Infor acquires Orbis Global

Infor, provider of business application software serving more than 70,000 customers, has announced the acquisition of Orbis Global, provider of SaaS-based marketing resource management (MRM) software to large and mid-market companies. Based in San Francisco, Orbis Global is a significant addition to the Infor Epiphany suite, enhancing marketing lifecycle management to enable faster, more effective decision making from marketing, sales and service.

Orbis Global was originally founded in Sydney, Australia and is now based in San Francisco. Orbis Global has a strong presence in Asia-Pacific, with quickly growing footprints in North America and EMEA. Infor comments that the acquisition of Orbis Global further strengthens the Infor Epiphany suite, providing MRM capabilities that offer global marketers a holistic, closed-loop CRM solution that blends marketing, sales and service for more effective management of the marketing lifecycle.

"Acquiring Orbis Global enables Infor to create a closed-loop CRM solution that bundles marketing, sales and service, providing customers the right tools to plan, execute and monitor multi-channel marketing campaigns," said George Wright, SVP and GM, Epiphany, Infor. "Infor Epiphany will become an even more efficient marketing solution with the integrated best-in-class MRM functionality from Orbis Global, enabling fast and informed decision making across all programs and channels. Additionally, MRM is a key enabler of customer experience management and rounds out the Infor Customer Interaction Hub (CIH) that we recently introduced."