When Nikon decided to merge and consolidate customer data from more than 25 disparate sources into one system, officials didn’t want the burden of maintaining it in-house, yet whatever they went with ...

Conventional and hosted applications thrive, but open source ERP is coming on strong. Here's how to choose the best type of solution for your own institution. The rise of open source ERP does not, ...

Business leaders often assume that overhauling existing or implementing new ERP software is expensive and does not lead to high returns on investment. This is not necessarily true, according to Diogo ...

Can open-source software find a home in mission-critical systems? Based on momentum in the open-source ERP (enterprise resource planning ) market, it’s starting to look that way, particularly for IT ...

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There are a handful of open source ERP solutions that can be considered business-ready --- thorough documentation, extensive technical and customer support, and a regular release schedule. Openbravo ...

Open source ERP (enterprise resource planning) software may still represent a small chunk of the overall market, but as a concept it has clearly gained a critical mass of adherents. Two open source ...

NORFOLK, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--xTuple, the leading provider of commercial open source business management software for growing companies, today announced a Feature Mob initiative aimed at providing ...

In 2004, when information-technology leaders at Indiana University and the University of Hawaii announced plans to develop a financial-management system for higher education and distribute it free, ...

Businesses and organizations investigating free enterprise software platforms might want to keep an eye on Alfresco, an emerging open source software company. Alfresco makes content management, portal ...