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 [...]

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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, [...]

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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 the biggest [...]

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SQL Ledger – Open Source Accounts Software

June 17, 2006

SQL Ledger is one of the most well known open source accounts (accounting software) packages. Its core market appears to be the Quickbooks/Sage Line 50 market (SME, Micro, SOHO, Not for Profit etc) it even has some Quickbooks migration tools for data conversion. SQL ledger is web based so can great when remote access is [...]

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SugarCRM – Open Source CRM (Customer Relationship Management)

June 6, 2006

SugarCRM is open source Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software that can be run on Windows or Linux machines, usually a server. As SugarCRM is web based it can be accessed by any machine with a web browser connected locally or if set up for internet access by any machine with browser and an internet connection. [...]

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Pentaho Report Designer

June 6, 2006

Pentaho, the Florida based open source business intelligence company, has just announced Pentaho Report Designer and donated the code to the open source community. Pentaho Report Designer is based on GmBH a proprietary product Pentaho has acquired from Gridvision Engineering a Swiss based company. Pentaho will be a subject of future post but as a [...]

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