Microsoft Has Compelling Vision of Delivering ERP to Midsized Businesses

Crispin Read, general manager of Microsoft Dynamics ERP at Microsoft, opined that the placement of Microsoft Dynamics AX in the Leaders quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Midmarket and Tier-2 Oriented ERP for Product-Centric Companies recognized the company's vision and strategy for this specific consumer segment with its Enterprise resource planning solutions. The report is focused on companies with 100 to 1,000 workers, which are better equipped to manage costs, risk and increasing employee productivity with solutions such as Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 and Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009.

“We hear stories daily about how our customers are getting real value from our ERP solutions, which is particularly important in today’s business environment,” Read stated. “Our placement in this Magic Quadrant is further confirmation that Microsoft has a compelling vision and is able to execute on its long-term strategy of delivering ERP to midsized businesses.”

Read emphasized that Gartner's perspective over its ERP solution was a statement confirming the innovation and the value customers could leverage by embracing Dynamics products. Still, the Redmond company continues to be committed to introducing innovation into its ERP lineup. Read emphasized that investments made into Research and Development every year by Microsoft were also reflected into Dynamics.

“In addition to the work that we are doing in software plus services, our products will become easier to deploy and use. We will further strengthen our application capabilities and deliver an increasingly powerful application platform that our partners can use to extend our applications into numerous vertical industries. Over the next two years, customers also can anticipate a series of major new ERP releases, accompanied by regular incremental upgrades such as service packs that fine-tune existing products and make them even more efficient,” Read stated.