Business unit head to leave Microsoft
News Doug Burgum, the executive behind Microsoft's business software unit, will leave the company next year. Burgum, who relinquished day-to-day operations of the Microsoft Business Solutions unit in November, will be succeeded by Satya Nadella, a 14...
[September 13, 2006, 9:10]
Wicked conundrum for Microsoft
News Befitting the event's coastal California locale, Microsoft senior vice-president Doug Burgum laid out a plan where the commonality will come to the disparate products in a series of waves. Burgum said at a press conference.
[March 8, 2005, 8:10]
Microsoft sharpens Great Plains' profile
News Doug Burgum, senior vice president of Microsoft's business solutions group, now reports directly to Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer, the company said on Thursday. Previously, Burgum reported to the head of the group that develops Microsoft...
[June 4, 2004, 8:55]
Microsoft seals deal for Navision
News Microsoft and Navision have had parallel lives, each with a deep belief in building long-term customer relationships achieved through lasting commitment to talented, value-adding partners," Microsoft vice president Doug Burgum said in a press release
[May 7, 2002, 16:29]
Microsoft's Great Plains buy changes competitive landscape
News Great Plains CEO Doug Burgum will be the head of the new Microsoft division. Microsoft announced plans to purchase Great Plains Software for $1.1 bn. Great Plains is a developer of small to midsized business applications, including payroll, human...
[December 22, 2000, 11:10]
Gates reassures businesses
News He was joined by Doug Burgum, the former Great Plains chief who is stepping away from running MBS day to day, but remains the unit's chairman. Burgum: One of the things that Bill's worked closely with our teams on, too, is really thinking through...
[March 29, 2006, 14:55]
Documents reveal Microsoft's SAP strategy
News The Justice Department released the document during the testimony of one of its key witnesses, Microsoft senior vice president Doug Burgum. Nothing has caused more of a sensation during the Oracle antitrust trial than Microsoft's merger talks with...
[June 30, 2004, 14:50]
Microsoft sets its sights on PeopleSoft customers
News Doug Burgum, senior vice-president of the Microsoft Business Solutions Group, said in a statement: "Businesses that use PeopleSoft technology are facing some difficult choices today, and we're committed to providing them with the best options for...
[January 11, 2005, 8:40]
Microsoft moves closer to a hosted solution
News The head of Microsoft Business Solutions, Doug Burgum, said last week that his unit is planning for a day when it delivers its software as a hosted service, but the division doesn't plan to create the infrastructure for that itself.
[March 16, 2005, 10:45]
Microsoft rallies ERP customers
News Doug Burgum, head of Microsoft Business Solutions and former chief executive of Great Plains, a company Microsoft bought several years ago, spoke at the conference on its opening day. A fledgling unit of Microsoft will this week unveil the first...
[March 8, 2005, 8:45]
Longhorn to round up Microsoft's range
News Doug Burgum, senior vice president of Microsoft's business solutions unit, said the business software market is ripe for consolidation, with the top nine players in the market controlling about 30 percent of sales.
[July 25, 2003, 7:55]
