Overall, Workspaces "looks infinitely better" than the individual product's previous UIs, said Jim Shepherd, vice president and distinguished analyst with research firm Gartner. Applications will have to be browser-enabled in order to take advantage of Workspaces that covers about 80 percent of Infor's major products, Somasundaram estimated.
Infor has a vast catalog of software products gained through a string of acquisitions in recent years. In addition, the Workspaces functionality has been applied throughout the applications, not just in selected screens, he said. "One of our goals here is to have customers run the latest and greatest applications without having to incur a huge cost."Ĭustomers can get Workspaces as part of their annual maintenance contract, with no separate licensing fees involved, he said. Infor has tried to minimize the impact on customers of upgrading to Workspaces through means such as pre-built migration kits, he said. It made sense for Infor to base Workspaces on SharePoint, given its status as the "de facto" portal in enterprises today, Somasundaram added.
He demonstrated how a worker could move from reading a purchase order, to checking available stock and calling a related colleague on Skype to discuss the matter, all within the Workspaces UI.
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