Microsoft Dynamics C5
Encyclopedia
Microsoft Dynamics C5 is an enterprise resource planning
(ERP) software product from Microsoft
.
The product is part of the Microsoft Dynamics family, and intended to assist with finance
, manufacturing
, supply chains, analytics
and electronic commerce
for small and medium-sized enterprises. Value-added resellers (VAR)s as well as customers can have full access to the business logic source code, and it has a reputation as being easy to customize.
More than 70,000 licenses have been sold since 1995. Microsoft has guaranteed that the product will be sold until year 2018 .
A hosted solution has been launched so smaller firms do not need to have program installed. Instead they can choose to use the program in a Remote Desktop Services environment .
The logic source code is named eXtended Application Language (XAL) and borrowed from a larger product called Microsoft Dynamics XAL, also originally a Concorde product from Damgaard, which was political redrawn from the market because it shared the same market segment as Microsoft Dynamics NAV
. XAL, and to some extent C5, offer database and OS
options for a number of non-Microsoft products like Oracle
, DB2
and Linux
. The name eXtended Application Language was chosen due to the fact that it was an enhancement of the logic scorce code used in products like NAV.
In connection with Microsoft XAL's exit from the market the product was changed from targeting only small enterprises to target medium-sized enterprises too, so customers running on the discontinued Microsoft XAL could convert their product easily to C5.
The product is sold almost entirely in Denmark because Microsoft consider the competition among solutions sold to smaller companies too harsh. A project aimed at converting C5 into a European version known as Dynamics Entrepreneur was discontinued in 2008 due to the conditions on the market
Enterprise resource planning
Enterprise resource planning systems integrate internal and external management information across an entire organization, embracing finance/accounting, manufacturing, sales and service, customer relationship management, etc. ERP systems automate this activity with an integrated software application...
(ERP) software product from Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
.
The product is part of the Microsoft Dynamics family, and intended to assist with finance
Finance
"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...
, manufacturing
Manufacturing
Manufacturing is the use of machines, tools and labor to produce goods for use or sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to industrial production, in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale...
, supply chains, analytics
Analytics
Analytics is the application of computer technology, operational research, and statistics to solve problems in business and industry. Analytics is carried out within an information system: while, in the past, statistics and mathematics could be studied without computers and software, analytics has...
and electronic commerce
Electronic commerce
Electronic commerce, commonly known as e-commerce, eCommerce or e-comm, refers to the buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. However, the term may refer to more than just buying and selling products online...
for small and medium-sized enterprises. Value-added resellers (VAR)s as well as customers can have full access to the business logic source code, and it has a reputation as being easy to customize.
More than 70,000 licenses have been sold since 1995. Microsoft has guaranteed that the product will be sold until year 2018 .
A hosted solution has been launched so smaller firms do not need to have program installed. Instead they can choose to use the program in a Remote Desktop Services environment .
History
C5 was launced in 1995 as replacement to the DOS-based Concorde C4 by Damgaard Data. At the time of the release it was sold under the name Concorde C5 in Denmark and Arctos abroad.The logic source code is named eXtended Application Language (XAL) and borrowed from a larger product called Microsoft Dynamics XAL, also originally a Concorde product from Damgaard, which was political redrawn from the market because it shared the same market segment as Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Microsoft Dynamics NAV is an enterprise resource planning software product from Microsoft.The product is part of the Microsoft Dynamics family, and intended to assist with finance, manufacturing, customer relationship management, supply chains, analytics and electronic commerce for small and...
. XAL, and to some extent C5, offer database and OS
OS
OS may refer to:* O.S. Old Stonyhurst, an old boy of the ancient Jesuit public school, Stonyhurst College* O.S. Engines, a Japanese manufacturer of model aircraft engines* Ocean Science, an Oceanographic Journal published by the European Geosciences Union....
options for a number of non-Microsoft products like Oracle
Oracle database
The Oracle Database is an object-relational database management system produced and marketed by Oracle Corporation....
, DB2
IBM DB2
The IBM DB2 Enterprise Server Edition is a relational model database server developed by IBM. It primarily runs on Unix , Linux, IBM i , z/OS and Windows servers. DB2 also powers the different IBM InfoSphere Warehouse editions...
and Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
. The name eXtended Application Language was chosen due to the fact that it was an enhancement of the logic scorce code used in products like NAV.
In connection with Microsoft XAL's exit from the market the product was changed from targeting only small enterprises to target medium-sized enterprises too, so customers running on the discontinued Microsoft XAL could convert their product easily to C5.
The product is sold almost entirely in Denmark because Microsoft consider the competition among solutions sold to smaller companies too harsh. A project aimed at converting C5 into a European version known as Dynamics Entrepreneur was discontinued in 2008 due to the conditions on the market
Versions
The first versions were sold in 1994. Today they are classified as supported versions and unsupported versions. January 2010 Microsoft has changed their trade agreements so customers no longer can expand the unsupported versions with more database capacity or users.| Supported versions | Microsoft Dynamics C5 2008 (until January 8, 2013), Microsoft Dynamics C5 2010 (until January 13, 2015), (As of December 1st 2011 Microsoft Dynamics C5 2012) |
| Unsupported versions | 4.0, 3.0, 2.10, 1.8, 1.60.4, earlier |