
After months of searching, Microsoft announced on June 30 that it has named <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2153737,00.asp?kc=EWKNLEAU070307STR1">a new leader for the Microsoft Business Solutions group.</A>
Microsoft hopes that filling the position will provide direction for the business applications group, which has been struggling to find an identity within Microsoft and to establish its presence in the ERP (enterprise resource planning) market.
Kirill Tatarinov, a Russian native and Microsoft employee for the last five years, will lead the MBS team. MBS, which develops four separate ERP suites as well as an on-premise and soon-to-be-released on-demand CRM (customer relationship management) suite, was initially headed by Doug Burgum.