Magazine Extract: CONSULTING Magazine: Microsoft Deepens Investment in Consulting Industry

Microsoft Dynamics addresses CRM and ERP needs of the consulting industry, with the look and feel of other MS software.

Over the last several years, the Redmond, Washington based giant has quietly been investing a chunk of its sizable R&D spend in six vertical industries around its Microsoft Dynamics suite of business applications, which includes Customer Relationship Management and Enterprise Resource Planning. These solutions have been designed to manage business functions on site or, increasingly, in the cloud.