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Great Plains Software, Inc. was an accounting software company located in Fargo, North Dakota, whose products focused on small to medium-sized businesses. [2] It was founded in 1981, [ 3 ] went public in 1997, [ 4 ] and was sold to Microsoft in 2001.
Microsoft Dynamics is largely made up of products developed by companies that Microsoft acquired: Dynamics GP (formerly Great Plains), Dynamics NAV (formerly Navision; now forked into Dynamics 365 Business Central), Dynamics SL (formerly Solomon), and Dynamics AX (formerly Axapta; now forked into Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations).
Microsoft Dynamics GP, formerly Great Plains Dynamics and eEnterprise, is a Dexterity-written application. Microsoft's small business line, Microsoft Small Business Manager and Small Business Financials , were also written in Dexterity and use the same code base as Great Plains.
In 2001, Burgum sold Great Plains Software to Microsoft for $1.1 billion in stock. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] Announced in December 2000, the acquisition was completed in 2001. [ 15 ] According to Burgum, he held a 10% stake in Great Plains at the time.
Microsoft Forecaster originated from a company called eBudgets.com, based in Plainsboro, New Jersey. eBudgets.com was acquired by FRx Software Corporation in 2001.Owned by Great Plains Software, FRx expanded its product offerings into budgeting and forecasting.
Tami L. Reller [2] (born 1963 or 1964) [1] is an American businesswoman. Reller is a native of Grand Forks, North Dakota.She earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Minnesota State University Moorhead and a master's degree in business administration from Saint Mary's College of California. [3]
The Great Plains is a large, flat region of land in North America. Great Plains may also refer to: Great Plains (Ohio band), a 1980s folk pop band; Great Plains (Tennessee band), an American country music group "The Great Plains", a song by Scale the Summit from the album Carving Desert Canyons; Great Plains Airlines, a defunct airline
Microsoft acquired the Norwegian enterprise search company Fast Search & Transfer on April 25, 2008, for $1.191 billion (~$1.66 billion in 2023) to boost its search technology. [14] On May 10, 2011, Microsoft announced its acquisition of Skype Technologies, creator of the VoIP service Skype, for $8.5 billion (~$11.4 billion in 2023). [15]