- Mon Feb 2 2009 Navision co-founder joins Openbravo board
Open-source ERP vendor Openbravo attracts Jesper Balser and Cees Poortman, experienced Microsoft executives, to its board of directors.
- Mon Oct 10 2005 New Microsoft products for large and small
Company includes enterprise customers in the market for Navision 4 and offers licensing promotion to small-business customers.
- Tue May 7 2002 Commentary: Microsoft's quick boost
Gartner analysts say the Navision acquisition will give Microsoft the opportunity to dominate the market for ERP software in the small to lower-end midsize segments.
- Tue May 7 2002 Microsoft seals deal for Danish company
The software powerhouse agrees to pay $1.33 billion for Navision, a developer of back-end software, getting what one analyst calls a "key international foothold."
- Mon Oct 28 2002 Microsoft updates business software
The software giant issues its first updates to business applications acquired earlier this year. It's all part of the company's enterprise software push.
- Mon Mar 22 2004 Microsoft updates business offerings
The software giant announces a slew of updates to its business applications and services at the start of its Convergence 2004 conference.
- Fri Mar 28 2003 Microsoft price cut targets small firms
The company is planning to release cheaper, no-frills versions of its business-management applications this spring, with prices 30 percent lower than regular versions.
- Tue Feb 12 2008 Microsoft's acquisition track record
Yahoo aside, Redmond isn't known for throwing money around, but in recent years it has grown more willing to spend big bucks.
- Thu Feb 6 2003 Microsoft's $10 billion ambition
The tech giant expects Doug Burgum to build a huge business selling software to small and medium-sized businesses. But this time, the company can't rely on its Windows monopoly to get from here to there.
- Thu Dec 23 2004 New year's resolutions for Microsoft
A top 10 to-do list of the hurdles the software giant must tackle in 2005.

