Company Website:
http://www.qad.com
SYDNEY -- (Business Wire)
QAD Inc. (NASDAQ:QADA) (NASDAQ:QADB), a leading provider of enterprise
software and services designed for global manufacturing companies, today
announced it has chosen IBM’s Cloud Centre in Sydney, Australia to
expand hosting options for QAD Cloud ERP customers.
The expansion of data centre services is in response to demand from
Australian and New Zealand companies transitioning from on premise ERP
to Cloud ERP. Deploying QAD Cloud ERP through IBM’s globally integrated
network of cloud centres provides all the inherent benefits of cloud
technology: dependable uptime to ensure business continuity; enhanced
security and the ability to rapidly respond to changing conditions in
the marketplace. By taking advantage of the IBM Cloud Centres built on
its SoftLayer infrastructure, QAD has the freedom to choose and change
environments, data and services as needed and maintain visibility,
control and security.
QAD Cloud ERP serves over 15,000 users in nearly 30 countries. QAD data
centres are ISO certified and carry SSAE 16 SOC Type II certification,
the highest international standard. QAD Cloud ERP enables manufacturers
to effectively:
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Optimise processes across manufacturing, the supply chain and customer
facing operations with an emphasis on quality, cost and delivery while
maintaining the desired level of operational performance
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Support global growth and expansion
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Meet ever-evolving compliance requirements
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Access and analyse processes and data, with visibility to tune
operations and make rapid, fact-based business decisions
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Deploy using proven implementation and migration services
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Operate sites simultaneously in the cloud and on premise with a single
view of transactions and information across all business entities
“Providing our clients with local hosting in Australia demonstrates our
commitment to the region,” said Paul Henderson, Senior Vice President,
Asia Pacific. “We believe the cloud is not merely a deployment option,
it’s a strategic decision. Customers leverage cloud technology to
redefine the enterprise, supporting their business strategy by choosing
to focus on value-generating activities.”
About QAD – The Effective Enterprise
QAD Inc. (NASDAQ: QADA) (NASDAQ: QADB) is a leading provider of
enterprise software and services designed for global manufacturing
companies. For more than 35 years, QAD has provided global manufacturing
companies with QAD Enterprise Applications, an enterprise resource
planning (ERP) system that supports operational requirements; including
financials, manufacturing, demand and supply chain planning, customer
management, business intelligence and business process management. QAD
Enterprise Applications is offered in flexible deployment models as
on-premise software, in the cloud with QAD Cloud ERP or in a blended
environment. With QAD, customers and partners in the automotive,
consumer products, food and beverage, high technology, industrial
products and life sciences industries can better align daily operations
with their strategic goals to meet their vision of becoming more
Effective Enterprises.
For more information about QAD, call +1 805-566-6000, visit www.qad.com.
“QAD” is a registered trademark of QAD Inc. All other products or
company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Note to Investors: This press release contains certain forward-looking
statements made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to,
statements regarding projections of revenue, income and loss, capital
expenditures, plans and objectives of management regarding the Company’s
business, future economic performance or any of the assumptions
underlying or relating to any of the foregoing. Forward-looking
statements are based on the company’s current expectations. Words such
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and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from
those in the forward-looking statements. These risks include, but are
not limited to: risks associated with our cloud service offerings, such
as defects and disruptions in our services, our ability to properly
manage our cloud service offerings, our reliance on third-party hosting
and other service providers, and our exposure to liability and loss from
security breaches; demand for the company's products, including cloud
service, licenses, services and maintenance; pressure to make
concessions on our pricing and changes in our pricing models; protection
of our intellectual property; dependence on third-party suppliers and
other third-party relationships, such as sales, services and marketing
channels; changes in our revenue, earnings, operating expenses and
margins; the reliability of our financial forecasts and estimates of the
costs and benefits of transactions; the ability to leverage changes in
technology; defects in our software products and services; third party
opinions about the company; competition in our industry; the ability to
recruit and retain key personnel; delays in sales; timely and effective
integration of newly acquired businesses; economic conditions in our
vertical markets and worldwide; exchange rate fluctuations; and the
global political environment. For a more detailed description of the
risk factors associated with the company and factors that may affect our
forward-looking statements, please refer to the company's latest Annual
Report on Form 10-K and, in particular, the section entitled “Risk
Factors” therein, and in other periodic reports the company files with
the Securities and Exchange Commission thereafter. Management does not
undertake to update these forward-looking statements except as required
by law.
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or
QAD
Inc.
Evan Quinn
Analyst Relations
617.869.7335
industryanalyst@qad.com
Source: QAD Inc.
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