Microsoft announces next-generation ERP suite
eWeek | at | by Mike
Microsoft announced Tuesday the first iteration of its next-generation ERP suite, Dynamics GP 9.0, that brings roles-based user interfacesand a growing integration across Microsoft's infrastructureto Windows, SharePoint Services portal and Visual Studio.
In addition to roles-based user interfaces, the GP 9.0 applications take on an Office look and feel, capitalizing on the familiarityand ubiquityof Microsoft's Outlook e-mail software.
The GP 9.0 release is the first product installment in the company's Dynamics road map, which looks to bring all four of Microsoft's ERP suites into a single code base that sits on top of Microsoft's .Net platform. Each of the suites, Great Plainsnow GPAxapta, Solomon and Navision, has been renamed under the Dynamics umbrella.