Over there in Germany, Deutsche Bank volken announced their firm’s contract with Temenos Group, a provider of integrated core banking systems, to implement Temenos T24 in “major parts” of its Private Wealth Management business globally. The deal is said to be the largest ever taken on by Temenos, and the implementation will cover front office […]
Credit union CRM solutions specialist Better Branches has announced the release of Better WorkGroups, a module-based software application that provides host integration. Better WorkGroups is touted for its minimal-risk installation, which “allow[s] functionality to be added in small, manageable steps. Once the Better WorkGroups base license is installed, credit unions can choose how fast they […]
In Australia, some want to be ahead of the curve in seemingly inevitable VoIP implementation. Senator Sandra Rossi of the Family First party was reported by Australia’s Computer World online version to have made an open call to the government for funding to support the “free and open source software revolution.” Hood is apparently seeking […]
OpenMFG, a provider of open source-based enterprise solutions for small manufacturers and distributors, today announced the second major release of its cross-platform, open source report writer and rendering engine, OpenRPT. OpenRPT is available under a dual-license model, with open source under the GNU General Public License and commercial source code license with OpenMFG available. OpenRPT […]
Now this is the type of announcement always worth waiting for. WBP Systems has announced that its AJAX-based CRM known as “Heap” will be offered absolutely free until March 2007. The plug looks something like this: “Heap doesn’t keep to itself, [and] it communicates the way a good application should. Every piece of data can […]
SugarCRM Inc. is winding down the calendar having passed a nice couple of milestones. Company figures show that SugarCRM can now claim over 1,000 paying customers since the first edition of the commercial open source customer relationship software was released in September 2004. And Sugar Open Source has now been downloaded over 1,000,000 times. Sugar […]
M2M Holdings Inc., today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire KNOVA Software Inc., a provider of intelligent customer experience applications in an all-cash transaction worth approximately $47 million. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2007. And KNOVA, says M2M PR, will be assimilated. The M2M Holdings integration […]
Open-Xchange Inc., provider of open source collaboration software, has announced its partnership and support agreement with MySQL AB. This partnership enables Open-Xchange to embed the MySQL database into its leading open source collaboration server. Open-Xchange will add MySQL support to its Linux-based collaboration solution, Open-Xchange Server. Under terms of the agreement, both companies will work […]
Last week saw the release of open source CRM provider Vtiger’s CRM 5.0. The Vtiger business model is designed for small- and medium-sized businesses. Vtiger has reportedly been downloaded almost 500,000, and is built over LAMP/WAMP stack and other third-party open source packages. Vtiger CRM software can be installed in Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 and Unix/Linux-based distributions […]
OpenMFG, provider of open source-based enterprise solutions for small manufacturers and distributors, today announced the release of version 2.0 of its Enterprise Resource Planning software. Enhancements include multi-currency capabilities, a new Customer Relationship Management module, and new functionality in the manufacturing and scheduling module. OpenMFG’s flagship product is an ERP software solution built with open […]