Allan RegenbaumAllan Regenbaum
Director, Emerging TechnologiesDirector, Emerging Technologies
Allan RegenbaumAllan Regenbaum
Director, Emerging TechnologiesDirector, Emerging Technologies
Changing the Economics of Changing the Economics of Business Software with Compiere.Business Software with Compiere.
The Rules have changed
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$$$$$TCO
EfficiencyROI
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2008 Best of Open Source Enterprise Applications
A different approachPerceived value of software has reduced
Most systems duplicate functionality
Its hard to find good programmers
Economy
Move $$ to add value
Leverage what has been built
Reduce custom software, increase configuration, easy to extend, web services.
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Integrated ERP and CRM Functionality
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Compiere’s Disruptive Economics
Largeenterprise
Mid-market
SmallBusiness
Compiere
$high thousands/user Cost of Solution $low hundreds/user
MicrosoftDynamics
SageGroup
Exact
Epicor
Agresso
SAPAll-In-One
Lawson
Infor
NetSuite
OracleEBS
PeopleSoft
JDE E1
SAPBusiness
One
SAPByDesign
SAPmySAP
ERP
Source: Compiere derivative work based on Forrester Research “Next-Generation ERP Strategies,” Sept. 2007.
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Modern Web Architecture and UI
First mid-market ERP
with a modern RIA
Web architecture
Great user experience
› Rich functionality
› Personalized user interface
Standards-based design
› Service Oriented Architecture
› AJAX features through open
source Google Web Toolkit
Built for SaaS, On-premise, Cloud or Appliance deployment
Customization without Programming
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Add new fields and tables
Change window layout
Change field names
Default values by user
Dynamically hide fields
Set security at the row/field level
Add new windows
Create entirely new Applications
• Business logic stored in applications dictionary not hard-coded into programs
• Configure and extend Compiere without programming
• Customizations remain in place, even through software upgrades
Instant Web Services
Web Services engine is based upon the dictionary› All existing, and any new tables are exposed as web
services all the time.
› Always On
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Application Dictionary WEBCompiere
3rd Party
SalesForce
* RESTFul
Automated Upgrades
Migration Technology upgrades customer to the latest version
All Dictionary-based configurations & extensions remain in place
Partner developed applications can be upgraded in the same way
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Source System
Prior Compiere Version + Configurations + Extensions
Upgraded System
Latest Compiere Version + Configurations + Extensions re-applied
CompiereMigration Server
1. Connect to Migration Server
2. Select new target version
3. Upgrade Automatically
Platform Summary
Dictionary Based
Web Interface
Minimal programming
Fast Config
Web Services
Open Source
Cost Effective
Powerful Migration
Multi host options
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Possibilities
Basic Demo
Value Assessment› TCO Analysis› Boardroom Pilot
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