Microsoft Dynamics Partner Roundup: AX Hosting Win; AX for Forestry; New Magento-NAV 2013 Integration

In this week's Microsoft Dynamics partner news roundup:

• Jiffy Taps WatServ Cloud, Dynamics AX;
• TimberWest Selects Sierra Systems, Dynamics AX;
• Williams Commerce Announces NavToMagento Integration for Dynamics NAV 2013

Jiffy International Selects WatServ Cloud, Dynamics AX

Waterloo Managed Software Services USA Inc. (WatServ) has inked a multi-year deal to move Jiffy International's critical business systems to the cloud.

WatServ will be migrating Jiffy's legacy systems running on aging on-premise infrastructure in Norway to WatServ's cloud infrastructure and services running in its Flint, Michigan data center.

The solution includes computing services for several hundred users of Microsoft Dynamics AX, Exchange and SharePoint as well as providing computing services for hosted desktops and several legacy applications.

"Jiffy was using the services of a local hosting provider but the reliability and performance of their critical business applications was becoming a problem," said Tom Doerner, president of WatServ, in a statement. "WatServ's per-user-per-month pricing model also made it possible for Jiffy to make the cost of IT variable."

Dagfinn Andersen, Executive Vice President of Jiffy, said WatServ's solution allows Jiffy to avoid spending cash on replacing obsolete infrastructure while improving the performance and reliability of our critical business systems.

TimberWest Selects Sierra Systems, Dynamics AX

TimberWest Forest Corp has selected Sierra Systems Group Inc. to implement Microsoft Dynamics AX for its ERP software upgrade project.

The project addresses TimberWest's need for a stable and scalable system that can grow with the company, according to officials. Managing and supporting growth is now a key issue faced by many forestry ...