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 ...

Compiere has secured its first external funding to the tune of $6 million and is planning to relocate its headquarters, the open-source midmarket business applications company said Tuesday. The vendor ...

Two leading open source ERP players are working to expand their solutions and partner ecosystems. On Wednesday, Compiere, a Redwood Shores, Calif. company whose management is comprised of many ex ...

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 ...

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 ...

OpenMFG's open-source model abides by an exclusive source code distribution license, which lies in the middle between open-source and proprietary software. Essentially, solution providers have to buy ...

The goal of ERP isn’t simply to provide a unified application interface for every aspect of a company’s business process — it also tries to include the inherent data-mining capabilities that go along ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. David Kindness is a Certified Public ...

While Oracle and SAP deal with multi-million-dollar projects at large enterprises, an opportunity with SMBs opens up for open source Earlier this year, Matt wrote that in 2009, companies will balk at ...