Unit4
{{short description|Dutch business software company}}
{{coi|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Unit4
| logo = Unit 4 logo.jpg
| type = Private
| foundation = 1980
| key_people = {{ubl| Simon Paris CEO}}
| location =
| industry = Cloud computing software, software
| products = {{ubl|ERP | FP&A | Human Capital Management}}
| services = {{ubl|class=nowrap| Software | Professional services}}
| revenue = €372.2 million (2019){{Cite web|url=https://diginomica.com/unit-who-unit4-sleeping-giant-awakes|title = Unit Who? The Unit4 sleeping giant awakes|date = 24 February 2020}}
| num_employees = 2,400
| homepage = {{URL|www.unit4.com}}
}}
Unit4 is an Enterprise Resource Software company that designs and delivers enterprise software and ERP applications and related professional services for people in services organizations, with a special focus on the professional services, education, public services, and nonprofit sectors.
It has subsidiaries and offices in 23 countries across Europe, North America, the Asia-Pacific region and Africa.
The company is best known for its People Experience Suite including Unit4 ERP, Unit4 Financials, Unit4 FP&A, and Unit4 Talent Management.{{cite web |author=Melissa Evatt |date=17 January 2023 |title=Unit4 launches new Marketplace platform |url=https://erp.today/unit4-launches-new-marketplace-platform/ |access-date=17 January 2023 |publisher=ERP Today}} In 2015, Unit4 announced a partnership with Microsoft to build self-driving business applications on the Microsoft Azure cloud. Unit4's software is available in either cloud or on-premises setups, with support for on-premise ending in December 2024. In 2020, the company launched a Global Channel Partner Programme to aid partners in implementing Unit4 software.{{cite web |author= |date=30 January 2023 |title=Secured five-year agreement worth NOK 10 million |url=https://www.finansavisen.no/teknologi/2023/01/30/7981126/arribatec-sikret-femarsavtale-til-10-millioner?zephr_sso_ott=sL0qkF |access-date=30 January 2023 |publisher=Finansavisen}}
History
Unit4 was founded in 1980 by Chris Ouwinga and listed on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange in 1998.{{cite web |author=Claus Jepsen |date=14 April 223 |title=How Integration-As-A-Service Could Be The Missing Link For People-Centric Organizations |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2023/02/14/how-integration-as-a-service-could-be-the-missing-link-for-people-centric-organizations/?sh=e2d31498a3fd |access-date=14 February 2023 |work=Forbes |language=EN}}
In 2000, Unit4 merged with the Norwegian ERP software house Agresso Group ASA{{cite web |last=Steve Brooks |date=25 April 2023 |title=Unit4 opens up App Studio to customers and partners to innovate solutions |url=https://www.enterprisetimes.co.uk/2023/04/25/unit4-opens-up-app-studio-to-customers-and-partners-to-innovate-solutions/ |access-date=25 April 2023 |publisher=Enterprise Times}} and the company name was changed to Unit4Agresso.
In March 2014, Unit4 was acquired by international venture capital firm Advent International.{{cite news |author=Islam Soliman |date=6 March 2023 |title=New CRO joins Unit4 to lead global GTM activity |work=IT Europa |url=https://iteuropa.com/news/new-cro-joins-unit4-lead-global-gtm-activity |access-date=6 March 2023}}
In 2015, Unit4 rebranded its Coda financial management software package as Unit4 Financials.{{cite web |author=Jochen Wießler |date=10 April 2023 |title=Digital businesses are more flexible post-lockdown than before, but there's still a lot of work to be done |url=https://www.sysbus.eu/digitale-unternehmen-sind-nach-dem-lockdown-flexibler-aufgestellt-als-zuvor-es-gibt-jedoch-noch-viel-zu-tun/ |access-date=10 April 2023 |publisher=Sysbus}} The Unit4 People Platform was also launched in 2015 as the foundation for Unit4 business applications using Microsoft Azure technology.
In April 2019, Mike Ettling, former president of SAP SuccessFactors and CEO of NGA Human Resources, became Unit4's CEO.{{cite web |author= |date=25 April 2023 |title=Unit4 Announces General Availability of App Studio |url=https://www.emerce.nl/wire/unit4-kondigt-algemene-beschikbaarheid-app-studio |access-date=25 April 2023 |publisher=Emerce}}
Global growth private equity firm TA Associates announced the strategic growth buy out of Unit4 for more than $2bn in March 2021. Global private markets firm, Partners Group, will invest alongside TA.{{cite web |last=Phil Wainewright |date=31 July 2023 |title=Unit4 CEO Mike Ettling on enterprise resilience, ChatGPT, and the BRICS effect |url=https://diginomica.com/unit4-ceo-mike-ettling-enterprise-resilience-chatgpt-brics-effect |publisher=diginomica}} In April 2021, Unit4 released ERPx, its next-generation intelligent Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution{{buzzword-inline|date=September 2024}} built for mid-market, people-centric{{buzzword-inline|date=September 2024}} organizations.{{cite web |author=Mike Ettling |date=28 June 2023 |title=Intelligent Transformation In A Multipolar World: Why Organizational Resilience Is Critical |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2023/06/28/intelligent-transformation-in-a-multipolar-world-why-organizational-resilience-is-critical/?ref=upstract.com&sh=3d1fc8b0463b&sh=a7d456c463b8 |work=Forbes}}
In January 2025, Unit4 announced that Simon Paris had been appointed as CEO, succeeding Mike Ettling, who had led Unit4 for almost six years.{{cn|date=April 2025}}
Acquisitions
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- {{OpenCorp|UNIT4+Business+Software}}
{{Software companies of the Netherlands}}
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Category:Business software companies
Category:Software companies established in 1980
Category:ERP software companies
Category:Financial software companies