US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum sold software in Australia in the 80s, helped Atlassian float on the NASDAQ in 2015 and is ...

- Great Plains announces an accounting series for IBM computers. - The Great Plains Accounting Series for the Macintosh introduced. 1987 - Great Plains begins research and development on Dexterity, ...

REDMOND, WASH. (CBS.MW) - In the wake of its earnings warning, Microsoft said Thursday it'll pay $45.65 a share to buy Great Plains Software in hopes of boosting the technology giant's take in the ...

The great software octopus that is Microsoft just got bigger. With the acquisition of Great Plains Software Inc. in a $1.1 billion stock swap, announced yesterday, the Redmond giant is spreading its ...

A caricature of North Dakota computer software visionary Doug Burgum peers from a cork bulletin board over Spider Johnk's shoulder. Boxes containing posters and props for Sunday's start of a three-day ...

ARTHUR, N.D. ― It was the early 1990s, and Doug Burgum had a message to deliver to partners of Great Plains Software gathered at the "Stampede to Fargo" conference. Burgum, then CEO of the startup ...

Doug Burgum, who as chief executive of Great Plains Software guided the company through its recent acquisition by Microsoft Corp., has been named head of a new Microsoft division aimed at providing ...

Microsoft Corp. agreed to buy Great Plains Software Inc. for $1.1 billion in stock, as the leading software maker seeks to improve its line of business tools for small and medium-sized companies.

1: Doug Burgum was a chimney sweep before going on to fame and fortune as Great Plains Software CEO and then SVP of Microsoft Business Solutions 2: Fargo will host a Great Plains reunion in mid June.

The Navision A/S brand will soon be dead, long live Navision. Microsoft’s second acquisition of a mid-market enterprise applications company in 14 months will enable it to extend its customer ...

That, plus new Microsoft-backed credit programs and a raft of midmarket applications from Microsoft Business Solutions, could help solution providers breathe life into their stressed businesses, ...