At the first Microsoft Business Summit 2005 Microsoft has
launched two important news:
- Centro,
the code name for a new infrastructure solution designed specifically with
midsize business customers in mind. Centro will bring
together Windows Server "Longhorn", next generation Exchange,
new Security Technologies and a new, integrated management experience. It
will be available after Windows Server "Longhorn" timeframe (2007).
- Microsoft
Dynamics, the new brand that will replace Microsoft Business
Solutions and that represents Microsoft’s strategy to align its products with
its research and development roadmap, formerly referred to as "Project
Green" which centers on a people and process-centric design approach to
deliver breakthrough innovation in two significant release waves.
In particular, Microsoft Dynamics will be reflected in the following
release cycles:
- Microsoft CRM becomes Microsoft Dynamics CRM
- Microsoft Business Solutions-Great Plains becomes Microsoft
Dynamics GP
- Microsoft Business Solutions-Axapta® becomes Microsoft
Dynamics AX
- Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision becomes Microsoft
Dynamics NAV
- Microsoft Business Solutions-Solomon becomes Microsoft
Dynamics SL
This first wave of major releases under Microsoft Dynamics will
share common client technology that focuses on a role-based user experience with
deep integration to Microsoft Office. Future waves of Microsoft
Dynamics releases will focus on common server technology, including a
common process model that combines the best business processes from each of the
releases.
One of the interesting news announced at the Summit is that the MBS products
will progressively move from separate products to a complete
convergence on a new integrated platform. This is undoubtely interesting for
customers and a future revolution for who works on the MBS side (like
me...).
I hope to know some more about this at the italian version of this Microsoft
Summit in the next weeks... for the moment, I'm feeling more "Dynamic"!
