsoft Unveils Latest ERP Release

Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 3:57:00 PM       Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox                            Digg This Article   Add to Delicious

Abstract:At its annual Dynamics user conference, Redmond reveals details of the latest release of its AX ERP product, due out in the first half of this year.
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With its annual Convergence conference as the backdrop, Microsoft Corp.'s ERP-focused Dynamics business unit this week unveiled Dynamics AX 2009, the latest version of its enterprise software for globally diverse businesses.

Key to the new release, which will be available in the second quarter of 2008, are enhancements to the application's capabilities for cross-border transactions, users' ability to easily reconfigure the product to suit evolving business processes, a stronger focus on compliance initiatives, and prefab templates for a number of common business roles.

Microsoft's Dynamics ERP suite includes four applications, each with its own functionality and market targets: GP, for smaller, typically U.S.-based businesses; SL, which mainly serves service- or project-based businesses; NAV, for mid-market organizations; and AX, with its focus on globally dispersed, complex organizations.

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