Epicor ERP

According to Epicor, the solution for resource management of the enterprise of new generation Epicor ERP is used today by more than 3 thousand clients in 63 countries of the world, including the organizations of manufacturing industry, distribution, retail and service industry. Epicor True SOA constructed based on architecture using Microsoft .NET, Epicor ERP technologies provides additional flexibility, convenience and stability in support of integration of the application-application systems and interactions between different businesses that is one of key factors at dissemination of information at the enterprise. It is expected that clients of Epicor ERP will be able to seize the opportunities of SQL Server of 2012 in September, 2012 Epicor Software announced in the summer of 2012 that the latests version of the software for resource management of the enterprise of new generation Epicor ERP and Epicor iScala will be based on SQL Server platform 2012 from Microsoft.

Created using Epicor ICE Business Architecture, the software is developed for ensuring bigger flexibility, convenience of using and speed in integration support an application-application and interactions of businesses that is a key factor at dissemination of information at the enterprise. The innovation business architecture maintains multirent (multi-tenant) location of Software as a Service (SaaS) Epicor ERP for small producers and distributors. In fact Epicor is one of the few suppliers who developed complete multi-tentant the SaaS solution and on-premise the version from one product.

Epicor 10

10 versions of Epicor ERP are the cornerstone the powerful business architecture of Epicor ICE 3 Business Architecture of new generation promoting performance improvement, scalability, functional compatibility and convenience of using, at the same time reducing costs and complexity of business when using 100% of technology of Microsoft (you watch the press release: Epicor Provides a Look at Potent Technology ‘Under the Hood’ of New Epicor ERP v10).

With the 10th version of Epicor ERP of the company receive the technology platform capable to support them in business today and in the future – on any device, at any time and worldwide. This enterprise solution provides growth of business and promotion on the new markets, stimulating the companies to provide customer relation, partners, employees and products with new, innovation methods.

In April, 2014 by Epicor Software Corporation it was announced that the new, 10th version of Epicor ERP presented during the annual conference for users supports Microsoft SQL Server 2014.

10 version of Epicor ERP are completely optimized for SQL Server of 2014 – the latest version of SQL Server provided at the beginning of April. SQL Server of 2014 is a part of the new powerful technology base Epicor ERP created for performance improvement which increased twice, and scalability four times in comparison with the previous versions of Epicor ERP and also for increase in convenience of using, decrease in IT costs and simplification of use. Besides, the organizations will be able to reach powerful economic benefits because Epicor ERP can be started only on end-to-end Stack technology from Microsoft now. It will allow them to receive IT support from numerous Windows specialists, SQL Server and .NET-technologies, unlike own technologies.

"The architecture of the 10th version of Epicor ERP is developed especially for the platform of data Microsoft and SQL Server 2014, – Erik Johnson, the vice president for the technology strategy of Epicor says. – The 10th version of Epicor ERP is optimized for SQL Server of 2014 Data Engine, analytical services and services of the reporting that allows our solution to be scaled for service from 30 to 1000 users, at the same time remaining economic profitable. SQL Server of 2014 gives users of ERP that it is necessary for them from technology of databases: possibilities of easy management, availability and fast data processing. Practically in all aspects performance of the 10th version of Epicor ERP is twice higher, than in the previous versions, and allows to increase efficiency of the hardware that considerably reduces costs for infrastructure".

According to Johnson, Epicor understands that many ERP users improve the transactions for use of cloud opportunities as for economy and in order that the IT personnel remained interested in accomplishment of strategic projects. "SQL Server simplifies backup operations by the analysis of the period of preserving and loading on transactions with the purpose to determine the best time for backup, and then performs it without manual intervention. It saves users of Epicor ERP from need to make many physical efforts, reduces costs and increases reliability of backup operations, – Johnson says. – Besides, with SQL Server of 2014 users of Epicor can without effort and automatically perform data backup in a cloud by means of a container for storage of Windows Azure".

Epicor expands possibilities of Epicor ICE Framework

Epicor version 10 has advanced powerful business architecture of "ICE Business Architecture", Epicor ERP expanding functional compatibility and ERP allowing users to configure under itself and to share it with others. Epicor ERP has more than 1300 business services which are connected on Epicor ICE Framework. Each service functions as the component covering each of the most significant aspects of business managed by ERP, and suitable for reuse (for example, the bill of materials, drawing of invoices, materials, orders). Each service is configured and uses processors of rules (rules engines) – but not fixed codes – for management of fundamental needs, such as rounding, currency, numbering and structure of the book. ERP services are controlled Epicor ICE Framework for the purpose of coordinating of interaction according to the business challenges delivered by users of ERP.

It allows the organizations to transform Epicor ERP according to specific business rules and - to processes without change of the source code. Besides, the organizations can exchange and request without effort information from clients, suppliers and partners at an unprecedented speed and also to use functionality by means of various devices.

New features include support of different data sources and means for arrangement of a dashboard on mobile devices and the Microsoft SharePoint nodes for effective cooperation. Completely updated graphic designer of workflows for business process management considerably simplifies and accelerates modeling and deployment of business processes.

Additional functions support vision of Epicor on orientation of ERP to the consumer, including new opportunities of available search. Moreover, speed thanks to the modern tool for implementation of requests of Epicor Business Activity Query optimized for SQL Server was succeeded to raise the companies. Business Activity Query supplements the new module Epicor Social Enterprise, allowing the organizations to cooperate and use unstructured data and "transitional" business processes by means of social networks.

Epicor 9

A system is provided to the market in December, 2008. Epicor 9 distinguishes the high level of coordination with such program systems of Microsoft as Office 2007 and SharePoint. Users can get access to the ERP system using different means, from standard forms of applications to office applications and mobile devices.

The ninth version will integrate possibilities of different lines of software products of Epicor in "a superpacket of the next generation" on the basis of the service-oriented architecture and includes such functions as customer relationship management (CRM), vendor relationship management (SRM), business process management (BPM), the system of regulation, risk management and ensuring compliance to regulatory requirements (GRC) and also management of activity of the enterprise (EPM).

Users of the previous versions can implement new applications at discretion, without feeling need to pass to other platform as representatives of Epicor which is traditionally focused on the market of medium business and division of large enterprises reported.

The similar aims are pursued also in Oracle, implementing the strategy of Fusion Applications which integrates possibilities of such product lines as J.D. Edwards, Siebel and E-Business Suite. This strategy has also something in common with the Microsoft Project Green project within which the corporation aims to integrate Dynamics ERP applications more closely.

The cover of Epicor Everywhere Framework reveals the attributes of the user interface described in the form of metadata XML that guarantees uniformity of appearance of applications on client devices of different types.

Originally Epicor 9 as it is supposed, will support 20 languages. This system can be purchased as an autonomous product and also on conditions "software as a service".

In general the release of a new product became an important milestone in the history of Epicor which, allegedly, totals over 20 thousand users more than in 140 countries. In 2007 financial year revenues of the company approached 430 million dollars.