<s>
Epicor	B-Application
Software	O
Corporation	O
is	O
a	O
business	B-Application
software	I-Application
company	O
based	O
in	O
Austin	O
,	O
Texas	O
founded	O
in	O
1972	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Epicor	B-Application
provides	O
enterprise	O
resource	O
planning	O
(	O
ERP	O
)	O
,	O
customer	O
relationship	O
management	O
(	O
CRM	O
)	O
,	O
supply	O
chain	O
management	O
(	O
SCM	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
human	O
capital	O
management	O
(	O
HCM	O
)	O
software	O
to	O
business	O
customers	O
in	O
both	O
software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
(	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
)	O
and	O
on-premises	O
deployment	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
Apax	O
Partners	O
and	O
merged	O
with	O
Epicor	B-Application
Software	O
Corporation	O
,	O
retaining	O
the	O
Epicor	B-Application
name	O
as	O
a	O
privately	O
held	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ABM	O
created	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
accounting	O
software	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
marketed	O
them	O
in	O
a	O
joint	O
venture	O
with	O
IBM	O
known	O
as	O
The	O
Platinum	O
Series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ABM	O
developed	O
the	O
Platinum	O
line	O
into	O
a	O
financial	O
accounting	O
software	B-Application
product	I-Application
designed	O
for	O
multi-user	O
LAN-based	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Platinum	O
announced	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
their	O
products	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
,	O
Platinum/DataWorks	O
became	O
Epicor	B-Application
Software	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Epicor	B-Application
sold	O
the	O
Platinum	O
for	O
Windows	O
(	O
PFW	O
)	O
products	O
to	O
Sage	O
Group	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Epicor	B-Application
for	O
Service	O
Enterprises	O
,	O
which	O
automated	O
enterprise	O
services	O
and	O
was	O
completely	O
web-based	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
Epicor	B-Application
purchased	O
CRS	O
Retail	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
comprehensive	O
retail	O
suite	O
then	O
acquired	O
NSB	O
in	O
2007	O
to	O
expand	O
retail	O
offerings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2010	O
,	O
Epicor	B-Application
purchased	O
privately	O
held	O
SPECTRUM	O
Human	O
Resource	O
Systems	O
Corporation	O
to	O
further	O
deliver	O
service	O
from	O
a	O
single-point	O
of	O
accountability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Apax	O
Partners	O
purchased	O
both	O
Activant	O
and	O
Epicor	B-Application
and	O
merged	O
the	O
organizations	O
together	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pervez	O
Qureshi	O
,	O
prior	O
CEO	O
of	O
Activant	O
,	O
became	O
CEO	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
Epicor	B-Application
in	O
May	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2012	O
,	O
Epicor	B-Application
partnered	O
with	O
to	O
help	O
ASA	O
dealers	O
increase	O
vehicle	O
parts	O
and	O
service	O
revenue	O
with	O
Epicor	B-Application
Integrated	O
Service	O
Estimator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2012	O
,	O
Epicor	B-Application
acquired	O
Solarsoft	B-Application
Business	I-Application
Systems	I-Application
,	O
established	O
in	O
2007	O
from	O
the	O
merger	O
of	O
CMS	O
Software	O
Inc	O
.	O
of	O
Toronto	O
and	O
XKO	B-Application
Software	O
Ltd	O
from	O
the	O
UK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
7	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Epicor	B-Application
appointed	O
Joseph	O
L	O
.	O
Cowan	O
as	O
President	O
and	O
CEO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2014	O
,	O
Epicor	B-Application
announces	O
its	O
acquisition	O
of	O
privately	O
held	O
QuantiSense	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
a	O
provider	O
of	O
cloud	O
and	O
on-premises	O
retail	O
analytics	O
software	O
and	O
services	O
for	O
leading	O
specialty	O
and	O
department	O
store	O
chains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
6	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
Epicor	B-Application
completes	O
acquisition	O
of	O
privately	O
held	O
ShopVisible	O
,	O
LLC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2015	O
,	O
Epicor	B-Application
Retail	O
was	O
spun	O
off	O
from	O
Epicor	B-Application
and	O
became	O
Aptos	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
5	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Epicor	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
has	O
entered	O
into	O
a	O
definitive	O
agreement	O
to	O
be	O
acquired	O
by	O
the	O
global	O
investment	O
firm	O
KKR	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joseph	O
L	O
.	O
Cowan	O
remained	O
president	O
and	O
CEO	O
of	O
Epicor	B-Application
after	O
the	O
acquisition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
1	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Epicor	B-Application
appointed	O
Steve	O
Murphy	O
,	O
prior	O
president	O
of	O
OpenText	O
,	O
president	O
and	O
CEO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
1	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
Epicor	B-Application
announced	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
1	O
EDI	O
Source	O
,	O
a	O
Solon	O
,	O
Ohio-based	O
provider	O
of	O
Electronic	O
data	O
interchange	O
services	O
and	O
software	O
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
amount	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
1	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Epicor	B-Application
promoted	O
Himanshu	O
Palsule	O
to	O
president	O
while	O
continuing	O
in	O
his	O
role	O
as	O
Chief	O
Product	O
and	O
Technology	O
officer	O
overseeing	O
Epicor	B-Application
's	O
global	O
portfolio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Epicor	B-Application
also	O
released	O
the	O
plan	O
'	O
Fit	O
for	O
the	O
Future	O
,	O
'	O
intended	O
to	O
support	O
stakeholders	O
in	O
the	O
group	O
develop	O
market	O
sustainability	O
and	O
thrive	O
in	O
the	O
new	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Providers	O
involve	O
resellers	O
,	O
device	O
integrators	O
,	O
and	O
business	O
partners	O
who	O
can	O
use	O
the	O
Epicor	B-Application
software	O
range	O
and	O
services	O
to	O
introduce	O
,	O
plan	O
,	O
and	O
build	O
transformational	O
IT	O
strategies	O
.	O
</s>
