Business software vendor Infor has revealed Infor10 Motion, its cloud-based platform for mobile applications that integrate with Infor's ERP software.

ComOps has appointed Don Fletcher as its general manager of development.

Business technology solutions and managed services provider, Avanade has unveiled a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) offering which it says is partly a response to customer feedback. The wholesale distribution solution is built on Microsoft Dynamics AX platform.

Brisbane-based specialist business software provider, Markinson, has been acquired by international software and services group, Constellation Software, part of the Friedman group of companies.

  Utility billing and customer management software vendor, Gentrack, is ahead of schedule with the deployment of a system upgrade for New Zealand energy retailer, TrustPower, under a $15 million renewed, multi-year contract.

International Business Systems’ Australian reseller, Team Computing, has now expanded its capability to include hosting of enterprise cloud solutions from the global ERP and supply chain provider.

The latest version of Infor's flagship ERP product, Infor10, features a consistent user interface, improved integration, and out-of-the-box configurations for a variety of purposes.

The global market for information management software is expected to ‘take off’ with strong growth over the next five years, including in the Asia Pacific region where revenues are forecast to reach $6.01 billion by 2015, and with EMC, IBM and SAS continuing to take a big slice of regional marketshare.

  HP is trying to make it cheaper and easier for its customers to move into public or private clouds. Financing and services are at the heart of the announcements.  

Australian owned, listed ICT company, CSG has sealed a contract with global engineering and project management group, Ausenco, to implement an Oracle ERP platform to underpin the company’s global expansion.