Introducing Compiere 2.6.1

Compiere 2.6.1 is now available. You can learn more about this new release by reading the press release or downloading the latest software.

The big news in this release is support for EnterpriseDB Advanced Server version 8.1, providing customers with expanded database choices and additional price points. Both EnterpriseDB and Oracle offer Compiere customers enterprise-class database functionality and performance. Both vendors back their software with a range of support services. Importantly, the choice of vendor is yours.

In all, the new release includes more than 58 enhancements and improvements. My personal favorite is user-saved queries, giving you the ability to easily define, store, retrieve and reuse frequently used queries. The release also includes improvements in materials movement functionality, data imports and to the data dictionary.

For those of you who use sourceforge's tracker statistics as an indicator of product quality, the backlog of open issues declined 20% between March 19 and April 27. I can also report that Compiere's expanding QA department provided significantly higher levels of testing than in previous releases.

Database choice, new functionality and improved quality are three great reasons for you to make the  move to Compiere 2.6.1. Automated migration tools for moving to Compiere 2.6.1 are included with Compiere Self-service, Standard or Expanded Support subscriptions.