Q&A: Microsoft Gears Up For SME Market
News Microsoft executive Orlando Ayala may have an answer -- but we won't know for sure for another 18 months. At the same time, Ayala is charged with turning the Business Solutions group's products -- Great Plains, Navision and Microsoft CRM -- into a...
[June 2, 2003, 15:38]
Microsoft To Launch Latest SME Push
News However, past efforts by Microsoft have not gone far enough, said Orlando Ayala, senior vice president of Microsoft's Small and Midmarket Solutions & Partner Group. They are not quite a small enterprise - they cannot basically put all of their...
[September 7, 2005, 7:25]
Microsoft Changes Partners For Small Business
News Microsoft signalled a greater focus on partners in March when it reassigned Orlando Ayala, its former global sales chief, to lead the company's efforts to expand its partner network and sales to businesses with less than 1,000 employees.
[October 7, 2003, 10:50]
Cisco And Microsoft Team Up On SME Deal
News Microsoft recently placed Orlando Ayala, its former sales chief, in charge of a $2bn effort to land more sales from SMEs. Cisco Systems and Microsoft will begin selling bundles of their lower-priced networking equipment to small businesses in April...
[February 12, 2004, 9:05]
Oracle Forgoes Profit To Hit Microsoft's SME Plans
News Earlier this year, Orlando Ayala, chief of Microsoft's division for small and medium-sized businesses, admitted that when it came to companies with around 5,000 employees, Microsoft saw Oracle to be a head-on competitor.
[November 27, 2003, 16:30]
Microsoft Sharpens Great Plains' Profile
News As part of the reshuffle, Orlando Ayala, the executive who oversees sales of Microsoft's server software and other products for small and mid-sized businesses, will report to Burgum. Ayala will become chief operating officer of Burgum's unit while...
[June 4, 2004, 8:55]
Microsoft Navigates Magellan Into Small-business Waters
News In a push to gain small-business customers, Microsoft reshuffled some executives last year, reassigning its worldwide head of sales, Orlando Ayala, to oversee that effort. Microsoft is cooking up a new version of its Office productivity package in...
[November 8, 2004, 8:13]
Microsoft Launches Low-cost PCs For India
News India faces a serious challenge in providing quality education — a critical factor in ensuring that children begin with a fair level of opportunity," Microsoft senior vice president Orlando Ayala said in a blog posting from India, where he kicked...
[June 28, 2007, 12:47]
Microsoft Cuts Prices For Small Business
News The company is investing $2bn on this effort -- it has made several acquisitions that brought in software for small companies and has placed its former sales head, Orlando Ayala, in charge of the push.
[August 28, 2003, 9:00]
Microsoft Aims To 'reinvent' Itself
News New additions to the Business Leadership Team include: Orlando Ayala, senior vice president; Brad Chase and Jon DeVaan, the joint managers of the new Consumer and Commerce group, Laura Jennings, MSN group vice president; Joachim Kempin, senior...
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