Microsoft and Intuit partner up in the cloud
C|Net | at | by Mike
Intuit and Microsoft announced Wednesday that the two companies plan to integrate the capabilities of their cloud services platforms, the Intuit Partner Platform (IPP) and Windows Azure platform, to build solutions for small businesses. Azure will become a "preferred platform" for small-business application development as part of the relationship.
Akers suggests that developers have a lot to gain from this integration. "From the developer perspective you are always looking to build new and more compelling applications and channels to sell your products. With this integration developers can build richer applications much faster. Functions like billing and the marketplace function also help to make developers' lives easier with features like single sign-on."