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Monday, October 25, 2010

Weekly Ten (10-25-2010)

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 07:19 AM PDT

Latest News, Blogs, Tips, and Reviews that I find Interesting and Useful:


1. The mysterious processor behind China's first homegrown supercomputer
The majority of today's supercomputers follow a tested and reliable template. Hundreds, thousands, and occasionally tens of thousands of processors are clustered together to work in congress.
More @ SmartPlanet

2. London Stock Exchange smashes world record trade speed with Linux
The London Stock Exchange has said its new Linux-based system is delivering world record networking speed, with 126 microsecond trading times.
More @ ComputerWorld

3. Bringing ultra high-speed broadband to Stanford homes
Earlier this year we announced our plans to build and test ultra-high speed broadband networks in a small number of American communities. Since then, a team of Google engineers has been hard at work experimenting with new fiber optic technologies. And following a series of tests we've run on Google's campus, we're excited to announce the next step in our project.
More @ Googleblog

4. Lightsaber color selector

More @ HackaDay

5. A new way to rock: Ars reviews Rock Band 3
Rock Band 3 is a major leap forward for what was already an innovative series, and once again Harmonix proves itself to be the leader in rhythm games. Rock Band 3 won't just let you pretend to play instruments, it will teach you how to play them. The keyboard isn't just a cute peripheral, it's a working MIDI controller.
More @ ArsTechnica

6. Internet Population Nears 2 Billion
The number of Internet users is expected to hit the two billion mark by the end of the year with most of the growth coming from developing countries, according to the latest report of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
More @ PCWorld

7. The Many Ways of Capturing the Moment With Linux
Just like doing almost anything in Linux, something as simple as snapping a screen cap means you get to pick from a variety of applications designed to get that image from screen to file with just the right combination of whistles and bells -- or lack thereof -- along the way. Remember, though, that it's not always easy to interchange them between distros.
More @ LinuxInsider

8. Google catches giant Gingerbread man, mounts on front lawn

More @ Engadget

9. Austria's first 'bionic' man dies
An Austrian man who became the first person outside the US to wear thought-powered "bionic" arms has died from injuries sustained in a car crash, the hospital where he was treated said.
More @ smh.com.au

10. Top 10 Important Blunders of Ancient Science
One of the most tempting mistakes in studying history is to judge the past by modern standards. Nowhere is this more easily seen than in the contributions of ancient science. When we laugh at geocentric cosmology, or the theory of four elements, we fail to realize that, while the theories were certainly wrong, they still advanced scientific knowledge. This list explores 10 such contributions.
More @ Listverse

5 (More) Free and Open Source CRM Software

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 01:18 AM PDT

5 (More) Free and Open Source CRM Software: We have already featured here several free and open-source CRM software but due to popular demand, we will showcase five more CRM tools. As I've already explained before, CRM software is used for effectively managing a company's interactions with clients and possible customers by organizing, automating, and synchronizing business processes.

Without further delay, here are 5 more free and open-source Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software (in no particular order):


Dolibarr
Dolibarr is an ERP/CRM software designed for small and medium companies, foundations or freelancers. Although loaded with features for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM), it also includes features for different activities. Dolibarr is highly modular and is known by its easy installation process and ease of use despite the vast number of features that can be activated by way of modules. Written in PHP and uses MySQL databases, it works with all PHP configurations without having the need to install additional PHP modules.


ERP5
Based on Python and Zope, ERP5 is a high quality and full-featured free and open-source ERP/CRM/MRP/SCM/PDM used by numerous businesses and government agencies. It utilizes the Unified Business Model introduced by Smets and Carvalho. The UBM abstraction is dependent on 5 generic concepts, specifically Node, Resource, Movement, Item and Path. Because of this unification, a usual ERP5 implementation only consists of 20 to 30 tables compared to ERP based on traditional enterprise modeling that needs up to tens of thousands of tables since they have to piece together different elements.


epesiBIM
epesiBIM is a web-based Customer Relationship Management (CRM) multiuser application that has a main goal of providing functionality greater than what's offered on usual CRM software. It is based on epesi framework that provides a collection of libraries and modules for rapid development of new modules. Since it has a modular design, it can be easily customized and modified to match your processes and workflow. epesiBIM is made to work on any operating system with http server with php 5.x and MySQL or PostgreSQL database server.


JFire
From its project website, JFire is described as a comprehensive, free and powerful open-source ERP solution with a high degree of flexibility. It also has a broad range of ready-to-use features for business analysis, customer relationship management (CRM), and many more. JFire is written entirely in Java and is based on the technologies Java EE 5 (formerly J2EE), JDO 2, and Eclipse RCP 3. As a result, both client and server can be easily extended and offers greater flexibility, requiring only relatively low efforts when customizing it for specific sectors or companies needs.


Sugar Community Edition
Sugar Community Edition is a complete Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software for small to large businesses. It provides features for sales automation, marketing campaigns, support cases, project management, and calendaring among others. Sugar Community Edition offers modules that represent a specific functional aspect of CRM like Accounts, Activities, Leads, and Opportunities. SugarCRM is considered as one of the most widely used CRM software in the world with more than 250,000 community members, 25,000 developers, and over 850 extension projects.

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