To host or not to host: Is that Microsoft's big question?
MS-Watch | at | by Mike
Microsoft 'CRM Live' and 'ERP Live' may not take the hosted-application shape that many company watchers, partners and customers have expected. Instead, Microsoft may lean more toward business mash ups as the crux of its software-as-a-service push.
Will Microsoft ultimately get into the CRM and ERP hosting businesses, all in the name of "CRM Live" and "ERP Live"?
Microsoft channel partners already offer hosted versions of Microsoft's CRM and ERP applications. And Microsoft announced on Monday some enhanced CRM 3.0 hosting programs for partners to its stable of offerings, including a new CRM Professional Edition for service providers.