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Research Report: Inside Constellation’s 2020 Enterprise Awards

Research Report: Inside Constellation’s 2020 Enterprise Awards

By R "Ray" Wang on December 23, 2020

By The Constellation Research Team The 2020 Awards Demonstrate The Power Of Humanity Amidst A Global Pandemic And Mass Digitization What started out as an amazing beginning to a new decade ended with one of the worst economies and global health crises in history.  Cultural, technological, and business model changes that would have taken a […]

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How To Improve Supply Chains With Machine Learning: 10 Proven Ways

How To Improve Supply Chains With Machine Learning: 10 Proven Ways

By Louis Columbus on May 20, 2019

Bottom line: Enterprises are attaining double-digit improvements in forecast error rates, demand planning productivity, cost reductions and on-time shipments using machine learning today, revolutionizing supply chain management in the process. Machine learning algorithms and the models they’re based on excel at finding anomalies, patterns and predictive insights in large data sets. Many supply chain challenges are […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged analytics, Artificial intelligence, Centrify, erp, Infor, Inspectorio, Louis Columbus' blog, machine learning, sap, Supplier relationship management, supply chain management, Supply Chains, Zero Trust Privilege

Vertical Vroom Vroom

Vertical Vroom Vroom

By Vinnie Mirchandani on December 22, 2014

Infor’s continued focus on micro-verticals and deploying them in the Amazon cloud is starting to pay off. In its quarterly earnings announcement it said “it has more than 25 million users of its cloud applications, and industry-specific certifications in healthcare, aerospace & defense, and government” People will nitpick about their definition of “cloud” but to […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Amazon Web Services, Industry Verticals, Infor, vertical apps

The cloud wins it all: A post-OpenWorld view of Oracle and ERP

The cloud wins it all: A post-OpenWorld view of Oracle and ERP

By Brian Sommer on October 7, 2014

Recent conferences by Infor and Oracle demonstrate that the on-premises vs cloud debate is over. Brian Sommer looks at what happened with Oracle this last year to get to this point.

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged #oow14, Cloud ERP, erp, Infor, oracle, Oracle OpenWorld

Why Infor’s CloudSuite heralds innovation wave in the financial software market

Why Infor’s CloudSuite heralds innovation wave in the financial software market

By Brian Sommer on September 24, 2014

Infor’s suite of high-end cloud financial software products include a new user interface, in-memory database technology and more. CloudSuite signals a major shift in the application space. Will CIOs bite?

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Charles Phillips, Cloud Computing, Cloud ERP, CloudSuite Financial, erp, Infor, netsuite, sap, workday

Infor, A Company in Transition

Infor, A Company in Transition

By Michael Fauscette on September 19, 2014

I just returned from New Orleans last evening after attending Infor’s user conference Inforum (disclosure: Infor paid my travel expenses to the event, and is an IDC client). On the flight back I was thinking about what I saw, and what I’ve learned about Infor from my last several interactions with them, and wanted to […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Business, data, design, enterprise, erp, financials, HCM, Infor, Inforum 2014, innovation, Science, Technology / Software, ux | 1 Response

Infor: Design+Value

Infor: Design+Value

By Vinnie Mirchandani on September 17, 2014

I have written in past about Infor’s micro-vertical strategy and its quest with its internal design agency Hook +Loop to make enterprise software “beautiful”. I saw more of that at Inforum in New Orleans this week, but I also signs of the messages maturing more into a focus on efficiency and value from software. To […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Charles Phillips, Infor, Infor Global Solutions, Product lifecycle management

Infor's executive office, with CEO Charles Phillips (photo by Michael Krigsman)

Infor CEO: ‘Beautiful software’ solves business problems

By Michael Krigsman on August 27, 2014

CEO Charles Phillips explains why his enterprise software company has cultivated design as a core strategic competency.

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Charles Phillips, design, erp, Infor, Infor Global Solutions, workday | 2 Responses

News Analysis: SalesLogix Given New Life With Infor Acquisition

News Analysis: SalesLogix Given New Life With Infor Acquisition

By R "Ray" Wang on August 14, 2014

  Infor Acquires SalesLogix To Expand Vertical CRM Footprint On August 14th, New York City headquartered, enterprise software giant, Infor, announced the intent to acquire the assets of Scottsdale AZ, Saleslogix for an undisclosed sum.  For those keeping track of CRM history, Saleslogix was last owned by Sage Group and sold off to Swiftpage, an […]

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Infor and 'No Fugly Software': Design as a competitive weapon

Infor and ‘No Fugly Software’: Design as a competitive weapon

By Michael Krigsman on April 28, 2014

Located in a prominent position on the wall of Infor’s New York headquarters, is a large graphic that says, “No Fugly Software.” It is a summary statement of the company’s ongoing effort to define a unique cultural identity that links design to improved outcomes and experiences for customers. Infor is a sleeping giant among enterprise […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Charles Phillips, Infor, ui, ux

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