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Top 50 Open Source Companies
TheVARguy.com [website launched in January 2008] serves the IT channel, allowing VARs (value-added resellers) and MSPs (managed services provider) to engage in conversations about next-generation...
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Open source – opportunities for tech resellers
Photo credit: Squiggle on Flickr Open source software is available for free, along with its source code, and it has developed its own substantial following since the early days of computing. The best...
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New ERP System for the New Year? Start Now!
If you’re in the process of deciding to migrate to a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system and hope to have it in place by the end of the year, i.e., 2012, don’t wait any longer to make the...
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Global sourcing buying group saves small biz big bucks
Why buy alone? This is the question any small business owner needs to ask. In answer, Industries United formed to connect thousands of small businesses into industry groups who purchase material and...
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Free Versus Open Source in the Cloud
Why does Forbes keep indulging SaaS/cloud vendors looking to pick straw-man fights? (see also “The End of ERP” – and my comments there). Bryan from Acquia makes the point well that open source and...
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These are the Days of Healthy Growth for Open-source ERP Provider
These days, amid the austerity, cuts, and general malaise, it is refreshing to hear about the whopping annual growth of a manufacturing-oriented enterprise resource planning (ERP) software vendor....
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What’s This Cloud Thing Anyway?
Was recently putting some thoughts together on the tipping point for a business to finally make the plunge and replace their ERP system and it seems that many “experts” and “articles” like to include...
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Setup, Configuration and Operation of Your ERP – what’s your Herby?
What is your Herby*? Everyone has at least one. Product Enthusiast, Mike Atherton, opens one of his regular xTuple training weeks with, “I’ve taught more xTuple classes and accomplished more...
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ERP Business Intelligence for smarter companies
Dashboards reveal amazing information hidden in your data. “An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts – for support rather than for illumination.” — Andrew Lang,...
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Real Cost of Choosing the Wrong Software Vendor
Choosing the right software vendor is just as important to the success of your company as putting a solid marketing plan into place. After all, the software package your company uses will play a big...
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Off to a good start
Last summer Jeremy Alessi’s home air conditioning unit died and he and his family found themselves sweating in 90-degree heat. But with hot air came a great idea – Handheld Handyman, a dedicated video...
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How (NOT) to upgrade your business software
Software is a tool – Implementation is a talent Software is a commodity. There. I said it plainly. Microsoft and Sage won’t like it. Wah! Sound of world’s smallest violin playing sad music, fading...
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TOP STORY 2012: Economic gardening, startup programs take root
Photo credit:Paul Chin Jr. on Flickr Economic gardening initiatives and accelerator programs for startup companies sprouted in the area in 2012. Last April, StartNorfolk held its second startup weekend...
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Pitch at Start Norfolk 3 – Third Time’s the Charm
Silicon Anchor News, the online port for entrepreneurship, innovation and startups in Norfolk / Virginia Beach (USA), just announced Start Norfolk 3, an event bringing together individuals of different...
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Change the world, one startup at a time
Hatch is a mentorship-driven startup program for technology and design entrepreneurs ready to build a product, launch a company and change the world. Hatch accepts applications from companies located...
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xTuple named featured project on Sourceforge
Recognizing xTuple ERP solutions as the “world’s #1 open source ERP” means xTuple has become a significant threat to legacy business management software vendors in manufacturing and wholesale...
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Commercial Open Source growth stakes claim as best model
Open source is changing the world and OpenSource.com has resources to prove it Unlike the venerable groundhog Punxsutawney Phil, my bullish prognostication for 2013 that “ commercial open source is...
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NAED National is THE Electrical Distributor’s launchpad
At NAED National: Bill Russell of Boston Celtics fame with Wally Tonra, xTuple Technology endures at the forefront of a generational change in business. The haves and the have-nots (or the on-boards...
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Bossie Awards 2013: The best open source applications
InfoWorld’s top picks in open source business applications, platforms, and middleware From OpenSource.com: “And the winners are… This week InfoWorld.com announced the winners of its Best of Open Source...
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