Hosted CRM, ERP: Another Microsoft and Oracle battleground in the making
If Oracle CEO 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 possibly delivering Microsoft-hosted ERP in some way down the line. But it's a tough market out there, as Microsoft, which introduced three new financing programs aimed at the CRM/ERP market, knows all too well