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Changing the Economics of
Business Software with Compiere.


                Allan Regenbaum
                Director, Emerging Technologies
The Rules have changed

                             Efficiency
                             ROI




                                  $$$$$
                                  TCO
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2008 Best of Open Source
      Enterprise Applications


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A different approach
     Perceived 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

                                        Oracle
Large                    SAP             EBS
enterprise              mySAP
                         ERP         PeopleSoft

                                       JDE E1
                                                   Infor
Mid-market                   SAP                             Lawson
                          All-In-One
                                                                                Microsoft
                                                                      Agresso
                                       SAP                                      Dynamics
                                                            Epicor
                                     ByDesign                                                                                 Compiere
                                                   SAP
Small                                            Business        Exact     Sage NetSuite
Business                                           One                     Group




                      $high thousands/user                               Cost of Solution                        $low hundreds/user
    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



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Customization without Programming

             Add new                                                      Add new fields
             windows                                                      and tables

         Change field
             names                                                        Dynamically
                                                                          hide fields
    Default values by
                 user                                                     Change window
                                                                          layout
    Set security at the
        row/field level                                                   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
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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

                                                 SalesForce


           Application                               3rd Party
            Dictionary   Compiere         WEB


                                                   * RESTFul



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Automated Upgrades

                                          Compiere                2. Select new
                                       Migration Server              target version

                 1. Connect to
                    Migration Server

                                        3. Upgrade
              Source System                                  Upgraded System
                                           Automatically
         Prior Compiere Version                            Latest Compiere Version
          + Configurations                                  + Configurations
          + Extensions                                      + Extensions re-applied



       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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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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