Archive for February, 2010
OpenERP raises 3 million Euros
Feb 23rd
Good news. OpenERP raises 3 million euros recently from Sofinnova Partners represented by Olivier Sichel, and the Iliad’s managers, Xavier Niel and Olivier Rosenfeld. My hope for the future of OpenERP is that it would improve its support and enhance the software to cater for growth.
In Malaysia, OpenERP needs exposure and success stories to make it really a choice for open source enterprise system. With its double version of web client and installed GTK client, it gives customers options during the implementation. Our experience shows that working in collaboration and commitment from both sides is important to make it a success. True to that sense, we looking for good partners to work with us in being either a subject matter expert or technical partner.
Let’s start working. What do you think?
Starting OpenERP Alliance in Malaysia
Feb 15th
OpenERP a fully open source integrated ERP solution has been in the market since 1995. It combines the power of HRMS, CRM, Inventory ,point of sales (POS), retailing, distribution, inventory, e-commerce, accounting, and workflow systems. Also some Industry Specific Modules for Milk producing, Courier & HR Firms.
Consoci8 Sdn Bhd has been in the implementation of OpenERP for a customer which is a first tier vendor for the Malaysian car manufacturers. For us, the implementation is a challenge because we wear all hats i.e. as business, technical and support during the implementation. As a result, the implementation is considered as journey of discovery and learning for the customer and us.
Based on Googgling and research, there were not many or none of OpenERP implementations in Malaysia. To really make it a solution of choice in Malaysia, implementors must work together and start an alliance to share the knowledge and maybe also collaborate to customize some of the ready modules for the Malaysian market.
So based on that, would anybody go through the journey with us?
Agile (XP) Game
Feb 1st
Last week we had the excellent opportunity to host the agile, XP planning game at Plug and Play in Midvalley, KL. We had a lot of fun, and from what we saw after the game, so did the participants – it’s a great ice breaker, and great learning tool to understand the complexities of XP Iterations. We took pictures too, and they can be found here!
At the end of the games, a bunch of the participants asked us about our presentation slides. We had feedback that the slides were awesome – as the instructions were very clear – and we’re glad to hear it was so 
. As a consequence, we’ve uploaded our slides on scribd (it’s being processed, so check back soon for a link! UPDATE: here it is!)
If you’re interested in organizing the game for your organization, you can check out Vera Peeter’s (Tryx) and Pascal Van Cauwenberghe’s (Nayima) XP game setup. If you want us to host it (which we’d be happy to ) you can contact us here
If you participated in the games we had last week, tell us what you think in the comments below!
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