Q&A Community

What does Datastream being Aquired by Infor mean?

Actual Question

Top Replies

For those who want to know more about Datastream being aquired: Datastream Signs Definitive Agreement to Be Acquired By Infor for $10.26 Per Share in Cash.

Maybe it is not the end of MP2, after all MP2 has been around for more then a decade. If I am not wrong MP2 was build around a paradox database using the embedded PAL language from Borland. Something similar as Access with a VB coat on. Good for "small" companies...

More Replies

Our company is looking at Datastream 7i. We were in a selection process for the last few months and have decided that 7i is what we want. Another organization in our community uses MP2 and indicated they have been pleased with it and recommended that whatever CMMS we decided to go with, to be sure we did the annual support because they always had and found it beneficial to do so...

If there are any doubts at all about future support why use Datastream? There are many other excellent systems available at lower prices. My experience of both Datastream and MP2 was different...

Hello GiantOCR, I am a maintenance and reliability consultant, formerly the Midwest Regional Manager of Datastream...

Hello, here in Europe we can see, that Datastream is reducing manpower (and by these means also service) more and more...

What is the average profit margin on software maintenance/service agreements? I would guess it to be high...

Hi Terry, this would not be the first CMMS which has been handed to a another company for maintenance...

You must be a registered user to add a comment. If you've already registered,
sign in. Otherwise, register and sign in.