# Software companies to merge

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2003/09/30/software-companies-merge/
- Published: 2003-09-30T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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Software companies Systems Team and Minerva Computer Systems are merging.
The West
Country organisations specialise in Contact Relationship Management software for
the not-for-profit (NFP) sector, particularly professional membership organisations
and charities.

Systems Team Directors, Geoff Iles and Colin Black, said: “We are delighted that
we have joined forces with Minerva. Our main focus is in the Membership and commercial
sector and Minerva have experience in

the membership and charity sector so we make a great team.”

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They added that they believed the new combined business “will become the largest,
most profitable and significant group in the Membership and Charities (NFP) Sector.”

The two companies use common technology. Both Minerva’s Charisma system and Systems
Team’s Profile Concept CRM software are Oracle based.

Their joint solutions cover wide aspects of not-for-profit organisations’ needs,
ranking from tracking those attending seminars and registering examinations, to 
processing transactions and Web portals for online communities. Each of the CRM 
Systems is built around a central database and add on modules are tailored to suit
individual client needs.

Technology consultant Peter Flory of

Athena Consultants commented: “This kind of

consolidation in the market place should be

good for the user community, and in this case, the fact that Minerva can now focus
solely on the charity market is bound to have a positive impact on their Charisma
Fundraising software”.

Systems Team and Minerva will continue to operate from Bristol and Cheltenham.

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