LedgerSMB – Open Source Accounting Software

August 30, 2008

LedgerSMB is web based Open Source Accounting Software. LedgerSMB is a fork of the popular SQL-Ledger which was described by FLOSBUS here. The Fork came about after a disagreement over security and further more detailed information is available on the internet including here.

LedgerSMB has quite a few aims but initially they have looked to address [...]

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Wiki Links for FLOSS Business Software

July 29, 2008

Good documentation can separate great software from good software. Documentation is an area where open source often beats proprietary solutions hands down. Often up to date and user friendly documentation for proprietary software does not exist, is not available or is restricted by software vendors or resellers for commercial gain.

Many, but not all, open source [...]

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SugarCRM CEO John Roberts on Floss Weekly Podcast

July 16, 2008

Floss Weekly is an excellent podcast from The Twit Network and Leo Laporte. Originally co-hosted with Chris DiBona it is now hosted with Randal Shwartz. It covers many different projects from the world of Free Libre Open Source Software but not usually open source business applications for enterprises. Until this week when it had John [...]

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Interview with Openbravo CEO Manel Sarasa

July 3, 2008

The Open Source ERP Guru is a fantastic blog covering many Open Source Enterprise Resource Planning applications including Openbravo, OpenERP and Compiere.

The sight is great for beginners and experts alike. As well as having statistics and tutorials the blog has now started doing podcast interviews with CEO’s of the leading Open Source ERP companies. The [...]

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OpenBravo – Open Source ERP

March 2, 2008

Openbravo is an open source Enterprise resource planning (ERP) application. Openbravo is based on the well know open source ERP software Compiere One of the big differences between Compiere and Openbravo is that Openbravo has a 100% web based user interface.

Openbravo is ERP aimed at SME’s (Small to Medium Enterprises) and divides its functionality into [...]

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JasperSoft – Open Source Business Intelligence

June 27, 2006

Jaspersoft is open source business intelligence software. JasperSoft has a suite of business intelligence products which is called JasperIntelligence. JasperIntelligence is a business intelligence platform which provides a web services based environment for reporting, data analysis (OLAP) and data integration. The core product is JasperReports there is also JasperServer, iReports for JasperReports, JasperAnalysis and JasperETL, [...]

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SugarCRM launches SugarExchange – The SugarCRM Marketplace

June 27, 2006

SugarCRM has just launched SugarExchange beta. Sugar Exchange is a market place for SugarCRM Extensions. This would appear a response to Salesforce.com’s Appexchange a marketplace of applications that integrate to Salesforce’s CRM.

Extensions range from themes to integration to other software (Jasper Reports, Alfresco) and functionality not included un the standard product. Extensions can be sorted [...]

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Compiere – Open Source ERP and CRM

June 24, 2006

Compiere is open source Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Compiere ERP includes all of the core elements that many small to medium size business and organisations require including:

Accounting
Point of Sale
Distribution and Inventory/Stock
E-commerce
Workflow
Partner Relations Management
Supply Chain Management

Traditionally ERP includes Manufacturing or Material Requirements Planning (MRP). Manufacturing is not currently included in the [...]

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Alfresco – Open Source Enterprise Content Management

June 20, 2006

Alfresco is open source Enterprise Content Management (ECM). Enterprise Content Management is different to the many open source Content Management System’s (CMS) such as Drupal or Joomla. ECM is described by Wikipedia as
“software that enables organizations to create/capture, manage/secure, store/retain/destroy, publish/distribute, search, personalize, and present/view/print digital content such as pictures/images, text, reports, video, audio,
transactional [...]

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Jitterbit – Open Source Integration Software

June 18, 2006

Jitterbit have just recently come out of beta testing and have launched version 1.0. Jitterbit is open source integration software allowing you to, for example ,integrate you CRM (Customer Relationship Management) with your ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning).
Integration is one of the biggest benefits of modern systems but it is still one of [...]

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