History of Dynamics Navision

Project computer software business was founded by three college friends Jesper Balser, Torben Wind, and Peter Bang in 1984. They were student of Denmark Technical University (DTU). Business was Personal Computing & Consulting (PC & C) and its first product was called PC Plus.


PC Plus was released in 1985, its functional design was inspired by the combination of a manual ledger journal, an Epson FX 80 printer, and a Canon calculator. PC Plus was PC DOS-based, a single-user system. PC Plus design features included:
  • Use of documents and calculators
  • Online help
  • Good exception handling
  • Required Minimal computer resources 
The PC Plus product was marketed in Denmark and Norway through dealers.

PC & C released a new product in 1987, the multiuser Navigator and called Navision and it included:
  • Client/Server technology
  • Relational database
  • Transaction-based processing
  • Version management
  • High-speed OLAP capabilities (SIFT technology)
  • A screen painter tool
  • A programmable report writer 

In 1990, V3 of Navigator was released. When Navigator V3.5 was released, it also included support for multiple platforms and multiple databases. Navigator V3.5 would run on both Unix and Windows NT networks. It supported Oracle and Informix databases as well as the one developed in-house.

Navision financials for Windows:
Navision Financials V1.0 for Microsoft Windows was released in 1995. Primary focus was given for complete look-and-feel compatibility with Windows 95. It was very compatible with Microsoft Office and thus sold as "being familiar to any Office user".
Major new functionalities added in this version were:
• Contact Relation Management (CRM)
• Manufacturing (ERP)
• Advanced Distribution (including Warehouse Management)

Growth and mergers:
Navision Software A/S and its primary Danish competitor Damgaard A/S merged in 2000. In 2002, the now much larger Navision Software, with all its products (Navision, Axapta, and the smaller, older C5 and XAL) was purchased by Microsoft, becoming part of the Microsoft Business Systems division along with the previously purchased Great Plains Software business and its several product lines. The Navision and Great Plains products all received a common rebranding. Navision was renamed to Dynamics NAV.

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