Microsoft's dy-namics push has been known more for its revolving door of managers than the products or vision it offers. In January, Jeff Raikes, a huge proponent of Dynamics, resigned as president of the Business Solutions group that oversees Office and Dynamics, leaving the top spot to Stephen Elop and the Dynamics division to Kirill Tatarinov. Tatari-nov had been leading the Dynamics group for all of six months when Raikes left. In the past two years, the Dynamics division has seen Doug Burgum, Satya Nadella, and Tami Reller (as interim head of Microsoft Dynamics) vacate leadership roles, earning Dynamics the "orphaned child" title in the blogosphere. However, despite the multitude of executive changes, Microsoft is still committed to Dynamics, the company's brand for its four ERP (enterprise resource planning) suites and its constantly evolving-as in delivery mechanisms-CRM (customer relationship management) software.
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