In the Clinton era, the status quo was simple: you offer your local clients and if you want to grow your business – offices open metros in other cases. Great Plains Software was granting generous margins on sales of software and VARs stimulated local leader / Partners / Resellers with so-called orphan leads – customers who lapsed in enhancement program annual payment or called Great Plains Software directly to comply about quality of service by their VAR. When Microsoft bought Great Plains Software and formed Microsoft Great Plains Business Solutions (soon renamed into Microsoft Business Solutions) and acquired new ERP / MRP / accounting applications: Navision, Axapta, Solomon (Solomon Software was purchased by Great Plains Software at the end 1990c). When Microsoft introduced Microsoft CRM – it tried to change traditional partner selling model we'll see what it is and why (this is our personal opinion – that we try to look ahead to generic ERP VAR)
o Remote Assistance. This means that you do not have to be customer of the Office to troubleshoot, install and even train users – To be more direct and daring to say – Implement the system remotely. Of course – in the near future it will unlock the door to consulting firms at sea, but in this article we stick to U.S. and Canadian markets nationally and consultants in the United States and Canada. Microsoft Business Solutions, this means that if the client is pretty technical – it may well serve the client from its customer support center by increasing the number of service technicians
o Decrease in software sales margin. If you can not serve the client yourself – you can probably reduce the margin software sales. We see what happens New Microsoft CRM Online – generally it is harder to get new customers (new customers tend to buy software directly on the MBS and then cry about the need to help). We are seeing more and more new customers purchasing Microsoft CRM from Microsoft for the pilot or just put on the Shelf
o "Open Technology". Microsoft CRM SDK, you can download from the Microsoft site and use it at will – if you are C # or VB.Net programmer. This philosophy is the opposite – remember good old days Great Plains Dexterity – you could not get this free EDI and you to purchase classroom training to gain expertise in the proprietary programming language. This trend probably indicates maturity of the industry and see prices fall
o Go nationally and internationally. Yes – that's what we do – as a result of Microsoft Business Solutions way. Plus we try to reduce our expenses by opening offshore installations. The International is very difficult the cultural perspective and the sooner you jump there – the better. At this moment we see companies from India and the Philippines who are seeking Deputy United States – they are your potential partners.
o Cross-Platform Integrations. We believe that XML Introduction launched new era of integration of computing platforms and harmony: Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Linux, IBM DB2/AS400/RS6000, Oracle. Corporate customers, including manufacturing, logistics, shipping, international trade, distribution – will be multi-strategy leveraged to reduce risk and increase the longevity of the ERP / MRP
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