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With A New CEO, Great Deals Around Cloud Migration and AI – ERP Developer Unit4 HAS THE WIND in THEIR SAILS

Swedish BOO ENERGI is one of the companies stepping up to the cloud – the new SUCCESS4U service model is a great help in the transition from on premise to the cloud. When business systems developer Unit4 recently announced a change of guard at the top executive level – Mike Ettling handed over the reins to Simon Paris – the company is in an intense development of events. It has reached several significant milestones, which the new boss says, “highlight the growing demand for the company’s services.”
Notably, Paris came to Unit4 from the CEO job at fintech software business Finastra, however he has also held senior roles at Infor and SAP. At Unit4 the primary challenges will be around the cloud and AI. The good news is that Paris inherited a business with great momentum.
In a short-term business perspective, it is the migration to the cloud among the company’s customers that can make a difference. Here things have started to happen with some interesting Unit4 customer cases around cloud migrations. But also software development is a major priority and Paris points to the launch of a new level of service offering: Success4U, which is a model for successful implementation of, among others, Unit4 ERP X (the X stands for the cloud platform), or for existing customers migrating from on-premise solutions to the cloud.
But the cloud migration trend is the bigger issue. In the press material, Unit4 notes a couple of milestone examples, not least some of the company's energy customers with clearly proactive climate action on the agenda. Among them is Swedish Boo Energi, which owns, maintains and develops the electricity grid in Saltsjö-Boo and offers electricity contracts and energy services throughout Sweden. Other players among Unit4's customers working to accelerate the transition to a fossil-free future are The Carbon Trust, a globally active climate consultant that has worked with fossil freedom for more than 20 years for companies, governments and organizations worldwide. In addition, Paris also notes that BWH Hotels, part of the global BWH Hotels group, has stepped up in Unit4's cloud environment. This is no small player, with over 4,000 properties in more than 100 countries, BWH Hotels owns 18 unique brands.
“I come to Unit4 at an incredibly exciting time in the transition to cloud-based applications,” says Simon Paris. “Service companies in particular have had significant pressure to grow, while non-profit organizations and the public sector continue to juggle the challenge of balancing efficiency and investment in innovation. There is a realization among our customers that cloud-based applications are the fundamental building blocks to give them the agility they need to modernize, thrive and create innovations with the help of AI.”
Not least the latter is at the heart of Unit4’s AI strategy, claims the new CEO, pointing at the AI-driven tools tailored to supercharge finance, planning, and people operations, fostering strategic growth and operational excellence.

Four points that characterize Unit4’s AI solutions are:
Pragmatic AI integration: Boost performance with AI processes designed to reduce task completion times and enhance data accuracy.
Augmented human activity: Amplify the impact of your team’s efforts and unlock new potentials within your ERP system.
Enhanced UX: Elevate employee experiences with intuitive AI solutions that simplify daily tasks and increase productivity. 
Customer-centric security: Unit4’s ethical innovation, regulatory compliance, and cybersecurity measures ensure user and community trust and safety. 

On the side of AI another of Simon Paris’ priorities circulates around the SaaS business model (Software-as-a-Service):
“As CEO of Unit4, my priorities are to drive value, engagement and results for our customers, partners, employees and stakeholders, and through those priorities, drive long-term, sustainable SaaS growth. I am a passionate believer in the principle of ‘doing well by doing good’, and a firm believer in how technology and software can have a positive impact on people’s lives,” he says.

A Solution that Strengthens the Service Portfolio
In the introduction Unit4’s Success4U was mentioned, which is the company’s model for successful implementation of, among others, Unit4 ERP X, or for existing customers migrating from on-premises solutions to the cloud. This has now been expanded with new catalogs. To offer additional flexibility to customers, Success4U Advanced is also being launched, as part of Unit4’s cloud service engagement model. Success4U Advanced fills the gap between Essentials and Professional and is designed to provide an alternative for customers where the Unit4 solution is not business-critical and therefore does not require extended support.

Among customers who use Success4U are:
* Middlesbrough Council, the authority for the Borough of Middlesbrough, England.
* Aston University, a public university located in Birmingham, England.

Building His Management Team
In parallel with the technology and business challenges, Simon Paris is also building up his leadership team with new staffing on the management side in some key roles: Vera Batyalova becomes VP of Partner Sales and Magdalena Teschemacher, Sales Director for the APAC region (Asia Pacific).
Batyalova is thus responsible for the company’s global partner network, including strategy, commercialization, implementation, product and technology partnerships and generating additional revenue.
Teschemacher’s mission will be to develop strategic sales, revenue growth and ensure expansion of the business in the Asia Pacific region. She will oversee both the APAC Prosoft business and global Unit4 products, with a focus on go-to-market plans, sales, marketing and competitive positioning to deliver best-in-class cloud solutions and services.

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