Microsoft has not issued statistics about Microsoft Business Solutions, the organization that has pretty much disappeared, in a long time. But on his LinkedIn page, former MBS head Kirill Tatarinov said that MBS "was a $2B business unit developing and marketing the family of Dynamics ERP and CRM solutions". Since Tatarinov has more than 500 LinkedIn connections, this is not exactly a secret. Tatarinov said in his tenure of eight years and four months that he doubled revenue, which fits previously known information.

The folks at Dynamics Communities cornered me last month for an interview as part of their series of Enterprise Software Podcasts. Much of the discussion is not about software, but about how a journalist can keep on top of the news. My theories have always revolved around competence—know as much about the topic as possible—and work—investigate every possible source of information, especially if it seems like competitors will not.

Amede Hungerford has become chief marketing officer of Dell Boomi, a unit from Dell that markets a cloud-based integration platform. Hungerford was VP of global marketing for NetSuite from June 2010 through October. Hungerford left at a time in which the NetSuite marketing organization has been in a bit of turmoil.