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What's new?

ApacheCon US 2008 CHECK IT OUT! There is a special OFBiz Symposium at ApacheCon US 2008 in New Orleans on Novemver 3-7. This event includes 2 days of training sessions, 2 days of conference presentations, and BOF sessions in the evening after the conference. Because it is a part of ApacheCon attendees can also enjoy other ApacheCon training and conference sessions and participate in other events including the Hackathon, Barcamp Apache (wiki driven unconference), and the Expo (show floor) which will include companies using OFBiz as well as others. See schedule details here, and register here.

There are new features every day in OFBiz. For a summary see new feature summary here.

 - Accounting: auto-posting services in testing and reports in build-out

 - Project Management: extension of the WorkEffort and other base components, initially complete and being refined

Free Training Videos are now available that offer an introduction to the Apache OFBiz Framework, based on the example component. They can be downloaded here.

Introduction: What is Apache OFBiz?

The Apache OFBiz Project is an open source enterprise automation software project licensed under the Apache License Version 2.0. By open source enterprise automation we mean: Open Source ERP, Open Source CRM, Open Source E-Business / E-Commerce, Open Source SCM, Open Source MRP, Open Source CMMS/EAM, and so on.

Apache OFBiz is a foundation and starting point for enterprise solutions, be they for one organization or one million. OFBiz can certainly be used OOTB (out of the box), but if you're looking for something that works really well for that there are many open source projects that do a great job there. OFBiz is great for creating specialized applications for use OOTB by other organizations. OFBiz is also great for organizations that need more than what an OOTB application can offer in order to grow their operations, but find the deployment and maintenance costs of traditional enterprise systems that can handle such things to be unreasonable or unjustifiable.

Being open source under the Apache 2.0 license and driven by a community Apache OFBiz offers both flexibility by design and by access to code, and a solution where you're not alone but rather can work with many others to get things done.

For answers to your questions you might find the following documents useful: Project Overview, Is Apache OFBiz for Me?, Feature List, and Features Coming Soon

For more technical information, see the Documentation page.

Apache OFBiz offers a great deal of functionality, including:

Who is Using Apache OFBiz?

It's hard to say who and how many organizations are using Apache OFBiz because you don't have to tell us when you use it, but there are lots of public sites and we've listed some of them for you here.

Products based on Apache OFBiz: Codesquare Helix Mvelopes (FREE TRIAL!) (Commercial-Service) Atlassian JIRA (Commercial) opentaps Open Source ERP + CRM (GPL/Commercial) Neogia (GPL) SourceTap CRM (GPL/Commercial) NeuLion SAVANNA XtraMind Mietta 2

A selection of public sites (mostly, but not all, ecommerce) using Apache OFBiz: ***1-800-Flowers.com ***Action Envelope ***American Heart Association: Grocery List Builder ***Ameniti Luxury Travel Club ***City Deals **Compliance Online Store **DKNY ***Gracious Style ***ImagINwood ***Juniper Music + Soundesign **Messer Group (German, French) ***Old Glory ***Parago **Partner Homes ***Peacock Alley ***Shirt Painter (German) ***Silver Wings Plus Club ***Steiner Sports **totes >> ISOTONER ***Ulta **Undersun Consulting ***Xinit Systems

For a more complete list of sites see the Apache OFBiz User List page.

Apache OFBiz in the News

2008-11-09 "Apache OFBiz Development: The Beginner's Tutorial (a new book from Packt Publishing, cover only release 4.0)." on Packt Publishing

2008-02-19 "Can OSS ERP Projects Meet User Demand? (registration required)" on ebizQ

2007-10-15 "Using open source to give you what you want" on Techworld

2007-09-24 "E-tailer cuts licensing costs with Linux server" on ComputerWeekly

2007-09-10 "Best of open source applications" on InfoWorld

2007-02-26 "6 Key Players In ERP" on CRN

2007-02-22 "More midmarket firms choose open-source ERP" on ComputerWorld

2006-12-06 "Feathercast Episode 22: OFBiz" on FeatherCast

2006-11-30 "LinuxWorld LinuxCast: Ean Schuessler on Apache Apache OFBiz" on LinuxWorld

