SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007
Inforum Opens with Customer Awards and Emmy-winning "Planet Earth" Producer
The curtain rose on Inforum 2007 Sunday evening with the first annual Inforum Enterprising Excellence Customer Awards. The awards recognize customers who have made exceptional use of Infor solutions to become more effective competitors, expand into new markets or enhance their operational agility.
| Enterprising Customer of the Year: |
Menlo Worldwide |
| Operational Excellence Award Winners: |
AccuSpec
Bentley College
Silex Innovations
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| Financial Excellence Award Winner: |
Jabil |
| Customer Excellence Award Winner: |
HSBC Mexico |
| Innovation Excellence Award Winner: |
DHL |
Learn more about the Award Winners by clicking here.
Also on Sunday evening:
Alastair Fothergill, producer of the BBC's "Planet Earth" series, delivered a captivating glimpse behind the scenes of the most enterprising wildlife photography project ever. Just one day before, "Planet Earth" was awarded four primetime Emmys—recognizing the amazing achievements of Alastair and his dedicated colleagues.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2007
Jim Schaper Invites Inforum Attendees to "Be Enterprising"
At the Monday morning keynote session, Infor Chairman and CEO Jim Schaper shared news of Infor: its growth, direction and commitment to customers. The Inforum gathering has grown dramatically in attendance and in educational offerings since Infor's first customer conference----- from a first-year gathering of 250 customers, to this year's event, where he welcomed more than 6,000 old and new members of the Infor community.
Schaper talked about his vision for Infor customers: lowering total cost of ownership and delivering on a "3E" strategy to enrich, extend and evolve the Infor solutions.
Inforum Attendees connect and chat in Enterprising Square
More than 70 partners joined Infor product experts in the Solutions Expo- for the enterprising and inquiring members of the Infor community where they could see first-hand demonstrations of Infor and partner solutions.