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FOSS, the Recession and the Lower-TCO Promise
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| As the global economic crisis deepens, companies are considering options they
| might once have rejected out of hand in order to cut costs. Open source
| vendors have long waved the lower-TCO banner, and the recession seems to
| fueling business in the sector. It's not quite clear, though, whether a
| switch to open source will result in cost savings in the long run.
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| [...]
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| As the global economic crisis worsens, it is likely that adoption of open
| source systems will increase.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/FOSS-the-Recession-and-the-Lower-TCO-Promise-67157.html?wlc=1243278170
Openbravo open-source ERP software made modular
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| Openbravo, the Spanish developer of professional open source solutions for
| businesses, has released version 2.5 of its open-source ERP suite. The
| modular concept introduced with this release is aimed at enabling developers
| and clients to create additional functions as modules, so fine-tuning the ERP
| software to meet their wishes better, but without having to change the suite
| itself. Other new things in Openbravo 2.5 are support for right-to-left
| languages like Arabic, an autosave function, and improved support for complex
| organizations.
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http://www.h-online.com/open/Openbravo-open-source-ERP-software-made-modular--/news/113362
Recent:
Openbravo Clarifies MySQL Integration Strategy
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| Openbravo, the open source ERP and POS specialist, at LinuxWorld shared plans
| to offer better native support for MySQL, the wildly popular open source
| database. Well, The VAR Guy just got an update on the effort. Here’s the
| scoop, straight from Openbravo Chief Products Officer Paolo Juvara.
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http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/11/13/openbravo-clarifies-mysql-integration-strategy/
Open Source Business Models: Sun and the Open Source Funnel Marketing
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| Free software and other materials help to create relationships, then you can
| start to sell them your prospects low-priced products and services,
| eventually bringing them to become repetitive customers who will buy
| subscriptions.
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http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/11/11/open-source-business-models-sun-and-the-open-source-funnel-marketing/
New OEM Agreement: Openbravo Brings New Analytical Capabilities to Enterprise
Resource Planning With Business Intelligence From Pentaho
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| By embedding open source BI modules from Pentaho, Openbravo is enabling its
| worldwide customer base to get more strategic and analytical value from the
| information that those customers capture and manage within their Openbravo
| ERP systems.
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http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/new-oem-agreement-openbravo-brings,530336.shtml
http://tinyurl.com/6ehesz
Openbravo Releases POS 2.20
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| Openbravo, a provider of Web-based open source enterprise resource planning
| (ERP) and Point of Sale (PoS) solutions for enterprises, has released version
| 2.20 of its open source PoS software, an application for retailers that works
| with touch screens, barcode scanners and ticket printers.
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http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/28590/news.htm
Openbravo demonstrates compatibility with Ubuntu at LinuxWorld 2008
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| Openbravo will also be demonstrating the additions to its Openbravo Network
| family of products, which includes access to certified updates and upgrades,
| and a bug-fixing guarantee so that users are always up-to-date and any
| problems are rapidly solved.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/openbravo-demonstrates-compatibility-ubuntu-linuxworld/story.aspx?guid=%7BF3F5DBE0-D67D-4E9D-B3AA-A3D1FAEABE58%7D&dist=hppr
Open source manufacturing ERP gets 600,000 downloads
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| Open source web-based ERP developer OpenBravo, which has now received $12m of
| second round growth funding, is claiming huge growth, particularly among
| manufacturing SMEs.
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http://www.mcsolutions.co.uk/article/14243/Open-source-manufacturing-ERP-gets-600000-downloads-.aspx
Related:
Openbravo Releases New Version 2.40 of Leading ERP Solution
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| Openbravo, the leading developer of web-based open source Enterprise Resource
| Planning (ERP) and Point-of-Sale (PoS) solutions, has announced today the
| launch of its updated open source web-based ERP software, Openbravo ERP 2.40.
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http://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/Openbravo+Releases+New+Version+2.40+of+Leading+ERP+Solution/3833725.html
http://tinyurl.com/6mxnrs
Software Application Vendor Openbravo Secures $12m in the Largest Ever Round
for Open Source ERP
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| Openbravo has developed open source software for enterprise resource planning
| (ERP), specifically for small and mid-sized enterprises (SME), where market
| adoption of ERPs is still low since proprietary players have traditionally
| underserved this market.
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http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/software-application-vendor-openbravo-secures,398375.shtml
Review: For ERP, Is It Time To Applaud Openbravo?
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| A big concern about open source has always been about interoperability: would
| it work with what's already in production? Openbravo ERP eases those concerns
| somewhat, supporting both proprietary Oracle (10g) and open source PostgreSQL
| databases. Openbravo ERP is Java-based and requires several Apache products.
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http://www.crn.com/software/207200738
Openbravo Launches Openbravo POS v2.0
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| New version of Point of Sale software with enhance usability, configuration
| and localization capabilities to enable operational efficiency in demanding
| retail and hospitality environments-
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http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080226005973&newsLang=en
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