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Is it Time for a Move to LibreOffice?
With the recent announcement that Oracle will drop Open Office, is it time for businesses to switch to open-source alternative LibreOffice? Read more >>
Get Ready for 'Cloud Wars' as VMware launches Cloud Foundry
VMware's arrival in the cloud has already been dubbed 'Cloud Wars', as the proprietary virtualization software company goes open source Read more >>
2010 Results Suggest Alfresco more 'Sapling' than 'Green Shoot'
2010 saw enterprise content management (ECM) provider Alfresco gain 470 new enterprise customers and reach growth and operating profitability Read more >>
Cloudera Error over Apache Hadoop
Reporting on the career path of an open-source project can be rocky terrain, even when all you're trying to do is recognise success Read more >>
Document Foundation Releases Libre Office 3.3.2
The Document Foundation's release yesterday of version 3.3.2 of their open-source office suite is the second in the current series of bug fixes aimed at improving its overall stability Read more >>
Server Scaling to Avoid a Mega Monday Disaster | Lessons from eBuyer
How can ecommerce businesses avoid disastrous outages like eBuyer on Mega Monday? We argue that scalable servers in the Cloud are the answer Read more >>
Retail Systems: What we think
Retail Systems has some room to manoeuvre and try something different. The result is a wealth of in-depth opinion and analysis Read more >>
CIOs Prioritise Analytics, Business Intelligence (BI) and Cloud
A recent study carried out by IBM suggests that CIOs across the globe are prioritising analytics, business intelligence (BI) and cloud computing Read more >>
HP to Move into the Cloud
On Monday, Hewlett Packard announced intentions to move into the cloud computing market for individual users and businesses Read more >>
Green Shoots and Cloud Hosting
Rackspace Hosting reported on Thursday that the fourth quarter of 2010 saw sales of network services at their strongest point since the beginning of the international financial crisis in 2008. Read more >>
Online Retailer World of Books Sees Hundredfold Increase in Revenues
With expert retail consultancy from Open Plus, online retailer World of Books turned software problems around and revenues have seen positive results Read more >>
“These Guys Deliver with Donkeys”
If your orders aren't fulfilled accurately and on time, the sluice-gates of bad reviews will open before you know it and it's your business's reputation that will suffer, no-one else's Read more >>
Want to Speak to a Retail Consultant? Do It Directly Through Our Site
We know that online retailers are busy people, so we thought we'd share a few facts about what happens when you contact us Read more >>
Our Retail Consultancy and Your Business
Open Plus provides six broad retail consultancy services, but there are three principal ways in which we offer them Read more >>
Issues or Problems with Magento? Consultancy Could be the Answer
Magento provides a fantastic range of e-commerce products, but online merchants should consider consultancy to avoid issues and problems Read more >>
Why We Love Open-Source Retail Consultancy Right Now
It's a good time to be in open-source retail consultancy, but the industry still needs some convincing when it comes to the value of open source Read more >>
OFBiz Problems? Solve Them with Expert Support and Consulting from Open Plus
OFBiz ERP implementation, integration, support and training services in the UK. Find out why we deliver the most comprehensive OS ERP today. Read more >>
