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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

For those focusing on small manufacturing operations, one of the best ERP solutions comes from OpenMFG. Over the past couple of years, the open-source ERP vendor has built a small but healthy ...

"GlassFish" lets outsiders tinker with Java server source code but stops well short of making it actual open-source software. Stephen Shankland Former Principal Writer Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

Sun Microsystems has followed up an announcement that its Solaris server operating system will have an open-source flavor with a similar promise for its Java technology. Raghavan Srinivas, Java ...

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 ...