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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

How about we play an ERP word-association game: I say “ERP costs” and what words come to mind? “Expensive”? How about “never ending”? “Increasing”? “Heartburn-inducing”? Do the words “cheap” or ...

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 ...

Dave Rosenberg has more than 15 years of technology and marketing experience that spans from Bell Labs to startup IPOs to open-source and cloud software companies. He is CEO and founder of Nodeable, ...

There's a paradox operating in the enterprise apps world. On the one hand we have the mega vendors with proprietary technology. On the other hand we have millions of developers who love open source.

BANGALORE, INDIA: The recessionary time has forced businesses to minimize their IT expenditure. Enterprise spending on proprietary applications too took a hit. Today in any business scenario, as ...

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ERP has been a kind of final frontier for open source software. But now more IT leaders at midsize and smaller businesses are saying yes to open source software for ERP systems that pump the very ...