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Compiere 3.1 is Here!

Compiere 3.1 is a major release that adds more than 400 functional, technical and business analysis enhancements. This new release continues Compiere's commitment to building open source applications that drive down costs and complexities of ERP. A new secure business view layer and integration with third-party reporting tools top the list of capabilities added to the Web-based Compiere Professional Edition Version 3.1.

Visit What's New in Compiere 3.1  for a complete list of resources in support of this exciting new product.

The Compiere 3.1 press release is available in English , Deutsch  and Français .

New Product Demo: Compiere Business Partner

We’ve added “Compiere Business Partner”, another new Flash demo to the Product Demos page.

This new demo gives you a look at the powerful Compiere concept of Business Partner. In just six minutes you can experience the data management advantages from using Compiere’s Business Partner entity to consolidate data on organizations and people with whom you do business.

Check out the “Compiere Business Partner” demo today.

Which Compiere Edition is Right for Me?

One of the questions I hear most from companies evaluating Compiere is “which Compiere edition is right for my business?” Prospective customers are not sure if they should go with Compiere Community Edition, Compiere Standard Edition or if they would benefit more from going with Compiere Professional Edition. Well, the answer is: it depends. Each company is different, and as such their needs are different.

The Compare Editions page on the Compiere web site is an important resource for choosing between Compiere editions.  All three Compiere Editions are listed side-by-side along with the services, features and benefits of each edition.

A similar and frequently asked question is "which edition is most popular with customers?" Since we introduced a premium service level and the Web User Interface as part of Compiere Professional Edition in December 2007, the majority of new customers have opted for this premium offering.

Regardless of which edition you choose, you can easily tailor Compiere to meet your organization's ERP requirements. All editions include core ERP and CRM functionality such as order management, material management, financial accounting and reporting. All editions enable customization without programming through Compiere's model-driven application platform. And all editions are global ready, supporting one or more organizations, currencies, accounting standards, languages, and tax laws.

New Product Demo: Easier Application Customization with Compiere

We've added a new Flash demo to the Product Demos page.

"Easier Application Customization with Compiere" provides an introduction to the benefits and features of Compiere's Model-driven Application Platform and Data Dictionary. In just five minutes users can grasp what Compiere means by "customization without programming," and "easily change any thing at any time."

Check out "Easier Application Customization with Compiere" today.

New Compiere Service Pack Adds Web Reporting Features, Over 60 Enhancements

Compiere Service Pack 3.0.2 shipped today to Compiere Professional Edition and Standard Edition subscribers.  Read the press release and the Release Notes for additional details on the new software.

Compiere 3.0.2 validates our Commercial Open Source Release Model that brings innovative new functionality to market quickly, without sacrificing stability and supportability. The results of our recent eight-week product release cycle include expanded query and reporting capabilities in the Web UI, plus more than 60 customer-requested or community-contributed enhancements.

Compiere Service Pack 3.0.2 is available immediately to Compiere Professional Edition and Standard Edition subscribers, and through Compiere Authorized Partners.

New Product Demo: Choosing your Compiere Interface

We've added a new Flash demo to our Product Demos library.

"Choosing your Compiere Interface" lets users compare the experience of working in Compiere's Client Application (aka the Java Client) with the new Web Interface.

Check out "Choosing your Compiere Interface" today.

Compiere 3.0 Spotlight: New Financial Reports

We will be posting a series on our blog so that we can help you learn about and better familiarize yourself with the new features in Compiere 3.0.

One of the many new features of Compiere 3.0 is the new and improved reporting capabilities, specifically the financial reports. Compiere 3.0 features new standard reports such as the General Ledger, Trial Balance, Profit & Loss Statement, and the Balance Sheet which are the some of the basic reports needed to run accounting functions in an organization. These reports are built on the existing ones in Compiere and are improved in 3.0 to be more simplified, easy-to-use and more standardized, based on general US accounting standards. They can also easily be modified and changed to apply to various accounting standards across the globe.

Sales by Product and Sales by Business Partner are two brand new financial reports in the new Compiere release. All of these reports are standard across the board in all three 3.0 editions. In fact, Compiere is currently using all these financial reports internally as well. This expanded set of financial report templates allows you and your customers to more effectively use Compiere to manage the business. For more information about Compiere 3.0 please visit the Compiere Web site. 

Compiere 3.0 Now Available

Compiere 3.0 is here! This strategic milestone release adds functional and stability innovations on top of the leading open source enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) solution. Compiere 3.0 also marks the introduction of Compiere Professional Edition, a new premium offering targeted at larger organizations that require advanced services and commercial licensing from Compiere.

Please take a moment to visit the Compiere Web site to learn more about Compiere 3.0. In particular, you'll want to visit the What's New in Compiere 3.0 page. There you can learn about our expanded product line-up and the many new features and benefits of Compiere 3.0. 

Sneak Peek – Compiere's New Web Architecture and UI

As many of you know, Compiere is working on a next-generation Web Architecture. Today we are providing a sneak peek at the forthcoming technology on the Compiere web site.

This is a rather ambitious project offering multiple benefits. Compiere users gain a modern, interactive and feature-rich Compiere client that provides easy and secure access from a web browser. IT administrators benefit from not having to install or administer client software on every desktop.

We want to know what you think. Please share your comments regarding the Web Architecture demo to this thread. Thanks!

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.