I’ve known about the Magento e-commerce platform since 2008, and I was
immediately impressed by its user friendliness and out-of-the-box features.
Since then, Magento has really grown, and quite a few members of our
community have asked for an integration with this e-commerce system. So,
I’m really happy to say that with the help of IntegratingWeb, we have
officially released an integration for opentaps Open Source ERP + CRM with
the Magento e-commerce platform. Now you will have a choice of either using
the Apache OFBiz e-commerce store included in opentaps already or the Magento
e-commerce store with opentaps.
Here’s a video to show you how the opentaps - Magento integration works:
What’s really cool about this integration is that it adds a web-based Data
Access Layer module based on the Pentaho Data Integration (kettle) ETL
system. This module is used for impor... (more)
eCommerce Journal on Ulitzer
We’ve been working on an integration of the Magento e-commerce platform for
opentaps Open Source ERP + CRM, and some of our long-time users have also
talked about integrating opentaps with Spree. I took a quick look at both and
make some notes about them. Since we’re not developers of or service
providers for either one, and we plan to support integration with both in
opentaps, I hope you’ll consider this an unbiased if somewhat “bird’s
eye” comparison of Spree vs. Magento.
Spree
Spree is lightweight and easy to use, and the user interface for both t... (more)
Here’s an open source business model that’s creeping up on us: Selling
add-ons to open source software. For under $100, you can buy
predesigned themes, reports, and feature enhancements for a number of open
source projects, including WordPress, Joomla!, and Magento. Is there a
viable business here? To find out, I recently chatted with Eugene Popovsky,
one of the owners of aheadWorks, which makes several of the most popular
Magento add-ons. Here’s what he told me:
What made you decide to create these add-on modules for Magento?
We have a great experience in ecommerce as we’v... (more)
I didn’t “get” Google Wave when I first tried it. It wasn’t like
any other forum, wiki, or project management software I’ve used before.
(And believe me, I’ve used a lot of them.) What’s so great about it?
Now I get it. Google Wave is easier and more communicative than any other
collaboration tool I’ve used before. That’s what makes it better.
I’m not going to teach you how to use Google Wave here — if you haven’t
used it, watch the Google Wave. Instead, let me summarize why I think Google
Wave might be the future of software:
It runs “in the cloud.” Obviously, since it’s ... (more)
This is actually pretty cool: a timeline history of CRM, from Software
Advice. From the early days of the PC:
To our much heralded (hyped?) social web 2.0 future:
It’s fun to trace the history of technology and Customer Relationship
Management applications:
Early 1980’s: Personal Computers -> ACT!, desktop single user sales
automation software, 1986 Late 1980’s: Client/Server -> Siebel, multi-user
CRM, 1993 1995: Netscape and the Internet -> Salesforce.com, web-based CRM,
1999 2010: Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing -> ?
What, indeed, will the future bring? Even bigger changes.
If y... (more)