xTuple releases OpenMFG and PostBooks 2.2; open source accounting / CRM / ERP powered by PostgreSQL

xTuple releases version 2.2 of OpenMFG and PostBooks

12,000 downloads in first month for Open Source ERP; New version adds over 150 features

NORFOLK, VA — September 6, 2007 — xTuple, the leader in open source enterprise resource planning software, announced the immediate availability of its PostBooks and OpenMFG ERP software, version 2.2. PostBooks is free and open source software, available at the SourceForge open source repository; OpenMFG is the commercially licensed version of the same software, which adds additional enterprise-class manufacturing and distribution functionality.

While PostBooks is brand new as a separate product, version 2.2, the seventh major release of OpenMFG in six years, includes a number of major enhancements to the core package:

• Support for pre-sales Opportunity Management in the CRM module, fully integrated with the universal Address Book of Contacts and Accounts, as well as To-Do Lists, Incident Management, and Project Management
• A robust application programming interface (API) to aid in integrating third-party applications with OpenMFG and PostBooks.
• Support for inter-warehouse Transfer Orders and associated reporting, a key feature for larger enterprises with geographically dispersed warehouses (OpenMFG only)
• A simple, intuitive, more customizable new menu system
• Over 150 other enhancements created by xTuple, its customers, partners, and other open source community members

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