Infor announces strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services to propel generative AI innovations

The partnership combines Infor's industry-specific expertise across 2,000 micro verticals with AWS's cloud and AI capabilities, including Amazon Bedrock, to deliver tailored solutions for manufacturing, healthcare, and other sectors.

Chris Grusz, Managing Director of Technology Partnerships at AWS. Portal ERP South Africa. 

Infor, a business cloud software company specialized by industry, announces an expanded Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) to accelerate the adoption of generative artificial intelligence (AI) among joint customers.

As a member of the AWS Partner Network for over a decade, this expanded collaboration strengthens Infor's commitment to integrating with AWS technology solutions and enhancing accessibility globally, including through AWS Marketplace.

This SCA combines Infor's industry expertise across healthcare, manufacturing, food & beverage, and other industries with AWS's cloud and generative AI capabilities. Building on Infor's functionality across more than 2,000 micro verticals, the collaboration will drive co-innovation and co-selling initiatives that deliver solutions within specific industry segments.

As adopters of AWS's generative AI innovations, including Amazon Bedrock, Infor will accelerate its ability to provide AI-driven solutions and insights that understand operational challenges and opportunities at the industry micro vertical level, streamline operations, and enhance customer experiences leveraging AWS's generative AI offerings.

AWS Marketplace will allow Infor to reach customers looking to simplify software procurement. With AWS Marketplace, Infor can integrate its Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) expertise with AWS's cloud and AI services, strengthening its offerings and ensuring scalability, security, and performance.

Infor continues to achieve milestones through its strategic collaboration with AWS, driving business outcomes for customers worldwide including:

• Revenue increase of over 900% on AWS Marketplace from 2023 to 2024
• Year-over-year increase of over 400% in co-sell launched deals from 2023 to 2024
• Six AWS Competencies, demonstrating Infor's expertise in delivering solutions powered by AWS

"Infor's collaboration with AWS reinforces our dedication to helping businesses harness the power of generative AI," said Jeanne Newberry, Senior Vice President, Ecosystems and Business Development, Infor. "Our focus is to provide industry-specific cloud solutions across thousands of micro verticals globally that facilitate digital transformation. This collaboration enhances our capacity to deliver industry-specific technological advancements, such as agentic AI, to maximize our customers' competitive differentiation."

"Over ten years of collaboration with Infor has proven that when AWS cloud capabilities meet specialized industry expertise, customers achieve outcomes," said Chris Grusz, Managing Director of Technology Partnerships at AWS. "The 900% revenue growth in AWS Marketplace demonstrates the demand for Infor's offerings on AWS. This Strategic Collaboration Agreement enhances our approach by integrating AWS's generative AI technologies like Amazon Bedrock, enabling businesses across manufacturing, healthcare, and other industries to accelerate their digital transformation through AWS's infrastructure."