IFS Named IT Company of the Year in Brazil; Computerworld Recognizes IFS for Second Consecutive Year.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 2001 For the second consecutive year, Computerworld has named IFS the Information Technology (IT) Company of the Year in Brazil. Computerworld selected IFS from among 100 mid-sized IT companies. IFS, the provider of IFS Applications(TM) business software, has been operating in Brazil for less than four years. Computerworld said it chose IFS, "Due to its sales successes in 2000, combined with a number of criteria such as marketshare, the way it conducts business, its partnership program, product quality, and market acceptance." Herton Gotz, vice president of IFS Brazil, said, "Technological innovation, continuously enhanced levels of customer service, ethical principles and social commitment are the basis for our growth and success." Formed in 1997, IFS Brazil has grown from 60 to 215 employees. The company has approximately 200 Brazilian customers in sectors that include telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. , automotive, and service industries. "Demand for IFS' component software continues to grow in Brazil because it enables companies to move to the extended enterprise step-by-step, without disruptive disruptive /dis·rup·tive/ (-tiv) 1. bursting apart; rending. 2. causing confusion or disorder. or radical changes," said Alf Andersson, president of IFS Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . Based in Framingham, Mass., Computerworld provides print and online publications, books, conferences and research services for the IT community. Computerworld is a business unit of IDG IDG International Data Group IDG Integrated Drive Generator IDG Installation Design Guide IDG Internet Discussion Group IDG Inset Dielectric Guide IDG International Dangerous Goods (mail, shipping) , the world's leading IT media, research and exposition company. About IFS and IFS Applications (www.ifsworld.com) IFS develops and supplies component-based business applications that streamline operations in medium-sized and large enterprises and that offer step-by-step evolution to the extended enterprise. IFS Applications offers Web-based business applications, including customer relationship management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ) and supply chain management components, Internet storefronts, e-markets and e-procurement solutions. IFS' eBusiness solutions provide seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. of all data sources from the fastest Web sites and exchanges to legacy enterprise resource planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. (ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. ). Sales of IFS Applications are the fastest growing worldwide in the market for large-scale business applications. Today IFS is one of the 10 largest companies in the world in this industry, with over 3,600 employees and sales in 43 countries. IFS Applications is a trademark of IFS Industrial and Financial Systems. All other referenced company or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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