Unit4


Unit4 is a software company that designs and delivers enterprise software and ERP applications and related professional services for people in services organizations, with a special focus on the professional services, education, public services, and not-for-profit sectors.
Headquartered in the Netherlands, it has subsidiaries and offices in 26 countries across Europe, North America, the Asia-Pacific region and Africa.
The company is best known for its People Experience Suite including Unit4 Business World ERP, Unit4 Financials, Unit4 FP&A, Unit4 Performance Management and Unit4 Student Management. In 2015, Unit4 announced a partnership with Microsoft to build self-driving business applications on the Microsoft Azure cloud. Unit4's software is available in either cloud or on-premises setups.

History

Unit4 was founded in 1980 by Chris Ouwinga and listed on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange in 1998.
In 2000, Unit4 merged with the Norwegian ERP software house Agresso Group ASA and the company name was changed to Unit4Agresso.
In 2008, it purchased the UK-listed accounting software company, CODA. In 2010 Unit4 bought Polish software company Teta. In 2011 it expanded its Asia-Pacific operations further with the acquisition of HR Software provider PROSOFT.
In March 2014 Unit4 was acquired by international venture capital firm Advent International.
In 2015, Unit4 rebranded its Coda financial management software package as Unit4 Financials. The Unit4 People Platform was also launched in 2015 as the foundation for Unit4 business applications using Microsoft Azure technology.
In 2015, Unit4 acquired education software company Three Rivers.
In 2016, the company acquired Prevero. Unit4 later rebranded Prevero's corporate performance management corporate performance management software to Unit4 Financial Planning & Analysis.
In 2017, Unit4 acquired professional services automation software company Assistance. After the acquisition, Unit4 developed its PSA Suite professional services automation software on Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Also in 2017, Unit4 launched the first enterprise software Chatbot, called Wanda.
In March 2019, Unit4 acquired Intuo, a talent enablement platform.
In April 2019, Mike Ettling, former president of SAP SuccessFactors and CEO of NGA Human Resources, became Unit4's CEO.