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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedGeographical, .NET synergies, in Epicor's deal for Scala.(ERP Market Trends)
MSI, January, 2004 by Mann, Paul
If, as expected, regulators and shareholders sign off on a proposed $87-million deal, enterprise suite vendor Epicor Software Corp. will acquire enterprise suite vendor Scala Business Solutions during the first quarter of 2004.
"The anticipated transaction will create an entity with approximately $250 million in annual revenues, and with more than 20,000 customers, which makes us the eleventh-largest ERP provider based on annual revenue," says L. George Klaus, Epicor chairman, president & CEO. "The largest independent midmarket provider based on Microsoft technology with leading .NET and Web services technology also will be created by this transaction."
Both companies share the same Microsoft technology foundation, but management cites other...
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