Microsoft Dynamics NAV Partners Targeting Customers of Struggling CDC Software’s Ross ERP

In October, CDC Corp., parent company of business-management software maker CDC Software, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to "facilitate a restructuring, which is designed to restore the company to long-term financial health." Additionally, both organizations have been suspended from NASDAQ.

Now, some Microsoft Dynamics NAV partners in competitive verticals are spotting opportunities to offer a more attractive roadmap to ERP customers of beleaguered CDC Software.

CDC Software is a collection of software products assembled through acquisition and OEM partnership relationships, including ties to Microsoft Dynamics ERP.  They have purchased Dynamics-related firms in the past like c360, and they became a GP and AX partner.  But they have their own ERP product acquired in 2003 from Ross Systems, now called CDC Ross ERP.

Marc DiGiorgio, vice president of JustFoodERP, whose food industry ERP solution is based on Dynamics NAV, believes CDC Software customers may be shaken by the series of events surrounding their vendor.

"The word on the street is that the customers are a bit uneasy and they're shopping around," DiGiorgio said. "Customers aren't sure if they're going to get the support they need for the product. Although the product is running, they're concerned about the long-term viability. We're hearing this from a handful of customers we've known over the years. So we've decided to offer these customers a bit of a security blanket and an easier transition to the NAV community through our own promotions of a pricing model and a streamlined process to take a little bit of the sting about the reimplementation process."

"From our perspective they had a viable solution-they have about 1,000 customers running the ERP product but in the last few years they're had a number of ...