Infor Unveils New Technology Platform, Infor Xi, and New CloudSuites at Infor Day Stockholm 2014

Stockholm -  October 31, 2014 – Infor, a leading provider of business application software serving more than 73,000 customers, will unveil Infor Xi, an enterprise technology platform for next-generation applications, at its annual Nordic customer event – Infor Day Stockholm 2014 at the Münchenbryggeriet on Torkel Knutssonsgatan 2 on 4^th December. Building on its current Infor 10x platform, Infor Xi will deliver a major step in achieving the company’s vision for cloud applications that address specific industry needs with responsive design infused with machine-learning and big data analytics.

The morning keynote session will be led by Infor’s President for Europe, Paul Carreiro, who said: “Modern technologies like the cloud, big data, machine-learning, and mobility have created new and exciting engines for innovation and increased the pressure on companies to stay current and competitive. Infor has spent more than a billion dollars in research and development that will culminate in Infor Xi-powered applications that will help our customers stay ahead of the game in today’s rapidly-evolving global business climate.”

Infor will also take the opportunity to update its customers during the event on new additions to its Infor CloudSuite^TM range which are built on Infor’s cloud offering, available on Amazon Web Services (AWS):

1.    Infor CloudSuite Industrial, offering manufacturing industry customers access to applications within the cloud environment. Infor CloudSuite Industrial combines beautiful software with rich industrial manufacturing functionality. Through a flexible, subscription-based delivery model, customers can considerably lower IT expenditures while continuing to benefit from visibility across the global supply chain with system-wide transparency for all key stakeholders—from suppliers to customers.

2.    Infor CloudSuite Fashion, which provides rich product lifecycle management, sourcing, manufacturing, customer order management, supply chain, and finance functionality. Through a flexible, subscription-based delivery model, customers can considerably lower IT expenditures while continuing to benefit from visibility across the global value chain with system-wide transparency for all key stakeholders.

3.    Infor CloudSuite Food & Beverage is specially designed to meet the needs of process manufacturing customers and provides tools to improve margins by solving common challenges such as short-shelf life and ingredient variability. The solution offers the same proven capabilities as Infor’s leading edge on-premise solution, but in a quickly deployed, easy to maintain and highly scalable cloud environment. This solution provides functionality, flexibility and reliability in a cloud environment, allowing customers to significantly lower capital investment for IT, while improving their overall agility in this fast paced industry.

4.    Infor CloudSuite Business, an easy to use, ready-to-run ERP cloud platform that provides streamlined back-office management and deep visibility into business facets, from financials, reporting, and human resources to supply chain, project, sales, and customer relationship management. This new application delivers a complete, scalable, global enterprise-wide management suite for midsize companies.

5.    Infor CloudSuite Financials, a brand new financial management application built for the cloud. Engineered in consultation with some of the world’s leading consulting firms, CloudSuite Financials is designed to uniquely address the needs of today’s CFO and financial professionals instead of relying on decades-old technology and processes.

“Strategic decision-making is essential for modern businesses. Next-generation companies thrive when agility and visibility combine with global operations capabilities and analytics that maximize all portions of the balance sheet,” said Paul Carreiro. “Infor’s CloudSuite applications combine the flexible, secure, and reliable infrastructure of Infor’s cloud technology with robust business management functionality that allows companies to see the impact of business transactions in real-time, as well as the trends that may affect the business tomorrow.”

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About Infor

Infor is fundamentally changing the way information is published and consumed in the enterprise, helping 73,000 customers in more than 200 countries and territories improve operations, drive growth, and quickly adapt to changes in business demands. Infor offers deep industry-specific applications and suites, engineered for speed, and with an innovative user experience design that is simple, transparent, and elegant.  Infor provides flexible deployment options that give customers a choice to run their businesses in the cloud, on-premises, or both. To learn more about Infor, please visit www.infor.com.

Infor customers include:

• 19 of the top 20 aerospace companies
• 10 of the top 10 high tech companies
• 10 of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies
• 22 of the 25 largest U.S. healthcare delivery networks
• 16 of the 20 largest US cities 
• 20 of the top 20 automotive suppliers
• 17 of the top 20 industrial distributors
• 16 of the top 20 global retailers
• 21 of the top 30 global banks
• 6 of the top 10 global luxury brands

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For more information:

Majbrit Andersen – tlf. 22556816/Email: InforDay.Nordics@infor.com