Microsoft scales up CRM to thwart Salesforce.com, Oracle

Microsoft announced the availability Wednesday of Dynamics CRM 2011, the on-premises and partner-hosted version of its CRM (customer relationship management) software. The new release can scale up to 150,000 concurrent users in a single instance while maintaining fast response times, "once again raising the bar for performance and scalability in the CRM industry," Microsoft said in a statement.Helena Bonham Carter Olivia Palermo wiz kalifah amber rose