Unit4 Cloud Migration Growth Shows Strong Demand for SaaS ERP

Unit4 expands its services offering to support high demand for Cloud migrations

LONDON, March 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Unit4, a leader in enterprise cloud applications for people-centric organizations, today announced significant milestones as it continues to innovate and serve its global customer base. These developments include notable progress in customer cloud migrations, the launch of a new tier of service offerings, and the welcoming of new executives into key leadership roles.

Accelerating Cloud Migration Across Diverse Sectors 

Unit4 concluded FY24 with robust progress in cloud migrations, demonstrating its ability to deliver innovative technology to prominent organizations in multiple industries. These included:

• Boo Energi, a local energy company that owns, maintains and develops the power grid in Saltsjö-Boo offering electricity contracts and energy services across Sweden
• The Council for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment, an awarding body in Northern Ireland, that develops and delivers qualifications, including GCSEs, AS, and A Levels, and provides curriculum support and assessments for schools
• The Carbon Trust, a global climate consultancy driven by the mission to accelerate the move to a decarbonized future. It has been pioneering decarbonization for more than 20 years for businesses, governments, and organizations across the world
• The University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), the largest higher education provider in the southwest of England with 39,000 students and 3,500 staff. It has strong industry networks and connections with over 1,000 employers Education Development Trust, an international not-for-profit organization working to improve education outcomes and transitions into work for people across the world
• SQA, the national accreditation and awarding body in Scotland. It develops, maintains, and continually improves a framework of qualifications gained at Scotland's schools, colleges, employers, and training providers
• BWH Hotels GB, part of the global BWH Hotels group, a leading hospitality organisation that champions independent hotels. With over 4,000 properties in more than 100 countries, BWH Hotels is home to 18 unique brands.

Success4U Advanced Strengthens Service Portfolio 

Following the Success4U go-live announcement, Unit4 has been rapidly building out its Success4U catalogs, and to provide further flexibility for customers, it launched Success4U Advanced, part of Unit4's SaaS Engagement model. Success4U Advanced bridges the space between Essentials and Professional and is designed to provide an option for customers where their Unit4 solution is not mission critical and, consequently, they do not require elevated support provision. 

Customer live on Success4U include:

• Middlesbrough Council, the unitary authority covering the Borough of Middlesbrough, England
• Aston University, public University situated in Birmingham, England

Welcoming New Executives

Unit4 recently announced that previous CEO, Mike Ettling was leaving the business, and handing over the reins to our current CEO, Simon Paris, a seasoned executive with over 25 years of experience in the technology industry. The transition ensures strong continuity for Unit4 by building on a proven strategy that has driven its evolution through a 'good to great' phase to become a leading vendor for SaaS ERP for services industries.

Simon Paris, CEO, Unit4: "I am joining Unit4 at an incredibly exciting time in the transition to Cloud-native applications. Especially in service-based industries, there has been significant pressure on growth, while nonprofits and public sector bodies continue to juggle the knotty challenge of balancing efficiency and investment in innovation. There is a real recognition among our customers that Cloud-based applications are the fundamental building blocks to provide them with the agility they need to modernize, thrive and drive innovation through AI."

The company also welcomed Vera Batyalova, VP, Partner Sales and Magdalena Teschemacher, Sales Director for APAC Region.

Vera is responsible for the company's global partner ecosystem including strategic direction, commercial, implementation, product, and technology partnerships, as well as driving incremental revenue.

Magdalena will drive strategic sales initiatives, revenue growth, and ensuring sustainable business expansion in Asia Pacific. Overseeing, both the APAC Prosoft business as well as global Unit4 products, she will focus on go-to-market plans, sales engagement, marketing, and competitive positioning to deliver top-tier cloud solutions and services.

Strengthening Community Partnerships
Unit4 continues to promote inclusion and growth through collaborations with educational and professional development organizations worldwide. In the last year, the company has been proud to work with the following organizations to provide career opportunities for young professional and underrepresented groups:

Top Young 100
The Top Young 100 programme is an annual initiative dedicated to the best supply chain students in Poland. In 2024, we were delighted that the Top Young 100 student project team, who developed a procurement optimization solution for our Procurement team, was recognized in the Supply Chain Young Designer category at the Logistics, Transport and Production Gala.

Generation Girl
Generation Girl is an Indonesian nonprofit that equips young women with hard and soft skills through STEM-based programs to become future tech leaders. It inspires, educates, and provides hands-on experience through diverse programs that teach five foundational skills important for all leaders: problem-solving, critical thinking, confidence, communication, and compassion.

Talenti
Talenti is a digital platform based in Poland that empowers women in the recruitment process, connecting them with employers who understand the unique challenges they face in the job market.

About Unit4
Unit4's next-generation enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions power many of the world's mid-market organizations, bringing together the capabilities of Financials, Procurement, Project Management, HR, and FP&A to share real-time information, and deliver greater insights to help organizations become more effective. By combining our mid-market expertise with a relentless focus on people, we've built flexible solutions to meet customers' unique and changing needs. Unit4 serves more than 4,700 customers globally across a number of sectors including professional services, nonprofit and public sector, with customers including Southampton City Council, Metro Vancouver, Buro Happold, Devoteam, Save the Children International, Global Green Growth Institute and Oxfam America. For further information visit www.unit4.com.

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Media Contact:

Lisa Stassoulli
Global Communications Manager, Unit4
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