UNIT4 put new foundation software – Computable

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UNIT4 Business Software Provider has launched its so-called People Platform. This is an application development platform that should form the foundation for how UNIT4 business applications offered to users. Through the platform customers UNIT4 software get better, unified user experience, they themselves can make adjustments and context-based information offered. The company also announced a rebranding which it brings all product lines under one UNIT4 denominator.

People Platform provides UNIT4 as a better exchange of information through a personalized user experience, in-context information delivery, flexibility and out of the-box capabilities. UNIT4 focuses its solutions on service companies and organizations from the government and education, non-profit sector, housing and real estate, retail and wholesale trade and business services. Applications can be delivered flexibly via the PeopleSoft platform via the public cloud, private cloud or on-site (on-premise)

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According to Ton Dobbe, head of product marketing at UNIT4, often facing organizations in the service sector still with a lot of customization, difficult customizable software solutions and little user-friendly interfaces. The People Platform is meant to bridge the gap between user expectations for simple and user applications and the ever more complex reality in which many companies find themselves.

Users can manage business and adapt or additional functionality winning by pricking their software solution on the platform, “says Dobbe. He emphasizes that it is an open platform where users via APIs non-UNIT4 products can link

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For the development of the PeopleSoft platform are elements used in the Agresso software, enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution from UNIT4 based on Microsoft technology. All software products of the company are updated based on this platform, which contains, for example development tools for applications in the areas of social, mobile, analytics, big data and machine learning. Currently four product lines, including the figureheads Agresso (ERP package) and Coda (financial software) prepared for connection to the platform; follow the other product lines, including most vertical solutions yet.

In addition to the establishment of the People Platform Unit 4 also performs a global innovation of the brand positioning through. The ERP system Agresso renamed UNIT4 Business World; UNIT4 CODA continues as Financials. Other products will soon get a UNIT4-renaming. The company has over the last thirty years brought many software brands and now wants the rebranding and the use of a single development platform more line, make synergy and recognition in its portfolio

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Bert van der Zwan, director Benelux UNIT4, the launch of the People Platform calls an important milestone. The company wants it set a standard for enterprise applications by combining a consumer experience with the scalability that the industry needs.

According to Van der Zwan, more and more customers for products according to the software-as- a-service (SaaS) model to take off, but UNIT4 will not force anyone to move to the cloud. “We continue to offer on-premise solutions. The downside for customers or that they are behind a few months of updates. Who are at SaaS customers online effect immediately.

The UNIT4 PeopleSoft platform has a flexible foundation that can easily adapt to the needs of customers and consists of four layers:

– Personal Experience (how people perceive applications): This layer provides a simple, relevant and complete user experience that fits the digital age

– Business. Capabilities (responsive to needs of users): thanks to this layer functionalities can be added or adjusted to the needs of horizontal, sector-specific or functional requirements

– Smart Context (information and predictive analytics in context.): Smart Context uses technologies such as social, mobile predictive analytics and machine learning. Can timesheets so and expense reports to be completed in advance, based on location data and behavior analysis (a self-directed approach to business applications)

– Elastic Foundation (extend-and-referencing architecture ensures maximum flexibility.): Get through this functionality end-users have access to additional data and functionality at the moment when they need them (“extend”). Moreover, data and applications are not isolated but are part of the whole (referencing). At the time that data is updated in one place, they are automatically updated in all modules, reports and workflows within other applications. This allows for more flexibility and lower TCO (total cost of ownership)

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