The story
Infor was spun
out from Malvern, Pennsylvania based Systems & Computer Technology Corp in June 2002, as Agilisys, when there were 1,300 customers of its process manufacturing ERP software. It grew through acquisitions backed by Golden Gate Capital and Summit Partners.
With the addition of German company Infor Business Solutions AG in 2004, Agilisys changed name to Infor Global Solutions. It relocated its headquarters from Alpharetta, Georgia to New York in 2012.
Micro-verticals and cloud
From 2010, Infor marketed "micro-verticals," which were versions of its software adapted for specific industries. It claimed these products were easier to implement than those of its competitors.
Infor introduced an Amazon Web Services based product called CloudSuite in 2014.
In April 2026, Infor and Amazon Web Services announced a collaboration to deliver industry-specific AI agents for manufacturing and distribution enterprises, built natively on AWS infrastructure, targeting workflows including inventory management, financial operations, and quality management.
Koch Industries
In February 2017, Koch Equity Development LLC invested $2.68 billion in Infor, for a two-thirds ownership.
Subsequently, in February 2020, Koch bought out Golden Gate Capital's remaining minority shareholding. The transaction valued Infor's assets at $11 billion. By then Infor was the world's third-largest enterprise software vendor after Oracle Corporation and SAP, with 6% of the market.
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