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Epicor

Epicor Software Corporation is a business software company based in Austin, Texas founded in 1972. Its products are aimed at the manufacturing, distribution, retail and services industries.

Epicor provides enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), supply chain management (SCM), and human capital management (HCM) software to business customers in both software as a service (SaaS) and on-premises deployment models.

Advanced Business Microsystems (ABM) was a company founded in 1984. ABM created a suite of accounting software for MS-DOS and marketed them in a joint venture with IBM known as The Platinum Series. ABM developed the Platinum line into a financial accounting software product designed for multi-user LAN-based environments. ABM was renamed Platinum Software Corporation in 1992 in preparation for its initial public offering.

Platinum announced a version of its products for Microsoft Windows in 1993. Platinum acquired Clientele in 1997, and FocusSoft, an extension to Platinum's existing distribution solution. After a year, Platinum merged with DataWorks to extend its manufacturing solutions and operations. DataWorks Corporation was founded in 1977 (as Budget Computer Systems, San Diego, CA) specializing in integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems targeted at high tech sector companies. In 1999, Platinum/DataWorks became Epicor Software Corporation.

Epicor sold the Platinum for Windows (PFW) products to Sage Group in 2001.

Epicor for Service Enterprises, which automated enterprise services and was completely web-based, was released in 2003. The company acquired CompuNet for the hospitality. It acquired Scala in 2004. In 2005, Epicor purchased CRS Retail to provide a comprehensive retail suite then acquired NSB in 2007 to expand retail offerings. In late 2010, Epicor purchased privately held SPECTRUM Human Resource Systems Corporation to further deliver service from a single-point of accountability.

Another predecessor company, incorporated in 1972 as Triad Systems Corporation, was renamed Activant in 2003, and continued to grow through acquisition.

In 2011, Apax Partners purchased both Activant and Epicor and merged the organizations together retaining the Epicor name as a privately held company. Pervez Qureshi, prior CEO of Activant, became CEO of the new Epicor in May 2011.

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