BAAN COMPANY

Baan Company is a developer of enterprise business management and client server software systems. From its dual headquarters in The Netherlands and in Reston, Virginia, Baan oversees a global organization of subsidiary and partnership companies, both for product development and for distribution and implementation of the company's products. Founded in the Netherlands in 1978 by Jan and Paul Baan, Baan became a major ERP vendor operating in more than 80 countries. Its products support Unix, W... indows NT/2000 and AS/400 platforms. In 2000, Baan was acquired by British company The Invensys Group. In 2003, the Baan division was purchased by SSA Global Technologies, which immediately integrated the Baan applications into its own supply chain and lifecycle management portfolio. SSA Baan ERP retained its long-running name lineage until Infor Global Solutions acquired SSA at the end of 2006.More