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This is a question I hear all the time! Whether you're a business owner, startup entrepreneur, big-thinker, friend or family, the answer is simple.

It depends.

The cost of a website relies on the requirements of the project, how the site will scale in size in the future, and how robust the site needs to be. It’s similar to comparing vehicles. You can buy a Honda, or you can...

Recently many clients and colleagues have asked why we only work with Drupal. The dilemma? Drupal seems too complicated for small brochure-style websites, and arguably you can spin up a WordPress site in a matter of hours. While true, we have at least seven (7) reasons why Drupal is a better fit for our clients. Now, I’m not anti-WordPress. Actually, I’ve seen some great sites built on it, and...

In a recent webinar hosted by Modern Distribution Management magazine , distributors of all sizes were asked where they were investing technology dollars in 2014. The top three areas of spend were:

Customer Relationship Management (CRM): 40.7% eCommerce: 40.1% Mobile for Sales: 29.7%

Interestingly, these are three areas that xTuple and our community...

We all know eCommerce will play an increasingly important role in how we operate our businesses. One critical aspect of successful online stores (example: Amazon, Home Depot, Overstock), is the tight integration with their back office applications — allowing for a valuable customer experience and increased efficiencies for the merchant.

With this in mind, xTuple recently announced an...

Ever dreamed of your customers or sales reps being able to place and track xTuple orders from anywhere on the web? Ever wished you could let customers or employees log and track xTuple tickets or incidents from anywhere on the web? You can make your dreams a reality and you can do the basics yourself.

xTuple's Web Portal software enables you to give users that don't have access to your...

If you or someone you know is a Drupal programmer — and you have an interest in translating xTuple ERP — then we have some news for you. Earlier this summer, xTuple published the source code for its Translation Portal software. This is the same software currently hosting 28 language projects on the xTuple community website. The source code was released as part of the PostBooks® project and is...

Want to tie xTuple together with a leading open source web shopping cart? We've just finished an overhaul of our eCommerce integration for xTuple and Drupal/Ubercart . The solution consists of a custom Drupal module (uc_edi_xtuple) and a set of instructions for configuring your webstore to send customer and order information to your xTuple database. You'll be able to sell on the web, and...