NEW YORK, NY — (Marketwired) — 04/22/13 — , a leading provider of business application software serving more than 70,000 customers, today announced expanded cloud capabilities for the equipment industry. The new capabilities include technology from IBM, NTT DATA, a global IT services and consulting provider, and Velocity Technology Solutions, a long-standing managed service provider to Infor M3 customers. This announcement follows Infor-s earlier announcements about its significant in equipment industry software, and the of the suite.
Infor M3 is a leader in the equipment industry. Hundreds of equipment-centric customers worldwide utilize M3 to manage their manufacturing, distribution, financials, equipment sales, replacement parts inventory, shop and field service, warranty, core management and rental operations.
“As we continue with Infor and the M3 Equipment solution, we are encouraged to hear of Infor-s continued and growing interest in cloud-based offerings that may boost performance, reduce cost or ease required IT resources. We will be monitoring these cloud developments closely,” said Gilles Kegle, IT Director, Weir Canada an Infor equipment industry client.
Building on this momentum, NTT DATA and Velocity have developed expanded cloud offerings for M3. Both NTT DATA and Velocity support IBM PureSystems and Power Systems technology and provide hosted private cloud solutions and services for the Infor M3 product suite.
“The IBM hybrid cloud platform, which is built on PureSystems with Power Systems technology demonstrates the unique ability of IBM and its partners to offer a solid cloud foundation to enterprises seeking a platform for mission critical systems,” said Ali Shadman, SVP Business Cloud, Infor. “With M3 and IBM-s broad cloud products we are able to optimize workloads on IBM I, AIX, Windows and Linux platforms to provide the transactional performance and reliability of M3 coupled with open integration and collaboration of Infor ION and related products and technologies.”
“NTT DATA-s deep manufacturing industry expertise and global cloud ecosystem allow us to leverage Infor-s SaaS capabilities with NTT DATA-s Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Disaster Recovery as a service (DRaaS) offerings,” said Mike Sarantopoulos, senior vice president of Cloud Advisory Services at NTT DATA. “In addition, NTT DATA Cloud Lifecycle Services supports the full service continuum for Infor customers, including consulting, migration, and management services.”
“Velocity has been serving Infor M3 equipment customers for years with managed application services and related project services. Infor M3 is a feature-rich solution, and delivering this software within the Velocity virtual private cloud extends the benefits of M3-s capabilities even further,” said Paul Cioni, senior vice president of Service Delivery, Velocity Technology Solutions. “This will save customers money, provide greater flexibility and make software upgrades and support much easier now and in the future.”
A specific focus of Infor is Caterpillar dealers throughout the world, which has led to the creation of the Infor CAT Dealer Advisory Council. A number of CAT dealers have chosen M3 as their go-forward software solution, including , PON, , and .
Representatives from Velocity and NTT DATA will be on hand at Inforum in Orlando and at NADITA in Las Vegas in the coming weeks. Interested equipment professionals are encouraged to find out more about how the Infor Equipment Cloud offering can benefit their business.
Infor is fundamentally changing the way information is published and consumed in the enterprise, helping 70,000 customers in 194 countries 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 .
Infor customers include:
19 of the top 20 aerospace companies
12 of the top 13 high tech companies
10 of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies
23 of the top 50 largest US hospitals
43 of the top 50 industrial distributors
26 of the top 35 global retailers
5 of the top 9 brewers
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