By PJ Jakovljevic
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. Sure, one can discount the magnitude of this upbeat news — this particular vendor is still budding, if you compare it to SAP, Oracle, or Infor — but I welcome this it (and so...
It's been a busy summer for us here at xTuple. Our new Mobile Web app is now in private beta testing, and we continue to expand into the wholesale distribution market. We've seen terrific growth so far in 2012, and we'd like to say "thank you" to our ever-growing global community of customers, partners and other users. In thanks - we'd like to give you something back.
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At the recent quarterly company meeting, xTuple President and CEO Ned Lilly reported sales revenue up 66% over the same quarter last year — and sales for the first half of 2012 up 49% overall from the first half of...
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Let's face it. Most business software vendors don't listen. Over-priced products, bad service, unstable management. Need we say more?
At xTuple, we think Distributors deserve better.
xTuple is new and different: An affordable...
By Drew Robb
While no accurate market share numbers appear to exist, Ned Lilly, CEO of open source ERP provider xTuple, estimates that the open source share of the ERP market hovers somewhere around one-and-a-half percent. "If you segmented it into three tiers with Oracle and SAP as the top tier, you might be approaching 1 percent to 2 percent in Tiers 2 and 3," he said. "We're clearly...
We're always looking for better ways to help people become proficient with xTuple software. Our in-classroom training classes are always well attended and offer great opportunities to network and share with other xTuple users; check out the upcoming...
By Richard Foster
Increasingly, though, new technology is democratizing the business landscape. Companies like xTuple of Norfolk are offering affordable ERP software solutions to small and medium-sized businesses that want to integrate their business systems in a painless and cost-effective fashion.
By PJ Jakovljevic
This article features the third vendor from the same neck of the woods, xTuple (formerly OpenMFG), which recently turned 10 years young. As a commercial open source company, xTuple works with a global community of tens of thousands of professional users. Customers can tailor the vendor’s solutions with multi-platform support for Apple Mac, Microsoft Windows, Linux and...
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A free complement to xTuple’s desktop business management software is the new xTuple Mobile Web app which will debut at ComputerWorld’s Open Source Business Conference (@OpenBusinessCon) in San...
I'm writing today with exciting news. In a few weeks' time, we will begin limited beta testing of a brand new xTuple product — a product which xTuple customers will receive at no additional charge, as part of their ongoing annual software maintenance relationship with xTuple. The product is a full-blown Mobile Web app, which runs on tablets and smart phones (Apple and Android), as well as any modern Web browser on a desktop or laptop computer. It's unlike anything on the market today...
By SIDDHARTHA
xTuple ERP is another good free alternative to SAP Business Suite. xTuple ERP is a fully integrated ERP and CRM system. It offers a greater flexibility in the range of businesses and industries. The ERP system can easily manage all business activities and handles the customer data efficiently.
Many people know xTuple primarily as a manufacturing-focused ERP system, but I'd like to share a lot of new functionality available to support wholesale distributors. These features have been contributed to or sponsored by customers and open source community members. Examples include...
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xTuple, the global leader in commercial open source business management software for growing companies, today announced its partnership with Distribution Technology Group (DTG) to provide modern enterprise technology products and services to the electrical distribution marketplace....
Analyst: Jay Layman
While growing its business and customers in segments such as manufacturing, distribution and retail, open source ERP vendor xTuple is building a new mobile version for its ERP, CRM, and business accounting software and features.
While...
It's been a while since our last newsletter, and there's lots to talk about! First and foremost, we're happy to announce the general availability of xTuple 3.8.1. Version 3.8.0 has been out for a little while, but we've made a few minor tweaks and simplified the all-in-one installer. For those who may have missed the 3.8.0 release, here are some highlights.
From the Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice (JITE)
This research paper is a collaboration of the Department of Marketing & Supply Chain Management at Southeastern Louisiana University and the Department of Management at Baruch College, New York, NY.
It's autumn in the northern half of the world — the kids are back in school, the politicians have returned to whatever it is they do, and businesses are looking to fine-tune their operations before the end of the year activities take over. We can't help you with the first two — but we've definitely got some things lined up that can help you get your business ready for the end-of-year rush.
Here in the U.S., it's summertime. The kids are out of school, and lots of people are already thinking about that vacation coming up. (Don't have one planned yet? How about a visit to Washington DC in August — see the second story down in this newsletter!) But if your business, like most companies, is doing more and more with less and less these days, you might be looking at a short-staff situation this summer with some alarm. Particularly if you'll be doing without I.T. help for some period of time. Well, your friends at xTuple have the answer.
By GetApp
Cost and crowd-sourcing implications aside, I asked Ned Lilly, CEO of xTuple.com, more about the perceived benefits of an ERP solution. He zeroed in on three key advantages of commercial open-source ERP: affordable (because they cost significantly lower than other solutions), flexible (because you have the source code, you can configure and customize the solution to pretty...
There's nothing we like better than introducing great new products. In case you missed my blog announcing two new additions to the xTuple family, we now have a Project Edition of xTuple as well as an Enterprise Edition. The Project Edition consists of the exciting new Project Accounting package on top of the PostBooks® core and fully integrated with the Time and Expense functionality (which remains freely available). Check it out.