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Epicor to Support Azure Platform
 TMCnet Contributing Editor
Epicor announced at the Microsoft ( News - Alert) Professional Developers Conference 2008 its support of Microsoft’s cloud computing initiative, Azure Services Platform.
Epicor and Microsoft “share a complementary vision for cloud computing and building applications that bridge the gaps between PC, Web and phone,” Epicor officials said, noting that Epicor recently announced its next-generation enterprise resource planning (ERP) product Epicor 9 — expected to be generally available before the end of the year — which will virtually put “ERP everywhere.”
Robert Wahbe, Corporate Vice President, Connected Systems Division at Microsoft, called taking advantage of cloud computing “the next logical step in the evolution of Epicor’s service-oriented business applications.”
Epicor 9, the company’s enterprise business software product designed for companies in domestic and global markets, is built on a second-generation service-oriented architecture, Epicor Internet Component Environment 2.0. It’s engineered to combine Web 2.0 concepts, such as Enterprise Search, presence and real-time communication with business acumen, officials said
Erik Johnson, senior director of development at Epicor, said in his opinion, “Azure Services Platform will be a game changer for cloud platforms — it incorporates Microsoft’s .NET ( News - Alert) Framework which means Epicor can use our existing skills and code libraries. Azure will also include new storage, identity, and data geo-affinity features that are crucial for deploying commercial enterprise applications in the cloud.”
Epicor has been working with Azure Services Platform since mid-July in developing Enterprise Search for its Epicor 9 offering.
Earlier this week TMC reported that Epicor Software ( News - Alert) unveiled, to nearly 2,000 attendees at its annual customer conference, the launch of its next-generation enterprise resource planning (ERP) product, Epicor 9.
With the launch, Epicor officials said they're "introducing a new approach to the way ERP systems are designed, built, and used."
Expected to be generally available before the end of the year, Epicor 9 will use Web 2.0 concepts to provide what company officials described as "a truly collaborative and dynamic enterprise business application experience."
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David Sims is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of David's articles, please visit his columnist page. He also blogs for TMCnet here.
Edited by Mae Kowalke
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