Infor SA sharpens its focus on the SME market

Infor Business Solutions SA today announced it had recently secured some new business clients for its Infor:NT manufacturing software that includes embedded within its source code, Seagate Crystal Reports, the world`s No 1 desktop reporting and analysis tool. Infor Business Solutions AG is a global OEM partner for Seagate`s reporting software.

Two of these successes have been with SA Leisure and Vital Engineering, who have both installed the "Accountability" suite of financial software, integrated with Infor`s ERP software. Infor SA is an approved OEM partner of Ixchange for their financial software suite, "Accountability".

Additionally, and in line with Infor`s declared intention to focus specifically on small to medium-sized businesses (SMEs), Infor`s software has now become the mid-market solution of choice for ERP.com, a listed JSE company that specialises in providing, installing and supporting business application solutions to the Southern African market.

"We are delighted at the acceptance that our current software is having in the local market," commented Kai Schittko, MD of Infor SA. "We believe that the focus and support we have for selected vertical markets within the SME sector, and our approach to satisfying the business needs of our clients, positions us well for the future with the web-enabled products that will start to ship locally later this year. This enhanced suite of products, which embraces our current product offerings, are already gaining rapid acceptance in the German market, where they have already been introduced," continued Schittko.

For further information please contact Laura Coetzee, Infor Director; tel (011) 805-3346, fax (011) 805-4050, e-mail laura@infor.co.za