By: Jason Will

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The Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce’s annual State of the City series kicked off with the Norfolk address on February 8.  A sold out crowd of more than 1,000 filled the a ballroom at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott to hearNorfolk Mayor Paul Fraim provide an update on the city’s key business development initiatives, municipal progress updates and opportunities. 

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Recognizing xTuple ERP solutions as the “world’s #1 open source ERP” means xTuple has become a significant threat to legacy business management software vendors in manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

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Analyst:Â Jay Lyman 451 Research 2 Jan, 2013

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Economic gardening initiatives and accelerator programs for startup companies sprouted in the area in 2012.

Last April, StartNorfolk held its second startup weekend designed to connect entrepreneurs with people who have investment capital, management, design and programming experience to jump-start the best business ideas.

The winners were d8night.com, which gives ideas for dates; Podium Pro, a public speaking application for the iPad; and Care Direct, an Internet platform for emergency medical help.

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Innovate!HamptonRoads put five companies through a pilot of the privately funded program last fall. After showing great success, another six companies were chosen for the first official round: AVID LLC of Yorktown, Command Post Technologies Inc. of Suffolk, Systems East Inc. of Hampton, Unitech LLC of Hampton, Universal Laboratories Inc. of Hampton, and xTuple LLC of Norfolk

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I recently published an article that looked at using GNUCash for personal budgeting on Linux. The comment thread made for a fascinating read – it seems that many people feel that personal Linux accounting is just too painful right now, and opt for Quicken (using Wine front-end PlayOnLinux). One product that was given honourable mention, however, was xTuple's PostBooks-based ERP system. What's it about?

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Four years ago, Ken Moore decided that there had to be a way to cut down on his IT costs at his Kenosha, Wisconsin manufacturing company, Cordeck (www.cordeck.com). Cordeck is a full-service manufacturer and stocking distributor of corrugated steel deck, flashing, trim, and building construction accessories. Cordeck does not have an in-house IT staff, and Ken was tired of seeing the local IT consulting company coming in several times a month, for “clean up work”.

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Another day – another somewhat crazy email from a software publisher promising implying high commissions to Sage partners who looking for the golden ticket that returns them to the 1980s glory days of 50% or higher margins.

Software publisher Accountmate sent a somewhat similar  channel wide communication to Sage partners August 27, 2012.

Is this all talk or have some software publishers discovered a secret way to reward their partners with lifelong high margins and effortless upgrade revenue streams?

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By Drew Robb

Open source is still a small subset of the ERP market, yet its promise of low cost and added flexibility means it merits investigation, especially for entry-level ERP deployments.

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While growing its business and customers in segments such as manufacturing, distribution and retail, open source ERP vendor xTuple is building a new mobile version for its ERP, CRM, and business accounting software and features.

What’s Up with xTuple—and Open Source ERP?

By P.J. Jakovljevic, published April 30, 2012, for Technology Evaluation Centers

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Nine-year-old xTuple proudly touts its continued independence. Unlike many of its commercial open source peers, the profitable ERP apps company has yet to take on any external funding. Of course, lack of third-party investment means that Norfolk, Virginia-based xTuple tends to grow at a slower rate, but that situation appears to suit it. In addition, xTuple is betting that its lack of funding and thus lack of expansion into more services leaves more room for channel partners, which have indeed grown.

After reviewing six ERP vendors who fulfilled all of their basic requirements, mainly Windows-based solutions, Cedarlane chose xTuple, primarily because of the low cost. “We chose xTuple, at first, for the ‘wrong’ reason: price. But we kept it for the right reasons: because of the great product and company behind it,” stated Baroco.

“As part of our due diligence we spoke with several companies that were running ERPs of all sizes, and the feedback was consistent-the bigger the software house, the more problems with the ERP program,” says Harry Muller-Thym, Sr., founder of Thymly. After looking at both large and small vendors, Thymly chose xTuple because of its open source philosophy and excellent customer support.

While growing its business and customers in segments such as manufacturing, distribution and retail, open source ERP vendor xTuple is building a new mobile version for its ERP, CRM, and business accounting software and features.

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A fascinating study in the Information Systems Education Journal, published by Minh Huynh and Ivan Pinto of Southeastern Louisiana University.

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