On-demand ERP draws mixed reaction

March 11, 2009 from InfoWorld – “While it has tested the waters of on-demand software with its CRM Online application, Microsoft still has no plans to do the same for its Dynamics ERP (enterprise resource planning) product lines, according to a top company executive.

"We don't see people saying, 'Hey, I wish you had hosted ERP, give me that, or I wish you only had hosted CRM,'" said Kirill Tatarinov, corporate vice president of business solutions, during a question-and-answer session Tuesday at the Convergence conference in New Orleans….”

180 View – We wonder whether the problem with Microsoft and other vendors in not moving faster to on-demand software is more caused by the software itself. The article later points out that “Dynamics CRM 4.0 has a multitenant architecture, allowing a single server to run multiple instances of the application.” If Microsoft ERP systems also had a multitenant architecture, it’s likely they would offer it. The on-demand model makes a good business case for companies that don’t have the resources or infrastructure to support on-premise software.