Google announced that they would open source the PowerMeter API that
integrates home energy monitoring devices directly into Google's Power meter
. The Google meter is a free software tool that lets you monitor your
personal energy consumption from iGoogle homepage so that you can make more
efficient use of power at home.
Using the open standards based Apps interface, developers can now customize
the energy information available to customers while assuring privacy. Google
also has provided resources for utility service providers and device makers
in terms of samples and implementation guidelines to build their own Google
meter compatible systems. For more info, check out Google's official blog
site: http://blog.google.org/search/label/PowerMeter.
... (more)
In this edition of the quarterly update, I’m happy to tell you about the:
opentaps 1.4 Release New opentaps.org website, forum, and training video
store opentaps-Magento integration Development goals for opentaps 1.5 A proof
of concept for opentaps 2.0 based on OSGi, Spring dynamic modules, and maven
Amicon Technologies and IntegratingWeb join opentaps as opentaps Partners
opentaps in China
opentaps 1.4 is Released
opentaps 1.4 was officially released in March 2010. This release features
many new features in CRM, manufacturing, supply chain management, and
financial accounting; i... (more)
IBM has unveiled a new technology platform designed to transform the way that
financial services firms manage the ever increasing amount of data and
transaction volumes generated by capital markets around the world.
Financial systems are tremendously data-intensive and rely on speed in
trading transactions that can result in huge profits and help exchanges
compete and meet client demands. The slightest unexpected spike in market
volatility can lead to transaction delays and systems failures, with a direct
impact on the global financial system and the businesses and individuals that... (more)
OpenERP - The Belgium based open source ERP provider recently taking mind of
its developments in India has announced for a community involvement which
would help them create a low cost solution for the Indian Market. The open
source market in India has recently taken a giant leap and the company looks
forward to cash-in on this opportunity through localized implementations.
The significant growth of the partner network and the requests from various
parts of the sub-continental country can be seen as the pre-cursor of this
business decision. OpenERP already has its development and ... (more)
Derek Singleton at SoftwareAdvice.com has written an interesting article
entitled Can Open Source ERP Succeed? He brought up some of the hurdles for
the adoption of open source ERP software.
Having developed open source ERP and CRM for over five years now, I’d like
to ask a different question: Can Open Source make ERP better?
The ERP Challenge
To answer this, we need to look first at the fundamental challenges of
business applications such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP):
They’re complicated. Businesses are complicated, so ERP, which must be
support all the functions of a b... (more)
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