Epicor

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Epicor Software Corporation

Type	Public (NASDAQ: EPIC)
Founded	1984
Headquarters	Irvine, California
Key people	L. George Klaus, Executive Chairman Thomas F. Kelly, President & Chief Executive Officer
Industry	Computer software
Products	ERP
Revenue	$384.1 million USD (2006)^[1]
Net income	▲ $23.8M FY (2006)^[1]
Employees	2,100 (2006)^[2]
Website	www.epicor.com

Epicor (NASDAQ: EPIC) develops a range of enterprise software solutions targeted at midmarket companies primarily in the manufacturing, distribution, retail, hospitality and services industries. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California and was founded in 1984 as Platinum Software Corporation. In the late 1990’s, executives made some strategic acquisitions to help evolve Platinum from a provider of financial accounting systems to a provider of end-to-end enterprise solutions. To help solidify the transformation, the company went through a name change. In May of 1999, Platinum Software changed its name to Epicor Software Corporation.

Following are some of the company's notable acquisitions/divestitures:

1997 - Acquired Clientele Software Inc. (Clientele is a CRM solution for managing customer-centric processes, with modules for support, sales, marketing and self-service)
1998 - Platinum Software Corporation and DataWorks Corporation merger extends company's manufacturing ERP offering
2001 - Sold Platinum for Windows (PFW) to Best Software, which was the name then used by the US branch of Sage Software
2002 - Acquired procurement and sourcing solutions from Clarus
2004 - Acquired Scala Business Solutions expanding company's global presence to 140+ countries
2005 - Acquired CRS Retail Systems, Inc. adding point-of-sale solutions to its retail offering
2008 - Epicor Completes Acquisition of NSB Retail Systems

Epicor was named in Business 2.0 magazine's 2007 list of the 100 fastest-growing technology companies (this is the company's second consecutive year on the list). In 2006, Epicor also made Fortune's 100 fastest-growing companies list.