Infor Delivers ERP On IBM PureSystems

Infor, a business application software provider, has announced the availability of Infor ERP on IBM PureSystems, the new integrated system from IBM. Infor ERP on PureSystems provides a simplified, easy-to-manage, high-performance IT environment for core business applications with integration middleware and a user interface that all work together in the same frame with a single plug-in.“As complexity increases for our customers, they look for solutions that help them move towards standardisation and simplification—not just at the application level, but at the infrastructure level as well,” said Charles Phillips, CEO of Infor. “We believe that ultimately delivering a business process enabled by IT systems should be as easy as going to a catalogue, selecting the service and getting it provisioned; and with PureSystems, IBM, has delivered an important step towards this goal.”The combination of PureSystems and Infor’s industry-specific applications, results in deeply integrated hardware and software that is tuned in a ready-to-go workload-optimised system with a broad and open ecosystem of additional solutions.Customers typically rely on a portfolio of applications in addition to ERP to support the needs of their business and enhance operations, including CRM, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Supply Chain Management (SCM), and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM). PureSystems enables customers to procure and deploy these systems in a matter of minutes.Infor plans to extend the Infor10 ION Support Adapter to PureSystems, through the IBM PureFlex infrastructure, enabling greater knowledge-based support to solve critical business issues. Through the ION Support Adapter, data is collected not only on the application, but also on hardware, connectivity, middleware, and other IT components and transmitted back to Infor.If a support call comes in to Infor Xtreme Support, the technicians are able to use this data to address issues more quickly without having to first research the customer’s IT systems in addition to the application.In addition, PureSystems can dynamically allocate system resources to different applications as required based on a customer’s SLAs, delivering greater speed through the optimisation of application performance.Immediately available for PureSystems are Infor10 ERP iEnterprise (LX), Infor10 ERP Discrete iEnterprise (XA), and Lawson M3 ERP Enterprise. Infor10 ERP Enterprise (LN), Infor10 ERP iBusiness (System21), Infor10 HCM iEnterprise (Infinium), Infor10 Financials iEnterprise (Infinium) are expected to be available on PureSystems during the next quarter, with additional applications expected to follow. Click here for full story