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World’s #1 open source enterprise resource planning Software Company kicks-off second community development initiative — “Flash Mob” for new features [UPDATES]

 

xTuple CEO Ned Lilly queried the open source user community recently, asking what features were missing for xTuple PostBooks® to be "perfect." The result is...

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After his company outgrew their old business management software, Kevin Biltz of Kemp Electric Supply Co. embarked on a search for a replacement. Biltz knew he needed more — and better — information from his internal systems. He was wary of older systems acquired over time by legacy vendors such as Epicor, Sage and Infor. Exorbitant costs, unreasonable time to implement and...

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xTuple — downloaded in 200-plus countries — strengthens international business and software development operations

Norfolk, Virginia (USA)-headquartered xTuple, the world's #1 open source enterprise resource planning (ERP) software company, has been selected to participate in Virginia Leaders in Export Trade (VALET) — a state program sponsored by the Virginia...

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Complimentary Webinar: How to Evaluate ERP in the Cloud

In its latest “next generation” leap to service the global business community, industry innovator xTuple takes on both proprietary and open source software with its Cloud 2.0 service and a new evaluation methodology, hosted in the Cloud.

Responding to community requests for a superior user experience,...

By Ashley Dotterweich

Accounting software is one of the most essential tools used by any business. Because smaller companies tend to have more straightforward finances, lightweight free options often work very well for SMBs. Looking for a secure, flexible option that integrates well with other solutions, such as CRM or ecommerce solutions, is the best way to make sure your free...

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Legacy Software Users Vote with Their Feet, Choose the World’s #1 Open Source ERP

As the direct result of a tongue-in-cheek “Alpha (not Omega)” campaign targeting the world of inflexible, antiquated, and customer-indifferent legacy ERP vendors, xTuple saw a major...

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Open source customers, partners and community members gather at xTuple headquarters to learn, network and honor accomplishments

By popular demand, and building on the success of Partner-only conferences in 2011 and 2012, xTuple CEO Ned Lilly invites open source ERP community members to the software company’s first global user conference, xTupleCon....

If you've been around xTuple for a while, you probably used our Hosted Demo service at one point. While you've always been able to download the xTuple client, and set up your own PostBooks® database locally, many people find it helpful to use the same client to connect to a hosted instance of their own xTuple Enterprise database. We're pleased to announce the successor to that program - our Free Trial and Cloud 2.0 service....

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Notable deficiencies in vendor support is well-known problem in distribution software

After his company outgrew their old business management software, Kevin Biltz of Kemp Electric Supply Co. embarked on a search for a replacement. Biltz knew he needed more — and better — information from his internal systems. He was wary of older systems acquired over...

By Mike Williams

PostBooks® is another open source tool with all the usual accounting features: general ledger, accounts payable and receivable, invoicing, bank reconciliation and more, all accessible via a well-presented interface. But that's just the start.

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Software Industry’s principal trade association embraces open source and adds xTuple Enterprise Resource Planning to prestigious “Top Ten” list of 2013 Innovators

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) selects xTuple, fast recognized as the world’s #1 open source ERP, as one of the 2013 “Top Ten” most innovative companies...

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Last week, xTuple debuted its xWD Wholesale Distribution add-on package at the IMARK Showcase, an annual marketing conference and trade show that gives the group's members an inside track on the latest products for wholesale distributors. Key decision-making members meet one-on-one with IMARK Member Services Providers, such as xTuple, to build and strengthen invaluable...

By Jacob Geiger — Work It, Richmond

Small businesses in Hampton Roads are spending a lot of time these days worrying about their biggest source of customers: the U.S. military.

Half of the federal government’s budget sequester — $85 billion in automatic spending cuts that began last month — is being carved from defense spending, even though defense makes up about one-fifth of all...

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IMARK Group members get first look at game-changing software in Chicago next week

xTuple vice president Wally Tonra, account executive Stacey Pandeloglou and software engineer Tom Atkins are suiting up for the big game. That 'big game' — in the world of industrial distribution — is the IMARK Showcase, an annual marketing conference and trade show that...

You may have already heard, thanks to the overwhelming support from our community, that xTuple PostBooks® was voted "Project of the Month" on the SourceForge open source portal. It was a tremendous honor for all of us, and we share the accolade with all of you. So we started thinking about more ways we could engage with you to make sure this software is meeting your needs...

Written By PJ Jakovljevic

Often I get asked the question why people refer to an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system as a true “enterprise resource planning” solution if it doesn’t entail human resources management (HRM) — after all, every organization needs to manage its people, its products and services, and its finances. It seems that open source manufacturing and distribution...

By Ned Lilly

My company is the corporate sponsor of xTuple PostBooks® — a leading open source ERP — which is currently being honored as the “Project of the Month” at the SourceForge open source software portal. This Veronica Mars business got me thinking about how we might do something similar in our xTuple community, and perhaps address some of the most-requested “missing features” in...

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OrangeHRM’s million-plus users now benefit from complete integration with accounting, corporate relationship management and enterprise resource planning

xTuple ERP announces new technology integration partnership with the world's most popular and most used open source...

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Somber fun with legacy vendor’s “Omega” end-of-life message to partners and customers

Customers and value-added resellers (VARs) of a particular legacy enterprise resource planning (ERP) software company may have received an over-size postcard recently with haunting images — an eerie graveyard full of tombstones.

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By Chuck Schaeffer

Open source software delivers the tools that dominate the Web and run much of everything we call the cloud. But despite ubiquitous acceptance of open source databases, operating systems and development tools, are business and technology leaders ready for open source ERP applications? This is a question where the answer lies in a steady transition and market movement...