Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is famous for blurting out prospective item suggestions even when they're nothing but a glimmer in his eye. But perhaps inside the situation of providing hosted financials, CRM, HRM and other similar solutions, there;s a possibility these Oracle-hosted entities could appear to marketplace sooner instead of later on.If Ellison & Co. do make good on their hosted services threat, they;ll be competing with Microsoft, which already offers hosted Dynamics CRM — and has made noise about probably delivering Microsoft-hosted ERP in some way down the line.At least in this economy,
Office 2010 Keygen, selling CRM/ERP (in the form of software, providers and/or both) has proven a tough task for the Softies. Just this week, Microsoft rolled out three new “incentive offerings” aimed at the CRM/ERP space.The three: Business Ready Flexible Pay, aimed at new ERP and CRM customer in the U.S. Provides “the option to purchase the options today but pay for them in equal payments over three years.”New discounts targeted at getting users to dump competitors; products. A new U.S.-only partner-targeted program,
Office 2010 Pro, which kicks off this month, will allow partners to “extend their customers an offer to move to a Microsoft Dynamics ERP solution with a 50 percent discount on licensing,
Office Ultimate 2007 Key, and receive a rebate equal to 25 percent of the suggested retail price of the Microsoft Dynamics solution (up to a maximum of $25,
Office Pro Plus 2010,000) to help offset the costs of switching from Sage MAS 90 or MAS 200,
Windows 7 Starter Key, or Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne.”Business Ready Licensing changes allowing Dynamics CRM to be purchased as a standalone item (even though it also continues to be available through Microsoft;s volume-licensing programs, at the same time). Any of these new programs sound appealing? What other types of incentives does Microsoft need to offer to get (or keep) you in its CRM/ERP fold?