Microsoft Corp. announced it has formed a strategic relationship with JDA Software Group Inc. to jointly develop and market one of the first Microsoft .NET-enabled suites of applications for the retail, wholesale and consumer packaged goods industries.
At TechXNY, Microsoft will showcase new technologies aimed at improving the productivity of information workers — including the Tablet PC, the next version of Office and the Pocket PC Phone Edition.
Microsoft creates over 450 sales positions in the United States as part of a significant investment that puts the spotlight on selling technology and solutions ‘vertical’ industries and reaching out to small- and medium-sized customers as never before.
A transcript of remarks made by Craig Mundie during a conference onOpen Source Software: Economics, Law and Policy, held June 20, 2002 in Toulouse, France.