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Dynamics AX 2012 R3

Dynamics AX 2012 R3 – To be generally available from 1st May 2014 following an online event on Thursday 10th April.   As Microsoft is looking to become the default ERP choice for many organisations so the focus is increasingly tailored towards the customer.   There are four key capabilities that are expected in R3 … Continued

Advanced Computer Software buys Camberly based Consult CRM

Hot on the heels of ACS’ purchase of Compass Computer Consultants in February, Vin Murria’s ‘buy and build’ business has today acquired Microsoft Dynamics CRM practice, Consult CRM. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.   Camberley-based ConsultCRM provides a range of Microsoft Dynamics CRM implementation services to clients from a number of sectors … Continued

Road to Repeatability

In its race to capture the SME market and take market share from Sage Line 50, Exchequer and Pegasus, Microsoft has been working hard to encourage the Dynamics NAV community to participate in a programme called ‘Road to Repeatability’ or ‘R2R’.   The proposed aim of Road to Repeatability is to take advantage of the … Continued

The Garden Centre Group deploys Microsoft Dynamics AX

K3 Retail is to implement Microsoft Dynamics AX to enable The Garden Centre Group to become an omnichannel retailer. The group, which operates 139 garden centres across England and Wales, will replace its existing legacy financial and merchandise systems, including back-office and buying systems, with the Microsoft Dynamics AX platform. This will enable it to … Continued

The Only Way is Ethics

Hands up those of you that think ethics and recruitment go hand in hand.  If you’re one of those that hasn’t put your hand up, then you’re not on your own. The role of the recruiter has been tarnished in some people’s eyes, placed in the same box as car salesmen and estate agents as … Continued

Microsoft Convergence Talk Outlines Dynamics Products Coming This Year

Redmond Magazine Microsoft described Dynamics product releases expected this year during the keynote talk at Convergence today. Kirill Tatarinov, executive vice president of Microsoft Business Solutions, addressed attendees at Microsoft’s Convergence event, which is ongoing this week in Atlanta, Ga.. He said Microsoft’s aim with its products is to help people perform “high-value activities,” which, … Continued

A Direct Threat to the Channel?

Microsoft recently announced that it will launch Dynamics for Retail in April 2014 and the press release was punctuated with the words ‘alliance’ and ‘relationship’.  In an associated Technet blog post,  Tracy Issel, General Manager of Worldwide Retail Sector at Microsoft, talked passionately about the new functionality, the organisations that have helped Microsoft to develop … Continued

Dynamics: Britain’s Got Talent?

There is a problem with home-grown Dynamics NAV and AX talent – there’s simply not enough of it.  With what seems to be a dearth of new UK talent entering the partner community, how can partners continue to grow their services revenue in line with Microsoft’s growth aspirations for the Dynamics market?  It’s been over … Continued

Microsoft’s Tatarinov: no one serious is doing cloud ERP!

From the Diginomica Website http://diginomica.com/2014/02/19/microsofts-tatarinov-cloud-erp/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter     No-one ‘s doing cloud ERP! Or no-one serious at any rate. That’s according to Kirill Tatarinov, EVP for Microsoft Business Solutions, who was in London Tuesday when I grabbed the chance to sit down with him for a chat.  Microsoft this week upped its CRM game with the announcement … Continued

The Potential Impact of Satya Nadella on MS Dynamics

The announcement of Satya Nadella as the new CEO of Microsoft might not have come as much of a surprise, but I think his appointment poses a few questions as far as the Dynamics community is concerned. Firstly Nadella has no prior CEO or company leadership experience. OK, so he knows Microsoft inside and out, … Continued