2006-10-25 "SEMA Technology: Open Source Explained" on SEMA.org

2006-10-02 "JOSS4BIZ Episode 5 - David E Jones and Apache OfBiz" on JOSS4BIZ Podcast

2006-09-30 "Interview with Si Chen by Colin Charles" on Mysql Developer Zone

2006-08-28 "AMR: SOA will kill ERP" on ZDNet

2006-06-23 "ERP Enters Open-Source Renaissance" on CRN

2006-03-13 "ERP: Share and Share Alike" on eWeek Channel Insider

Old Announcements and News

Announcements

Check out the presentation on Apache OFBiz at JavaOne by Ean Scheussler of Brainfood and David Jones of HotWax Media: Session TS-7900, Apache OFBiz: Real-World Open Source Java Platform ERP. It was on Wednesday May 9th, 2007 at 4:10 PM.

Apache OFBiz is now officially a TLP (top level project) at the Apache Software Foundation! See the details here.

The 2006 OFBiz Users Conference turned out Great! The video recordings are available here.

The 2006 OFBiz Users Conference was held in Ephraim, UT, USA on the 3rd and 4th of November, 2006. Special thanks to Automation Groups for hosting the conference this year.

Apache OFBiz had an exhibit booth and BoF session at the upcoming OSCON show in Portland, OR on 26-28 July 2006. For details see the mailing list announcement here.

OFBiz is in the Apache Incubator. See the status here: here.

Free Training Videos are now available that offer an introduction to the Apache OFBiz Framework, based on the example component. They can be downloaded here.

The 2005 OFBiz Users Conference turned out Great! The video recordings are available here.

The 2005 OFBiz Users Conference was held in St. Louis, MO, USA on the 21st and 22nd of July, 2005. Special thanks to Contegix for hosting the conference this year. Hotwax Media teamed up with Contegix to offer 2 days of training prior to the conference (on July 19-20). For details and registration information please see the official announcement on the OFBiz Users mailing list, and the preview/update with more information about what you'll see there.

Also see the latest update on the 2005 OFBiz Users Conference with detailed session information and everything you need to know to attend.

New Case Study from Integral Business Solutions about their projects based on Apache OFBiz, especially recent work they have done for the US Air Force. Download the complete document here.

Apache OFBiz Basic Production Setup document Now Available: Apache OFBiz Production Setup Guide. This is a free download meant to help you get going with Apache OFBiz. It is sponsored by Hotwax Media and Integral Business Solutions.

New Success Story Article about OFBiz on java.net: Read it here.

The 2004 OFBiz Users Conference was held in Minneapolis, MN, USA on the 27th and 28th of May, 2004. It was hosted by Integral Business Solutions and held in a contributed room on the new Best Buy campus. Just like the 2003 conference hosted by Automation Groups this conference turned out great, and was well attended. We did a recording of the conference again this year, but this time it is DVD quality, and requires 2 DVDs even though it is compressed with DivX. Includes about 14 hours of high quality discussion and presentation of new and stable features in OFBiz. For more information, see the Conference Videos page.

News

2005-11-18 "The Case for Open-Source ERP" on eWeek Channel Insider

2005-09-06 "Open Source Offers ERP Alternative" on eWeek Channel Insider

2005-09/10 "Gaining Acceptance: Real-World Experiences with Open Source Business Applications (Vol 1, Num 2, Page 40)" on Enterprise Open Source Journal

2005-08-08 "Open Source CRM" on InfoWorld

2005-06-16 "SMBs no longer shut out of ERP" on SearchEnterpriseLinux.com

2004-09-11 "Apache OFBiz" on CIO Australia

2004-09-07 "TEC Talks to the Apache OFBiz Project - Free and Open Source Software Business Models Part One: OFBiz" on Technology Evaluation Centers

2004-06-01 "java.net Success Story: Apache OFBiz" on java.net

2004-03-10 "The Open Source Alternative for Direct Commerce (presentation)" on eCSForum

2003-06-01 "A New Business Model for Web Services" on Connect Magazine

2003-03-01 "They Did It Their Way" on Internet Retailer

2003-01-27 "ReturnBuy.com’s open source platform saves big off the bat" on Internet Retailer