With the launch of this new xtuple.org website we're also launching the first web-based interface to xTuple ERP. It's our CRM Support module, a tool that allows us to display CRM data from the xTuple database directly on the web (sorry, only authorized customers and partners have access to the online support portal!).
This is the first of many ways we can expose xTuple functionality on the web. We are working on others as well, including an osCommerce-based application store called the xChange, as well as a front end for distributing sales leads to our partner network. We will continue to develop web-based functionality that integrates with the back-end xTuple database, and we will document those efforts in the Web-Based Tools section of this site.
Our approach is to create web interfaces where it makes the most sense--we are not currently working to replace the GUI client with a web-based interface, but rather to expose specific functionality to the web, where it would be useful to have additional inputs from customers, partners, etc.
We'd love to hear from our community--has anyone else out there built web interfaces to an xTuple database? Let us know what you're up to!
BC Wilson
With the explosive movement of cloud strategies, BC was promoted to director of cloud services in 2014. Previously, he oversaw operations and hiring of managers for critical lines of business for the Product Management Group, driving return on investment (ROI) for all xTuple products and managed ongoing engineering and development of the xTuple Classic GUI product, including all customer-sponsored enhancements, as well as the xTuple Web Portal product. Prior to xTuple, BC was a senior product manager for Trader Electronic Media, where he directed the development of websites for the classified advertising market. He has also worked as a partner in a web design agency, and a content producer for the Road Runner and Starband broadband service providers. BC began his career as a writer and editor for the Ziff Davis computer magazines.
He holds a B.A. in Theology from Georgetown University, and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Old Dominion University. In 2012, BC was appointed as a commissioner of Bicycle and Pedestrian Trails in Norfolk, Virginia.