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Aurigo Software Technologies Inc. and SBS Group have teamed
up to provide a pre-built Microsoft Dynamics AX-based solution the construction
industry in the U.S.-a partnership that will help Microsoft Corp. make inroads
into the professional services arena.

Under
the agreement, SBS will market, implement and support Aurigo BRIX 6.0, the
latest version of the company’s web-based construction project management and
inspection system, across the Midwest and the Eastern region of the country,
according to the company. 

The Microsoft-Aurigo
ERP for construction offering combines Aurigo BRIX 6.0 integrated with
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Dynamics AX for Retail is Now Available
Worldwide: Microsoft’s
Lachlan Cash at the Reflections on Dynamics AX blog
touts this "great solution for customers looking for an end to end retail
solution. What is unique here is that the retail solution is an extension
of the core Microsoft Dynamics AX. Customers are not deploying
different solutions for different parts of their business."

"This is a great example of the simplicity in
the Microsoft Dynamics AX architecture. Simple in the way we can extend our
code base. The same way our pa…

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For one
Microsoft Dynamics partner, impressive growth has become something of a
pattern.  Ignify
Inc., an ERP and CRM consulting firm and provider of eCommerce software,
has been named to the Inc. 500 list for the fourth consecutive year. The
company ranked 394th overall for fastest growing business in North America. Last
year the company ranked 194 according to Inc. magazine.

According
to Inc., over a three-year period Ignify’s revenue increased 745% from $1.3
million in 2006 to $11.3 million in 2009.

In
addition to the Inc. 500 recognition, Ignify ranked 71st nationwide and 3rd in
Southern California in the Deloitte FAST 500 in 2009. In addition in 2010, the
company was a Microsoft Partner of the Year Award Fin…

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Armanino McKenna LLP announced today that it has
acquired 1 Source Solutions,
also known as Fullscope West, to grow its US west coast presence as a Microsoft
Dynamics VAR for GP, CRM, and AX.  The 1
Source staff of 28 employees will join the firm and 2 former 1 Source
executives, Bruce Kirschenbaum and Chris Moore, have been named as new partners
within the Consulting department of Armanino McKenna. 

The
transaction includes acquisition of 1 Source’s software modules that work in
conjunction with MS Dynamics AX including manufacturing, distribution, revenue
recognition and supply chain management.  1 Source clients include technology, manufacturing, medical devices and pharmace…

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On
September 20, Olive-3 Technologies will
be releasing a suite of cloud-based, on-demand editions of webOps TMM powered
by Microsoft Dynamics AX to help companies manage and maintain their
assets-from requisition to disposition-in the cloud

The
offerings, which are all developed in Dynamics AX, are designed to help
mid-size manufacturers maximize the return on investments of their assets by
optimizing the management and maintenance of those assets, said Ali Aksut,
President and Founder of Olive-3 Technologies, a provider of provider of on-demand and on-premise operations management
solutions to manufacturers and distributors.

"This is
the next step in our product road-map to offer ‘easy-to-use’ and ‘affo…

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Swedish-based global organization, Lagerstedt &
Krantz Group, has chosen Zap’s business intelligence software to help manage
its 16 international companies.

According to officials, LK Group, which uses
Microsoft Dynamics NAV as its standard Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
system, becomes Zap’s first Swedish client, as the software company expands in
Europe.

LK Group said it will use Zap’s Business Analytics
for Microsoft Dynamics NAV to better communicate performance to its board, a
well as analyze production and sales in the heating, plumbing, shipping, real
estate management and finance industries.

According to Kristoffer Gustafson, LK Group IT
Manager: "We wante…

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Forrester Research Inc. has
recognized Microsoft Dynamics AX a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Order Management
Hubs for August 2010.

According
to the report, Microsoft has reached Leader designation for the first time
based mainly on the strength of its strategy, including a top three product and
go-to-market strategy as well as market-leading ownership costs.

To
participate in the Forrester Wave, vendors had to meet specific requirements,
including an ability to provide support for market-leading industries, to
demonstrate a broad business process footprint and to target organizations with
500 or more employees.

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vendors were then evaluated against 112 criteria based on current off…

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Call it
a marriage made through Microsoft’s Partner Channel Builder Program.

Microsoft
ISV Tensoft Inc. has entered into a
partnership whereby RMS McGladrey Inc., a Gold
Certified Partner of Microsoft Dynamics GP Business Solutions, will promote and
sell the Tensoft Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) Suite for Dynamics GP, with a
focus on technology businesses.

Although
partnerships between ISVs like Tensoft, an ERP and supply chain solution
provider for the semiconductor, software and high tech industries, and
resellers like McGladrey, a large assurance, tax and consulting services
provider aren’t all that unusual, the Microsoft Partner Channel Builder Program
that put them toget…

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It’s
that time again. Nigel Frank International, a specialist global
Microsoft Dynamics recruitment agency, is conducting its annual survey of
Microsoft Dynamics professionals’ salaries and is asking for input to paint the
most accurate picture of the current salary trends. 

The survey is currently underway:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Microsoft_Dynamics_Salary_Survey_2010

Last year 5,800 people, mainly from Europe and
North America, who either worked, or had worked in the Microsoft Dynamics
community responded to the survey, according to the company.

Some of
the highlights of the 2009 survey included:

• The average …

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For process manufacturing and
distribution firms evaluating or implementing Microsoft Dynamics AX as their
ERP solution, the depth of the product’s capabilities is both one of its
greatest benefits and challenges. 
Learning the range of features and functions is essential for leveraging
the business models embedded in the software, and the relevant information varies
for different teams and organizations. 

Aware of these challenges after
years of teaching and implementing Dynamics AX, consultant and author Dr. Scott
Hamilton’s latest book, Managing Process Manufacturing using Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009, examines
the software capabilities for supporting business processes in different type…

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