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Chicago-based SSA Global Technologies Inc., the new owner of Dutch ERP software maker Baan, recently revealed its commitment to older Baan technologies with the unveiling of its new product roadmap.
The two investment firms that jointly own enterprise applications vendor SSA bought the troubled Barneveld, Netherlands-based Baan from its former parent Invensys PLC, a systems maker in London last June and made it a subsidiary of SSA.
Baan ERP 6, which is code-named Gemini, was originally due for release in September. But at its annual user conference that month, SSA said it was delaying the rollout until next year in order to ensure that the upgrade would be "a solid product."
Baan ERP 5 already supports Web-based application screens. The thinclient interface that's being added to Baan IV will provide users with full read/write and transaction-processing capabilities, plus improved support for remote access, according to SSA.
SSA has been on an...