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| From Charles Phillips |
Acquisitions are an important aspect in the enterprise software industry. No one knows this better than Charles Phillips, Infor’s new CEO. Having been instrumental in the string of high-profile acquisitions that brought Oracle to the top, Phillips has changed his overall goals and kept out of the limelight, but his strategy remains the same.
While the acquisitions he has planned for Infor would focus mainly on compatibility, they are by no means small. His recent low-profile in the industry (a far cry from his days as Oracle president) is not without purpose or fruit: he and his team have been planning a new direction for the company, leaving the first indelible mark through the acquisition of Lawson Software in 2011.
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| From Charles Phillips |
Costing over 2 billion, the Lawson acquisition cemented Infor as the third largest ERP company in the industry, next to Oracle and SAP. A large achievement for Charles Phillips and Infor, the acquisition of the company, which focuses on software applications for healthcare, came uncontested from the bigger players.
The company was chosen because its products are complementary with those of Infor and would be easily integrated to the company’s new middleware layer, which reflects one of Charles Phillips’ many aims for the company in the future. Many of Infor’s future acquisitions are planned with this in mind.
More information on Charles Phillips and Infor can be accessed via Twitter.
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| From Charles Phillips |
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