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Enterprise application software providers CDC Software Corporation and Consona Corporation, with a total of 1,500 employees and 5,000 customers, merged in August 2012 to form Aptean Corporation.〔Jacques Couret, “(CDC Software combines with Consona ),” ''Atlanta Business Chronicle'', August 7, 2012.〕 Aptean sells software for the financial, manufacturing and other vertical markets integrating Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Customer Experience Management (CEM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), and Knowledge Management (KM).〔Bob Fernekees, “(Aptean’s Ehab Samy: The CRM 2013 Interview )”, ''DestinationCRM'', December 2013.〕 ==History== Consona Corporation went public in 1997.〔Steve Gelsi, “(Made2Manage going private after IPO ),” ''Marketwatch'', June 5, 2003.〕 In 2003, the venture capital firm Battery Ventures acquired Made2Manage Systems for $30 million in cash.〔Jim Shepherd, “(Made2Manage Goes Private With Battery Ventures ),” ''Gartner.com'', June 9, 2003.〕 On August 6, 2009 CDC Software Corporation completed its initial public offering (IPO) on the NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker "CDCS".〔“(CDC Software Prices IPO at USD12 Per ADS ),” ''ChinaTechNews.com'', August 6, 2009.〕 In November 2009, Consona Corporation acquired Canadian-based Activplant Corporation (formerly Executive Manufacturing Technologies, Inc.), a leading provider of manufacturing business intelligence solutions in the packaged Manufacturing Operations Management ("MOM") solutions space.〔Jim Shepherd, “(),” ''mcleanwatson.com'', November 6, 2009.〕 In July 2010, Consona acquired open source ERP software provider Compiere with 130 customers.〔Chris Kanaracus, “(Consona buys cloud ERP vendor Compiere ),” ''ComputerWorld'', June 16, 2010.〕 The CDC-Consona merger was billed as a merger of equals although most of the management team of the surviving company was connected with CDC. Aptean said it planned to maintain and continue to invest in and support all of its brand names.〔Predrag Jakovljevic, “(CDC Software + Consona = Aptean (Or: New Bottles for Old Wines) ),” Technology Evaluation Centers, August 13, 2012.〕 The owner of Aptean, Vista Equity Partners, tends to take a hands-on approach to management and implements standardized business processes and standard systems and tools.〔Cindy Jutras, “(CDC Ross + Consona = Aptean ),” ''Mint Jutras'', October 26, 2012.〕 Aptean named Kim Eaton as its CEO. Aptean in the month of January 2015, acquired Verdiem Corporation to Power Energy Efficiency for Customers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aptean」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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