Infor Japan and Zeal Sign Partner Agreement for Cloud-based BI Platform

TOKYO, JAPAN�- Media OutReach - 19 July 2019 - Infor
Japan K.K., the Japanese subsidiary of Infor, a global leader in business cloud
software specialized by industry, announced the signing of a channel partner
agreement with Zeal Corporation (Head Office: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; CEO:
Takahiro Okabe) – Japan’s specialist vendor of business intelligence and data
warehouse solution, who will offer Infor’s Birst
cloud-based BI platform.

 

Birst is a multi-tenant,
cloud-based BI platform designed on the concept of Network BI to enable
company-wide data analysis. It eliminates the need for redundant data
management by connecting the analysis data models managed by various divisions
within an organization. By incorporating Birst into its industry-specific
cloud-based ERP solutions, Infor supports business-wide visibility and smart
decision-making through a user-friendly interface delivering insights,
correlations and predictive analysis from integrated data in the cloud.

 

With over 25 years of
experience working in BI, Zeal provides advanced services that leverage its
knowledge with the latest artificial intelligence and big data technologies.
Zeal’s Infor Partner Network Agreement will enable it to offer a one-stop
service for Birst, covering everything from deployment to construction,
operation and maintenance. Through this partnership, Zeal will utilize Birst’s
multi-tenant support to promote the platform especially for customers who are
facing issues with siloed data analysis.

 

Comment from
Takahiro Okabe, CEO, Zeal Corporation

“In the past, whenever a
business intelligence system was rolled out across a company, a large data
warehouse would always be built, with multiple data marts prepared for each
business. No matter how easy the BI tools were to use, there was always a
bottleneck to construction and operation, so there were always customers who
were unable to fully utilize cross-company data. Infor Birst is a BI product
with groundbreaking functionalities that overturns this accepted norm. In fact,
it has been in our sights since it was launched. With this long-awaited,
full-scale expansion into Japan, Zeal jumped at the chance to add it to its
offerings.”

 

Zeal has been selling and
deploying Infor
d/EPM, previously Infor BI, since 2012, and will continue
to be a channel partner for this solution as well.

 

Zeal is a member of the Avant
Group, the innovators in enterprise management productivity.

About Zeal Corporation

With over 25 years of
experience working in BI, Zeal Corporation provides advanced services that
leverage its knowledge with the latest artificial intelligence and big data
technologies. It has considerable knowledge and experience deploying a diverse
range of business management solutions to help enterprises utilize their
various data. From companies working with BI for the first time to companies
taking their analysis to the next level, Zeal provides its customers with solid
support to improve their information utilization capabilities. Zeal is a fully
owned subsidiary of Avant Corporation, which was listed on the First Section of
the Tokyo Stock Exchange in March 2018. (Zeal Corporation: https://www.zdh.co.jp/)

About Infor

Infor is a global leader in
business cloud software specialized by industry. With 17,300 employees and over
68,000 customers in more than 170 countries, Infor software is designed for
progress. To learn more, please visit www.infor.com.

Infor customers include:

• The top 20 aerospace companies
• 9 of the top 10 high tech companies
• 14 of the 25 largest U.S. healthcare
  delivery networks
• 19 of the 20 largest U.S. cities
• 18 of the top 20 automotive suppliers
• 14 of the top 20 industrial
  distributors
• 13 of the top 20 global retailers
• 4 of the top 5 brewers
• 17 of the top 20 global banks
• 9 of the 10 largest global hotel
  brands
• 7 of the top 10 global luxury brands

About Avant Group

Avant Group provides a range
of products and services that support chief information and financial officers
(CIFOs, combining the roles of CIOs and CFOs) with visibility, usability and
outsourcability of business information. Its mission is to convert business
information into blueprints for the future. Structured as a holding company,
the Avant Group consists of five companies providing a range of highly
specialized solutions. Its three main companies are Diva Corporation
(consolidated accounting), Zeal Corporation (business intelligence) and Fierte
Corporation (business outsourcing).