Businesses that love Java and are looking to move to open source may want to give Compiere a look. The system is a complete ERP and CRM suite that includes accounting, order entry, customer ...

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.

Of course, open source ERP applications, just like SaaS and other cloud computing-type solutions, are not the answer to all of ERP’s woes—those complexity, cost and vendor lock-in issues that ...

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.

Opinion: ERP requires a fair amount of customization anyway, so why not go the open-source route? (The Channel Insider) ...

Two open-source ERP suites, xTuple and ADempiere, were listed as the two “most active” projects Wednesday on SourceForge, which bills itself as the world’s largest Web site for open-source ...

Free Open Source ERP solutions like OpenBravo or Compiere can be downloaded freely and installed on your system. You can then configure and manage them according to your needs.

At first blush, Scott Rosa’s experience parallels that of other successful open-source ERP adopters. But the path to success wasn’t straight. The CTO of Prevention Partners, which manufactures ...

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 ...

Open source is picking up momentum in the ERP market because of its flexibility and relatively low cost Can open-source software find a home in mission-critical systems? Based on momentum in the ...