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Session Title: Getting Started with Apache OFBiz in 5 Easy Steps
Session Code: TBD
Speaker: Ruth Hoffman
Session Description: Apache OFBiz brings Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) to the masses with a no cost, Open Source, Enterprise ready suite of business automation applications. Built on best-of-breed technology, the database agnostic OFBiz ERP platform makes cost effective, reliable and secure business automation a reality. No longer are ERP systems beyond the reach of the small and medium sized business owner. In this session - Getting Started with OFBiz in 5 Easy Steps - we shall discuss getting OFBiz up and running quickly to maximize return on investment and minimize upfront costs. Using a real life example we shall demonstrate that it is possible for any sized organization to build a sound business using the Apache OFBiz Open Source ERP platform.
Target Audience: New Users, "Tire Kickers", Potential Users who don't know where to start with OFBiz.
Session Title: Selling Open Source E-commerce and ERP
Session Code: TBD
Speaker: Mike Bates
Session Description: As open source becomes more mainstream, the pool of potential open source e-commerce and ERP clients continues to grow. In this presentation Mike Bates, CEO of HotWax Media, discusses the act of including open source in the sales process with different target audiences; what works, what doesn't, the anatomy of a success story, and perhaps a catastrophic failure or two.
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Session Title: Pending
Session Code: TBD
Speaker: Brett Palmer
Session Description: Pending
Target Audience: Pending
Session Title: Collaboration on Requirements and Designs for Apache OFBiz
Session Code: TBD
Speaker: David E. Jones
Session Description: To date most of the collaboration in the OFBiz project has been on implementation. What to implement and how is frequently discussed, but there have been very few efforts to produce artifacts that represent requirements that can drive designs, and designs that can drive implementation. In this presentation David will offer an overview of UBPL, the HEMP artifacts it is based on, designs based on parts of UBPL and applications being developed based on those, and overlap analysis between UBPL and what exists in OFBiz. With these tools business people can directly participate in the project and developers can more effectively communicate and understand the context in which they are working. The result of these efforts will be software in the project that more directly meets the needs of a variety of end-users.
Target Audience: Anyone who cares about what is developed in OFBiz, regardless of preference to collaborate on requirements, designs, or implementation.