The first proof of concept application is now available.
This new application is based on Apache Geronimo 3, OSGi Blueprint, and
openJPA server side and HTML5/Javascript/CSS client side technologies.
Facebook integration is built into the application:
You can try the opentaps v2 Notes application at notes.opentaps.com or see a
YouTube video for the new opentaps v2 user interface. For developer
documentation, please see our wiki pages about opentaps 2.
Fedex and Endicia Shipping Integration
The new opentaps OFBiz FedEx integration module provides FedEx web services
integration for both opentaps and ofbiz. Important: because the current
Ship Manager Direct API will be discountinued by FedEx on May 31, 2012, you
will need to get this module to continue shipping with FedEx.
opentaps Endicia integration module now supports generating USPS shipping
labels from opentaps ... (more)
In this presentation, Si Chen will discuss the key trends in the enterprise
software sector, including vendor consolidation, on-demand delivery, and the
transition to a Service Oriented Architecture, and how they are creating
opportunities for open source applications. He will then showcase opentaps,
the Open Source Enterprise Applications Suite (www.opentaps.org). opentaps
is a Java open source application suite with ERP, CRM, Manufacturing,
eCommerce, and Supply Chain Management features which is built around SOA and
can be deployed on any database or platform. The presentat... (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)
An Easier Way to Set Up opentaps
I wrote in our last quarterly update that
Our main goal for opentaps 1.5 is to make it easier: easier for users to get
up and running and easier for developers to start extending opentaps.
Let’s see how we’re doing…
We are now getting ready to release opentaps Open Source ERP and CRM 1.5M1,
the first milestone for version 1.5. Starting with this version, setting up
opentaps and loading your data is easier than ever before. You can set up
opentaps from the base template, with pre-configured warehouses, product
stores to start from. Just use the ... (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)
Si Chen is the founder of Open Source Strategies, Inc. and Project Manager for opentaps Open Source ERP + CRM (www.opentaps.org).
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