East Alabama Medical Center Chooses Velocity Technology Solutions for Infor 10 Application Management Services

CHARLOTTE, NC--(Marketwired - December 08, 2015) - Velocity Technology Solutions, a global leader in enterprise and business application cloud services, today announced that it has added East Alabama Medical Center (EAMC) to its growing community of Infor / Lawson system customers.

"Velocity exhibited the superior application expertise we needed to fully utilize our investment in the Infor applications," said Sarah Gray, Vice President for Information Technology at EAMC. Ms. Gray went on to point out that "not only is Velocity helping us do things more efficiently, but they are also exposing us to capabilities in the solution that are making us a better employer and a better organization."

Velocity Technology Solutions started providing Application Management Services in September and helped EAMC prepare for Open Enrollment which was successfully conducted from October through November. Utilizing the Infor / Lawson system for the first time for benefit open enrollment for its 3,000 employees, EAMC has now successfully exposed the Infor system to all employees for self-service activities within several months of going live on Infor 10. A user of Infor / Lawson's full suite of products to include Financials, Procurement, and Global Human Resources, EAMC uses the Infor / Lawson system to conduct key business processes for payroll, benefits, financial reporting, accounts payable and accounts receivable.

"We are extremely pleased to add a great organization like East Alabama Medical Center into our community of customers," said Chance Veasey, Vice President of the Infor Line of Business for Velocity Technology Solutions. "By providing Velocity's Application Management Services for Infor 10, the terrific team at EAMC cannot only get help for break fix support, but more importantly, they now have access to our functional expertise that can guide them to use best practices and implement business processing efficiencies. Together with our Velocity Zoom data analytics system, our application expertise can really help organizations become world class users of the Infor system."

The aggressive timeline for implementing Application Management Services for Infor 10 is not unusual for Velocity. The company has performed similar work in the past and has extensive experience in Infor / Lawson system implementations and managed services in the cloud. As a leading independent provider of private cloud solutions for Infor / Lawson systems, Velocity also extends its Application Management Services to the cloud of the customer's choice and hybrid cloud solutions. "Velocity is a flexible partner that recognizes that organizations, especially in healthcare, need secure and flexible solutions for complex deployments that promote interoperability and operational excellence," said Veasey.

About Velocity Technology Solutions

Velocity Technology Solutions (www.VelocityCloud.com) is a global leader in enterprise and business application cloud services, which are fully managed and protected within a virtual private cloud. The company's business is focused in three areas: Cloud Hosting / Managed Services; Professional Services / Consulting; and Big Data / Data Analytics. Velocity's expertise managing software 24/7/365, combined with its proprietary infrastructure design and cloud management platform, support the availability, security and control over software. Velocity is headquartered in Charlotte, NC with facilities in North America, Europe and Asia. Velocity is a portfolio company of Silver Lake Sumeru, a global leader in private equity investments in growth-oriented technology and technology-enabled companies. For additional information on the firm and its entire portfolio, visit www.silverlake.com.

About EAMC

East Alabama Medical Center is a 340-bed regional referral hospital located in Opelika that serves a six-county area. It also is affiliated with Lanier hospital in Valley, which changed its name to EAMC-Lanier in February 2014 to reflect this new affiliation. Between the two hospitals, there are more than 3,000 employees. EAMC is Lee County's second largest employer. Among the many services that EAMC and EAMC-Lanier provide are open-heart surgery and cancer treatment, both of which are highly acclaimed specialties at EAMC. EAMC also operates non-mainstream services, including four retirement living facilities, a fitness center, a diabetes & nutrition center, a wound care center and the Auburn University Medical Clinic. EAMC-Lanier has a nursing home, urgent care clinic and nasal and sinus institute. For more information, please visit www.eamc.org.