The Company`s worldwide headquarters arelocated in Irvine, California with offices and affiliates around the world. Epicor provides a comprehensive range ofservices with a single point of accountability that promotes rapid return oninvestment and low total cost of ownership, whether operating business on alocal, regional or global scale. Founded in 1984, Epicor celebrates 25 years of technology innovation deliveringbusiness solutions that provide the scalability and flexibility businesses needto build competitive advantage. With20,000 customers in over 150 countries, Epicor provides integrated enterpriseresource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), supply chainmanagement (SCM) and enterprise retail software solutions that enable companiesto drive increased efficiency and improve profitability. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as aresearch tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action.
Gartnerdisclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research,including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.About Epicor Software CorporationEpicor Software is a global leader delivering business software solutions to themanufacturing, distribution, retail, hospitality and services industries. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace atand for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner`s analysis of how certainvendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner.Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the MagicQuadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendorsplaced in the "Leaders" quadrant. About the Magic QuadrantThe Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2009 by Gartner, Inc and is reused withpermission.
Model-Driven Packaged Applications are the Future for BusinessAccording to Gartner, "A new application style is emerging that combinesbusiness process management (BPM), service-oriented architecture (SOA) andpackaged application styles to create what Gartner calls a `model-drivenpackaged application.` Model-driven packaged applications will emerge as amainstream element of the packaged application market by 2013, making themanipulation of applications easier, faster and more intuitive."2With Epicor 9, which has been shipped to over 500 customers to date, companiescan already take advantage of this key technology trend that is expected totransform the market. Epicor 9 is a highly-advanced and globallyconfigurable ERP solution that utilizes Web 2.0 concepts to provide users with atruly collaborative and productive enterprise business application experience. "We believe Epicor`s positioning as a visionary vendor in thisreport supports our long-standing commitment to providing our customers withflexible, scalable and cost-effective solutions that keep pace with the latesttechnologies and enable business without barriers." In December 2008, Epicor released Epicor 9 which converges the Company`s 25years of experience delivering enterprise-wide solutions into a singlenext-generation global ERP solution. Broadest Midmarket Solution"Epicor has an enviable and established track-record of continually leveragingtechnology innovation, along with a comprehensive range of products andservices, to help businesses increase efficiency and productivity to moreeffectively drive their objectives," said George Klaus, chairman, president andCEO of Epicor. IRVINE, Calif.--(Business Wire)--Epicor Software Corporation (NASDAQ:EPIC), a leading provider of enterprisebusiness software solutions for the midmarket and divisions of Global 1000companies, today announced it is positioned as a Visionary in Gartner`s MagicQuadrant (MQ) for Midmarket and Tier 2-Oriented ERP (Enterprise ResourcePlanning) for Product-Centric Companies.1The MQ for Midmarket and Tier 2-Oriented ERP for Product-Centric Companiesaddresses the needs of product-centric companies or divisions of enterpriseswith between 100 and 999 employees, and with annual revenue between $50 millionand $1 billion.
