GEAC COMPUTER CORP. (NASDAQ: GEAC)

Geac Computer Corporation provides mission critical e-business enterprise resource planning software and systems solutions. It provides ERP applications for financial administration, human resources, manufacturing, distribution, customer relationship management (CRM), and supply chain management (SCM). The company serves more than 18,000 customers worldwide, including nearly half of the Fortune 500, with the core financial and operational solutions and services to improve their business per... formance in real time. GEAC collaborates with existing and prospective customers through a network of approximately 2,600 professionals in 55 locations worldwide. GEAC was founded in 1971 in Markham, Ontario, by Robert Isserstedt and R. Angus German to develop and market software for online batch processing, primarily to financial institutions, libraries, and academic institutions. During the 1990s the company embarked on an aggressive acquisition strategy and expanded into a wide range of vertical markets, including newspaper publishing, health care, hospitality, property management, and others. Geac Computer Corporation was acquired by Infor Global Solutions in March 2006 for US$1 billion.More