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Consona Corporation is a software company selling solutions to automate business critical tasks, ranging from marketing, service and support to planning and scheduling, material requirements planning (MRP), accounting, product configuration, and business intelligence. ==Company History== Consona was founded in 1986 as Made2Manage Systems. In 2003, the venture capital firm Battery Ventures acquired and subsequently privatized Made2Manage Systems, then a publicly traded enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and services provider for small and midsize manufacturers.〔http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Battery+Ventures+to+Acquire+Made2Manage+Systems+Inc.;+Software...-a0102794840〕 Over the next three years, Consona acquired seven additional ERP product lines: DTR, Cimnet Systems, AXIS, Encompix, Intuitive, Relevant, and SupplyWorks.〔http://www.technologyevaluation.com/login.aspx?returnURL=http://www.technologyevaluation.com/research/articles/forgotten-crm-and-erp-kingdoms-in-the-making-20494/〕 In 2005, Thoma Cressey, a private equity firm with software industry consolidation expertise, joined Battery as a secondary shareholder of Consona. In 2006, the company entered the customer relationship management market when it acquired Onyx CRM.〔http://www.managingautomation.com/registration.aspx?loc=/maonline/news/read/Made2Manage_to_Buy_Onyx_19544〕 Seven months later, Consona acquired the KNOVA service and support knowledge management system and launched the company’s Consona CRM division.〔http://www.customerthink.com/blog/consona_growth_strategy_erp_crm〕 In early 2007, to avoid confusion between the Made2Manage ERP solution and the company, M2M Holdings, the company changed its name to Consona Corporation to represent its new position as a CRM and ERP software and service provider.〔http://www.battery.com/news/Battery_Consona.pdf〕 In 2008, Consona continued to acquire, adding former technology partner Configuration Solutions in March and creating Consona Canada via the purchase of the Intuitive-related assets of Automated Design Systems in July. Later in the year, Consona acquired several VAR-related assets in China, and launched Consona China. In 2009, Consona acquired enterprise software assets of support automation software vendor, SupportSoft.〔http://www.destinationcrm.com/Articles/CRM-News/Daily-News/Consona-Acquires-SupportSoft's-Enterprise-Software-Group-53413.aspx〕 In 2010, Consona acquired open-source ERP software provider Compiere, giving Consona its first Cloud ready ERP solution and entry into the distribution market.〔http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9178129/Consona_buys_cloud_ERP_vendor_Compiere〕 On August 7, 2012, Consona merged with CDC Software; the resulting company was renamed Aptean.〔http://www.aptean.com/en/Company/News-and-Events/Press-Releases/2012/20120807-CDC-Software-and-Consona-Corporation-Merge〕 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「Consona Corporation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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