Infor buys Saleslogix cloud CRM

ERP software provider Infor, New York, agreed to purchase the assets of Saleslogix, Scottsdale, Ariz., a provider of SaaS customer relationship management (CRM) software. Once the deal’s done, Saleslogix’s CRM platform will become Infor CRM.
Sept. 8, 2014

ERP software provider Infor, New York, agreed to purchase the assets of Saleslogix, Scottsdale, Ariz., a provider of SaaS customer relationship management (CRM) software. Once the deal’s done, Saleslogix’s CRM platform will become Infor CRM, giving Infor a position in the cloud-based CRM market, and adding sales and service functionality to Infor CloudSuite.

Infor said it plans a major investment in the product to enhance scalability, improve its user interface and add industry-specific functionality. Infor and Saleslogix have 300 mutual customers among the 1,700 organizations using Saleslogix CRM. Infor said it will also continue to support and enhance Inforce, its in-house CRM solution built on Force.com, that joins Infor’s back-office ERP and Financial applications with Salesforce.com.

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