Misys Plc first ventured into the Unix market in February, when its BOS Software Ltd subsidiary launched its Apex operating system. BOS is now billed as a Unix-based business software solutions company, and has much pleasure in reporting 3,000 new users and a turnover up by 41% in the past financial year. Since BOS was acquired by Misys in June 1988, it has added two new products to its Global 2000 business applications range: Organiser and Reporter. The first of these has a diary, notepad and electronic mail function, while the latter compiles reports using a data dictionary and editor and can refernce up to 10 files, as well as sorting files to vary the sequence of reports. Both products are modular, integrating with others in the Global range and both run under the BOS and Apex operating systems. The company is continuing to expand its user base and over the past year has added 630 international user sites including a chain of pharmacies in the Netherlands, 60 systems in Denmark, business software in West Germany, and sales of products into the US, Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore. All of which bodes well for Misys’ annual results which are expected later this week.
