A review of the Magento Enterprise eCommerce solution – which is a groundbreaking platform whose functionality is only surpassed by its flexibility.
Open Source News
- OMB Shared First should include open source, says group - FierceGovernmentIT February 6, 2012
- API: Three Letters That Change Life, the Universe and Even Detroit - Wired News February 6, 2012
- Official: The White House Loves Open Source - ComputerworldUK (blog) February 6, 2012
- Linux unveils open source tablet - ITWeb February 6, 2012
- Software sans royalty for education - IBNLive.com February 6, 2012
Category Archive: Industry
Jun
06
eBay buys Magento…what does it mean?
As most of you know, eBay bought out Magento last week, picking up the 51% of the company it didn’t own. While I have no idea what they paid for it, we do know that its initial purchase of Magento (the 49%) valued the company at 45 million. I would bet the farm that the …
Apr
06
Notes fom SugarCON 2011: Mindtouch’s Product Help session….DO NOT MISS THIS!
So – I just got a preview of Aaron Fukerson’s presentation at SugarCON. I will not steal his thunder before his session – but holy toledo, was I impressed by it! So….without any spoilers, here is the 30,000 ft summary: …We all know how hard it is to take the tweets, blogs, forums, threads, likes, …
Apr
05
Notes from SugarCON2011: SugarCRM and LotusLive?….it’s the real deal
Day 1 at SugarCON 2011….and at any software conference or exposition, its easy to get carried away with the hyperbole and “vapor” of new product releases, new alliances, the latest “foo”-CRM idea. There is one solution offering though, that appears to be the real deal, and I am betting is going to get traction…fast….and its …
Apr
05
Ready, Set…CODE! The SugarCON 2011 Code Sprint…..
Over the weekend, two of Levementum’s engineers spent 50 hours with 50 programmers for SugarCON Code Sprint. These fantastic super-nerds spent 2 days working on innovations for the upcoming release of SugarCRM 6.2. The best news…they ran on Beta all weekend and in spite of all the cutting and chopping the 50 programmers did, …
Mar
14
Top 10 Reasons Salesforce Users Should Switch to SugarCRM
Over the next 3 weeks, we will count down the top 10 reasons why current Salesforce.com users and those considering Salesforce.com should examine the possibilities that a SugarCRM implementation can offer. Learn about why SugarCRM is a better choice then Salesforce.com …and come see it in action at SugarCON 2011 in San Francisco, at the …
Apr
27
Open Source Notes from the Left Bank: OSS Adoption in Europe
This past October 2009, I was lucky enough to be invited to participate in the Free Libre Open Source Summit and Think Tank in Paris, France. It was an opportunity for me to learn from the best and brightest that the world of open source has to offer – but more importantly, it was an …
Sep
02
What do these Open Source applications have in common?
You have likely heard the names before, especially if you are an advocate or user of open source software. Beginning about, 3 or 4 years ago open source software began to get noticed in the world of enterprise applications. The clear leader and fore-runner in the enterprise was SugarCRM, now several other common or soon …
Mar
19
The VAR Guy Live: Can You Profit From Google Apps And Amazon’s Cloud?
The VAR Guy recently introduced an upcoming webinar entitled, Can You Profit From Google Apps And Amazon’s Cloud? “Instead of discovering the risks (and rewards) on your own, learn from three VARs who already profit from Google Apps and the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)… This is a rare opportunity to hear from three VARs …
Feb
09
SugarCON 2009 says “No to Mediocrity”
Software conferences are usually marginal at best. Agendas are usually filled with sessions light on substance and heavy with promotion. Exhibitors and partners are a ‘means to an end’ – there to help fund the event with access to customers their primary reward. I’ve always found conference’s mediocre events of marginal value. Rarely does the …