ERP(Enterprise Resource Planning ) requires the developers to develop applications quickly. This is so because, typically ERP implementation not only involves several applications, but also need the applications to be extended or reengineered to incorporate the systems of partner companies. This calls for a tool that could facilitate Rapid application development (RAD) and simplify the modification of ERP application. The tool should be integration-friendly; interface with and extend distributed systems; and offer a robust and flexible platform for interface development. Java perfectly matches up with the standards. Java is platform independent, object-oriented and flexible and modular enough to encourage design structure.

This lead us to the Java ERP software, following our stint with top 10 ERP software. Although high on performance and efficiency, most of the mainstream ERP solution require a considerable expenditure. These ERP solutions might not be a feasible choice for small and mid sized business tied to budget constraints.These SMEs have a viable alternative in low cost Open Source ERP software. After an exhaustive groundwork we fetched the top 5 Java ERP.

1. Compiere ERP
2. Apache OFBiz
3. Openbravo ERP
4. Opentaps
5. JFire

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Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.

The year 2009 started on a high-note with some ground breaking revelations in CES 2009. In a keynote address, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced the availability of its long awaited, next-gen OS - Windows 7 beta. Following the suit, next big thing in the line of Linux OS was Fedora 11 Leonidas. While Apple chief Steve Jobs took his first break after a decade, blogs were flooded with iPhone 3G S leaks, out as the new avtar in mobile market long before it floored on the Apple store - enough noise to overwhelm Steven Spielberg's next project with Tintin as protagonist. Palm one the other end was looking to recover its lost glory in mobile phone market with the launch of its smartphone Pre. In the turn of events, Google created ripples in the enterprise market with its new tool for communication and collaboration on the web - Google waves. Google co-ounder Sergey Brin was highly apprehensive of Microsoft ad-hyped search engine Bing's launch this season, of course for no good reason. Microsoft plans to take gaming experience on Xbox 360 to the next level with controller-free gaming under the Project Natal.

Not just these but there was much more happening in the tech world that took let jaws drop. We went on an exhaustive search to break out the top tech adventures that shook the tech world in 2009

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After reviewing the whole line-up of operating systems, namely Fedora 10, Windows 7, Ubuntu 8.10 and Open suse 11.1 last year, we started doing our bits of researches with Windows 8 and Ubuntu 9.10 overview recently. This time around its Fedora 11 Leonidas. After an extensive research on Fedora 11 which is due on 26th May, 2009, we have finally come out with top features of Leonidas. Let's discuss.

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The breaking news today is Google App Engine has finally announced support for Java. The Java environment provides a Java 6 JVM, a Java Servlets interface, and support for standard interfaces to the App Engine scalable datastore and services, such as JDO, JPA, JavaMail, and JCache. Standards support makes developing your application easy and familiar, and also makes porting your application to and from your own servlet environment straightforward.

The Google Plugin for Eclipse adds new project wizards and debug configurations to your Eclipse IDE for App Engine projects. App Engine for Java allows you to develop and deploy web applications using Google Web Toolkit (GWT). The Eclipse plugin comes bundled with the App Engine and GWT SDKs.

Today they announced new features which will get support Java runtime, integration with Google Web Toolkit, and a Google Plugin for Eclipse, giving you an end-to-end Java solution for AJAX web applications. They are building up a plugin which will present to you feature-rich Java environment with the simplicity of Google's interface. It provides the current App Engine API's and wraps them with standards where relevant, like the Java Servlet API, JDO and JPA, javax.cache, and javax.mail. It also provides a secure sandbox that's powerful enough to run your code safely on Google's servers, while being flexible enough for you to break abstractions at will.

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When Gmail is taking emailing to new heights, Microsoft can't simply wait and watch. The Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 comes with sophisticated changes that has added to its features and performance. The new Outlook 2007 has improved upon the earlier versions to incorporate better editing and reading experience. With a new Ribbon user interface, Office Outlook 2007 has not only embraced both the compose and reading experience for all Outlook item types like e-mail, calendar items, contacts, tasks and more. This is my effort to acquaint you with some efficiency-boosting tips and tricks to enhance your skills for handling Office Outlook 2007. Here's the list of top 10 Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Tricks for your convenience.

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Microsoft eyes on interoperability and comes up with first of its kind where the free and open source Eclipse and Microsoft Silverlight go hand in hand for eclipse4sl. So very simply you can now develop silverlight apps if you are an eclipse user yourself. Web developers, software engineers, and programmers of various stripes will find a variety of tutorials and tips to help them improve their methods through this collaboration.

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The workflow technology has been developed to streamline the design of information system. The workflow engines interpret the documents in the server and acts according to the computer defined process. They involve a wide range of functions from saving a document in a document management system to issuing new work by sending emails. More precisely, the workflow engines facilitate the flow of information, tasks and events. So here are 10 such java workflow engines for you. Full article (517 words) »

As the world is going cyber every day, managing your finance (or should I say e-money) needs more than your bank accounts, cheque books, bank transaction reports and etc. Why tax your brain so much when there is a mega-flop (no pun intended, its all digital) machine at your home? There are software for almost everything and today I am going to name 25 of them. These free finance support software are not only going to manage your personal finance, but also stock trading, investment analysis and much more. So let's count it right now.

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Joomla is a very popular open source content management system. It enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications. Many aspects, including its ease-of-use and extensibility, have made Joomla one of the most popular Web site software available at present. Despite talking much about the CMS and ECMs, we haven't touched the beauty aspect of them till now. A technically sound website isn't enough to attract visitors to your web place. You need to choose the themes appropriately as well. So where can you find the best ones under one roof? Your worries stop here. We have brought out the best Joomla/ Mambo themes just for you.

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vi / vim as well as nano are the most popular editors on Unix / Linux / Solaris and for hardcode Mac OSX users too. For developing / debugging we need line numbers. A way to get them to display line numbers doesn't jump out easily from their big documentation, so here are my simple tips on how you can display line numbers in vi / vim and nano editors. Full article (148 words) »