Unit4

Unit4
Private
Industry Information technology, software
Founded 1980
Headquarters Sliedrecht, Netherlands
Products ERP and accounting software
Revenue €490.5 million (2013)
Number of employees
 4,100 (FTE)
Website www.unit4.com

Unit4 is a software company that designs and delivers enterprise software and ERP applications and related professional services for people in services organizations, with a special focus on the professional services, education, public services, and not-for-profit sectors. Headquartered in the Netherlands, it has subsidiaries and offices in 26 countries across Europe, North America, the Asia-Pacific region and Africa.

The company is best known for its Unit4 Business World (formerly Agresso) ERP suite and Unit4 Financials (formerly Coda) accounting software. In 2015, Unit4 announced a partnership with Microsoft to build self-driving business applications on the Microsoft Azure cloud.[1] Unit4 is the major shareholder of FinancialForce.com, a cloud applications company based in San Francisco.

History

Unit4 was founded in 1980 and listed on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange in 1998. In 2000, Unit4 merged with the Norwegian ERP software house Agresso Group ASA[2]

Software

Unit4's software is available in either cloud or on-premises setups.[3]

Unit4 Business World is an Enterprise Resource Planning solution. The company states that it was developed for professional service providers, academia and the voluntary sector, rather than for manufacturing companies.[4]

Unit4 Financials is a financial management software package.

Unit4 Student Management is a student information system for colleges and universities.[5]

Unit4 PSA Suite is a Professional Services Automation solution on Microsoft Dynamics CRM.[6]

Unit4 prevero Performance Management is a Corporate Performance Management (CPM) solution for planning, budgeting, forecasting, data analysis, dashboarding and reporting.[7]

Unit4 People Platform was launched in 2015 as the foundation for Unit4 business applications using Microsoft Azure technology.

References

  1. ↑ "Unit4 picks Microsoft Azure for 'self-driving' ERP vision". enswmu.blogspot.co.uk.
  2. ↑ "Company news: "Unit 4 will offer NOK 20.56 per Agresso share"". NYSE Euronext. 29 Dec 2000. Retrieved 22 Oct 2010.
  3. ↑ "People Platform to Take Center Stage in Unit4 Re-branding". Gartner.com.
  4. ↑ McKenna, Brian (8 May 2017). "Unit4 adds machine learning to services-centric ERP system". Computer Weekly. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Unit4's Three Rivers Buy Heats Up Competition in Next-Generation SIS Market". Gartner.com.
  6. ↑ "Unit4 buys Assistance PSA to mine Dynamics ecosystem". Diginomica.com.
  7. ↑ "Unit4 buys prevero, expands footprint in CPM and Germany". Diginomica.com.
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