NEW YORK, NY — (Marketwired) — 05/21/13 — , a leading provider of business application software serving more than 70,000 customers, today announced its recent recognition as a laureate in the for philanthropic work with Habitat for Humanity. The annual awards honor individuals and organizations that use information technology to promote positive social, economic and educational change, highlighting the pivotal role that technology plays in transforming the relationship between business and society.
A national partner of Habitat since 2012, Infor is currently in the process of helping the nonprofit organization standardize the across 51 locations and 1500 users in 28 different countries. This will enable global visibility from headquarters and facilitate information sharing to create a highly functioning, consistent financial infrastructure. Infor is discounting these services in support of Habitat-s mission.
Through its national partnership with Habitat, Infor advances initiatives and provides Infor employees with an opportunity to give back to their local communities. In total, Habitat received $500,000 in build funding, including monetary employee donations and matching grants through Infor-s Employee Giving Campaign. Infor employees have also participated in ten volunteer builds since the launch of the partnership.
“Working with organizations like Habitat for Humanity is important to Infor, and we are happy to provide not only funding and volunteers for builds, but technology that helps to improve their financial business processes,” said Charles Phillips, CEO, Infor. “Infor is honored by the recognition from Computerworld and continues to work diligently with Habitat for Humanity, not for the outside acknowledgement but for the opportunity to help create affordable housing around the world.”
“Corporate partners make it possible for Habitat for Humanity to build with low-income families around the globe,” said Gail Hyde, chief information officer, Habitat for Humanity International. “Our work with Infor has grown beyond a business relationship, into a true partnership extending Habitat-s mission through collective outreach to local communities. We congratulate Infor on this recognition of their support.”
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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