Behind DXC's Acquisition Of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Workhorse Tribridge

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(NOTE: This story was originally posted to CRN.com July 7.)

Creation Of A Dynamics 365 Dynamo

Now that DXC Technology has doubled down on Microsoft Dynamics 365 enterprise resource planning software and managed cloud services through its acquisition of Tribridge, what does the deal mean for the firms?

DXC Global Director of Microsoft Paul Timmins and Tribridge CEO Tony DiBenedetto detailed the scale the combined organization will have around Dynamics 365, the vertical specialties for each company's Dynamics practice, and the new geographies Tampa, Fla.-based Tribridge - No. 165 on CRN's Solution Provider 500 - plans to initially target under DXC's tutelage.

Timmins and DiBenedetto also touched on why Tribridge was interested in becoming part of Tysons, Va.-based DXC, No. 11 on CRN's SP 500, the amount of customer overlap the two companies face, and the potential for channel conflict with Tribridge's Concerto Cloud Services business unit.

Read on to learn more about how DXC and Tribridge plan to play and win around Dynamics 365.