Infor Global Solutions

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foundation = 2002
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location_city = Alpharetta, Georgia
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key_people = Jim Schaper, Chairman & CEO
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products = ERP-Software
revenue = $2.1B
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num_employees = 9,200
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company_slogan = "Be Enterprising"
homepage = [http://www.infor.com www.infor.com]
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Infor Global Solutions is a privately held U.S. software company that specializes in enterprise software ranging from financial systems and resource planning to the supply chain and customer relationships. [Press Releases: [http://www.infor.com/company/news/pressroom/pressreleases/72372/ "Rush University Medical Center Monitors Health of Business with Infor Performance Management"] . - Infor Global Solutions. - Apr 16, 2007] [Weier, Mary Hayes. - [http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/news/gizmos/story.html?id=8d804555-8d5a-4c3c-9302-4d9346565bb4&k=40669http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/enterpriseapps/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=198800837 "Infor Settles Into Big Leagues With $227M Workbrain Deal"] . - "Information Week". - April 7, 2007]

Company overview

The company is owned by private equity firm Golden Gate Capital Partners and is headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia.

As Infor is a private company, owned mainly by investment funds and not listed on the Stock Exchange, the only public information is the one the company allows to be public. For instance, the turnover is known, but not the result.

Here are the public key points communicated officially by Infor:
* With a revenue of $2.1 billion and over 9200 employees it is the largest private software company in the world, [ [http://www.infor.com/company About Infor] - Infor Global Solutions] [ [http://www.canadait.com/cfm/index.cfm?It=106&Id=25138&Se=2&Lo=2 "Workbrain Corporation to be acquired by Infor for $12.50 in cash per share"] . - CNW Group. - (c/o CanadaIT.com). - April 2, 2007] the 10th largest software company in the world, [Booty, Frank. - [http://www.systeminetwork.com/nodeuk/ukarchive/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewarticle&CO_ContentID=20758 "Listening to iSeries customers pays off for Infor’s SOA strategy"] . - System iNetwork] and has acquired a number of companies to become the 3rd largest business applications provider behind SAP and Oracle Corporation. [Ferguson, Renee Boucher. - [http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Apps/Oracles-X-Factor/ "Oracle's 'X' Factor"] . - "eWeek". - April 16, 2007] The major ERP offering from Infor includes Baan for discrete manufacturing, and Adage for process manufacturing.
* Direct offices in 100 countries
* 70,000 customers worldwide
* Implementation and support capabilities in 100+ countries
* Global coverage: Americas, EMEA, Asia [ [http://go.infor.com/docs/corpprofile_FINAL.pdf Corporate Profile] - Infor Global Solutions. - (Adobe Acrobat *.PDF document)]

Company History

The company was founded in 2002 under the name "Agilisys" in Malvern, Pennsylvania. In February 2004, Agilisys headquarters were relocated to Alpharetta, in the Atlanta metropolitan area, and Agilisys acquired the German company "Infor Business Solutions", headquartered in Friedrichsthal (Saar). After this acquisition, Agilisys changed its name to Infor Global Solutions.

Acquisitions

*Brain AG (2002)
*Future Three (2003) [ [http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=103645 "Agilisys acquires top North American automotive rival - Future Three Software, Inc."] - PR Newswire - June 10, 2003]
*infor business solutions AG (2004)
*Daly.commerce (2004) [Woodie, Alex - [http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh032204-story03.html "Agilisys Acquires daly.commerce"] - ITJungle - March 22, 2004]
*Formation Systems, Inc. (2005)
*Lilly Software (2004) [ [http://www.eetimes.com/press_releases/prnewswire/showPressRelease.jhtml?articleID=X249023&CompanyId=1&printable=true "Infor Global Solutions Acquires Lilly Software Associates"] . - PR Newswire. - (c/o "Electronic Engineering Times" - eeTimes.com). - February 20, 2004. - Retrieved: 2008-06-18]
* SSA Global (2006)
** Baan
** Epiphany, Inc.
*Geac
*Datastream (2006)
*Systems Union (2006)
*Hansen Information Technologies (2007)
*MAPICS
*Workbrain (2007)

ee also

*List of ERP vendors
*List of ERP software packages

References

External links

* [http://www.infor.com Infor Global Solutions Official Website]
* [http://blogs.infor.com/technology/ Infor Tech Talk - Technology Blog]