ERP Implementation Trends - Microsoft Dynamics GP by Andrew Karasev
To make some generalization, MRP system implementation has two approaches: business logic approach and engineering or technical approach. It is not always accurate and probably sometimes questionable, but for the simplicity let’s consider unofficial Microsoft and SAP approaches, where Microsoft... The same should be said about such Microsoft Dynamics family product as Microsoft Great Plains Dynamics GP • Microsoft Office Total Literacy. ... Now Dynamics GP and other Microsoft Dynamics products, such as Axapta Dynamics AX are redesigned to look like Microsoft Office and be intuitively...

Microsoft's Ultimate Advertising Partner – the Earth by Ian Robert Anderson
NOTE: Not being a Microsoft employee / affiliated with / contracted by Microsoft - I can only speculate (and have no proof) about the origin of the new color schemes. The software giant has packaged the world famous operating system and office suite in harmony with the colors you and I see... Microsoft knows we all see the same colors in the sky (whether you are in Bangkok or New York) and Microsoft knows very well that the more times you see a product (or its identifying colors) the more likely you are to buy it when you see it in stores – this is the basis for advertising.

How Can You Benefit from Microsoft Office? by Finn Jensen
Where is Microsoft Office today? Today Microsoft Office has evolved from a group of private productivity products to a more complete and integrated system. Building on the well-known tools that a lot of people are familiar with already, the Microsoft Office System includes servers, services,... The servers, services, programs and solutions, which put together, forms the Microsoft Office System, are: Office Editions is the successor to Microsoft Office XP, and the foundation of the Microsoft Office System.

User Training: Microsoft Dynamics GP – Interface Unification by Andrew Karasev
Following the direction of Project Green Microsoft Business Solutions renamed its products: Microsoft Great Plains, Navision, Axapta, Solomon and MS CRM into Microsoft Dynamics GP, Nav, Ax, Sl, CRM. Microsoft Dynamics will be supposedly final product of the Project Green, when user will have... Microsoft Dynamics GP is simplifying its user interface (still being Microsoft Dexterity application) to look like Microsoft Office/Outlook interface. ... Microsoft has its users and professionals legions who are very comfortable in Microsoft Office products and who spend a lot of computer time in...

SAP Business One vs Microsoft Dynamics GP – Highlights for Consultant by Andrew Karasev
In this small article we will not make side-by-side technical specs comparison. We would rather like to give you opinions from both sides – Microsoft and SAP. Both products target mid-size businesses in the USA, Europe (however Microsoft Great Plains – Dynamics GP will be leaving continental... At the same time, long time presence on the market for such products as Microsoft Outlook gives Microsoft the option to count on Outlook user experience – Microsoft Dynamics products will not require user training (from the interface intuitiveness standpoint) – Microsoft Dynamics CRM has Outlook...

Looking for an Alternative to Microsoft Office? You Should Be! by Greg Diehl
Now is the time to look at an alternative to Microsoft Office. Are you locked into using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint? Are you spending extra because you need a database, and Access does not come with the basic Office package? Well, the time has come to look at alternatives, or at least... o runs on Windows (R), just like Microsoft Office o all files can be saved in Microsoft Office formats o a word processor o a spreadsheet o a presentation tool o a database o a drawing tool o export to Acrobat PDF format (requires third-party add ins to do this in Microsoft Office) o...

Free Software is No Myth! Where to Go When You Can't Afford Premium Software Prices by Jon Arking
Ok, so you went out and bought a big, fancy computer with all the fixins. You've got memory, DVD burners, wireless adapters, and enough hard drive space to trump the library of Congress, but is that all you need? As most people inevitably realize...NO WAY! ... Microsoft Office for example, the world's leading office and productivity software suite, ranges in price from $350 - $500. ... Even the simplest of office server software by Microsoft starts somewhere between $500 - $1000, with higher-end servers costing well into the teens.

Is There Any Future For The Open Document Format? by Gavin Peters
For those people out there who have not heard of the Open Document format (ODF), please allow me to try and explain it in layman's terms. The ODF is an attempt to produce an Open format that all office documents could save to, a universal standard that all office packages can use. ... The main problem is Microsoft, as nearly all businesses use Microsoft Office and Microsoft have no plans to support this new open format, will it ever really get off the ground. ... The reason for this is simple, most people use Microsoft Office and at the moment unless that changes OpenXML will be the new...

Microsoft Office VS. Linux; Discussed by Lance Winslow
Many folks acknowledge that the Gates Foundation have given billions to great causes. Bill and Melinda Gates have given more to the whole of mankind than any other couple on the planet. Recently with their good friend Warren Buffet involved they are doing even more. ... Still folks like to criticize Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Software. ... They can still vote for the Linux Office Suit if they want to, it is actually quite good. ... Most of the problems with Microsoft is due to the governments intervening and causing mandatory holes to be placed which are immediately used by hackers to...

Microsoft Dynamics GP (Former Microsoft Great Plains) Support in Chicago Metro by Andrew Karasev
Microsoft Great Plains was and is very popular mid-market ERP application, originally designed by Great Plains Software on GPS Dexterity platform, later on purchased by Microsoft and transformed into Microsoft Great Plains Business Solutions, later on (after Navision Software acquisition)... Currently Microsoft is advancing rapidly Microsoft Dynamics project, resulting in Microsoft Dynamics MRP family of products to be integrated with Microsoft Office, MS Sharepoint, Microsoft Business Portal (each Dynamics has its own blend of BP), plus each Dynamics product is targeted to be opened to...