Microsoft targets midmarket with Navision update
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Microsoft is building on its 2002 buy of Danish business application developer Navision A/S with the release Monday of its first major product built on the Navision software suite. Dubbed Microsoft Navision 4.0, the software is aimed at strengthening the Redmond, Washington, company's position in the business application market targeting small and medium-sized businesses . Microsoft has been trying to carve a niche in the category over the past few years, investing $2.4 billion to enter the market with its buy of Navision and U.S. midmarket business application provider Great Plains Software Inc.