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The International Cricket Council Implements Epicor® Enterprise
Resource Planning Solution—Achieves Significant Savings Through
Business Efficiencies
Epicor iScala Gives Global Cricket Governing Body Firm Control Over Funds
Flow as Revenues Rapidly Rise
IRVINE, Calif. and DUBAI — January 30, 2008 — Epicor Software Corporation
(NASDAQ: EPIC), a leading provider of enterprise business software solutions for the
midmarket and divisions of Global 1000 companies, today announced that the International
Cricket Council (ICC) has successfully completed implementation of its Epicor enterprise
resource planning (ERP) solution. Headquartered in Dubai, the ICC—global governing body for
cricket—has already begun to realize the benefits of the Epicor iScala solution, achieving
significant cost and time savings across its organization.
The ICC selected Epicor last year, to streamline the sports body’s budgeting, analysis,
tournament accounting and overall financial management functions. The solution, Epicor
iScala, is a comprehensive end-to-end suite of proven industry-specific solutions for divisions
and subsidiaries of Global 1000 corporations, as well as large local and regional companies
worldwide.
“It was important for us to leverage the advantages enterprise technology brings at a
time of dynamic growth for the ICC,” Faisal Hasnain, chief financial officer of the ICC,
commented on the successful implementation of the Epicor solution. “Epicor has strengthened
our financial management by giving us a clear end-to-end control over funds flow and its
administration as the ICC’s operational footprint expands rapidly in line with the growth of the
game of cricket.”
Elaborating on the benefits, Hasnain added that following the implementation, the ICC’s
business efficiency has improved tremendously across all its functions. “The benefits have
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been across the board—a marked improvement in report generation, user-friendliness and, in
the case of budgeting, it is beneficial that the Epicor solution allows us to forecast and compare
on our budget base,” he said.
The ICC moved its global Headquarters to Dubai in 2005 at a time of rapid rise in
commercial revenues from the game. “The ICC’s International tournament business model has
been reviewed recently and the fundamental change includes greater direct responsibility for
delivering the event, unlike earlier when host countries were allowed greater autonomy.
Moreover as part of the restructuring process we have expanded considerably, with growth in
staff and a larger geographical footprint. Epicor’s support has been very timely and we are
confident that we will gain even greater benefits from the iScala solution in the years to come,”
said Hasnain.
The ICC implementation was spearheaded by Scan Technologies, Epicor’s channel
partner in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). “The ICC is a unique and milestone customer for
Epicor in the region,” said Basil Daniells, regional director for Epicor Software, Middle East,
North Africa and India. “The ICC’s endorsement of Epicor is a reflection of how organizations
with multinational operations are able to run our enterprise solutions to automate business
processes that are currently executed manually to significantly improve efficiency. Epicor
solutions are highly functional, scalable and flexible, and are well designed for growing
midmarket companies and global organizations. We are confident our solution is suited to
support the ICC as they continue to grow. “
The ICC was founded on June 15, 1909 by Australia, England and South Africa. These
three founding members have been joined by seven further Full Members, 33 Associate
Members and 58 Affiliate Members so that the cricket world now boasts 101 member countries
from all corners of the globe.
About Epicor Software Corporation
Epicor is a global leader dedicated to providing integrated enterprise resource planning
(ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), supply chain management (SCM) and
professional services automation (PSA) software solutions to the midmarket and divisions of
Global 1000 companies. Founded in 1984, Epicor serves over 20,000 customers in more than
140 countries, providing solutions in over 30 languages. Employing innovative service-oriented
architecture (SOA) and Web services technology, Epicor delivers end-to-end, industry-specific
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solutions for manufacturing, distribution, retail, hospitality and services that enable companies
to drive increased efficiency improve performance and build competitive advantage. Epicor
solutions provide the scalability and flexibility to meet today's business challenges, while
empowering enterprises for even greater success tomorrow. Epicor offers a comprehensive
range of services with its solutions, providing a single point of accountability to promote rapid
return on investment and low total cost of ownership. Epicor’s worldwide headquarters are
located in Irvine, California with offices and affiliates around the world. For more information,
visit www.epicor.com.
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