Infor’s product update – what buyers can expect to encounter

Tech expert Brian Sommer shares an article on Diginomica highlighting Infor’s product update presentation earlier this March. The almost 2-day event at their New York HQ covered many innovations that the enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor has been working on in recent years. Sommer provides key takeaways below:

- Infor will be releasing a flurry of product announcements starting next month and continuing into the Fall.
- Infor’s vertical/micro-vertical focus has been a key activity within the firm’s development and implementation teams. It is also a key competitive differentiator for Infor.
- Industry functionality is one of Infor’s tools to make their solutions highly tailorable to current and prospective customers. That vertical functionality is being paired with other technology stack tools that include process mapping, no/low-code workflow automation, best practice and process workflow templates and more.
- Advanced technologies (notably Business Intelligence, Process Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence) are part of all Infor vertical solutions.
- Infor no longer resembles a firm comprised of numerous acquired software firms. We went almost two days without hearing names like: Lawson, Baan, SSA, Walker, etc. The focus is on verticals now – not acquired technologies.
- Infor’s private ownership, by Koch Industries, will likely drive different investment decisions that other software vendors face from private equity and venture capital owners/investors. Specifically, readers should expect Infor to reinvest earnings and focus on long-term growth items.

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Infor’s product update – what buyers can expect to encounter

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