MEDIA RELEASE PR38387
Openbravo Increases Traction in India With Strengthened Partner Community, Dedicated Development Center
and Growing Customer Base
BARCELONA and CHENNAI, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
Openbravo finds and meets demand for innovative, high value and
predictable low cost ERP solutions across India
open source enterprise resource planning (ERP)
announced a series of successes as it gains momentum and traction in the
Indian marketplace. Key achievements to date include an impressive growing
partner community, new users selecting and deploying the Openbravo ERP
platform every day and greater use of community resources.
An important milestone has been the opening of a new development center
located in Chennai, India in January 2009. After more than 12 months of
operation, the local staff now functions as peers to the existing center in
Spain, and focuses on product development tasks such as new features
advancement, quality assurance and release management. The decision to open a
center in India was made in response to the interest that Openbravo generates
in India and reflects its commitment towards the Indian market.
The number of Openbravo deployments continues to increase as Indian
companies realize the benefits of Openbravo ERP's broad functionality, plus
its ability to drive business performance and to scale from a single instance
to multiple tenants across departments, organizations and geographies.
Openbravo, said: "The Indian market is ideal for Openbravo because there is
tremendous need for technology to help an increasing volume and breadth of
growing industries manage their businesses more effectively. We have seen a
huge demand for Openbravo software, and we are committed to this exciting and
growing market. Our development center is available for the many talented IT
experts in the country, and we look forward to further demonstrating the
benefits of open source ERP with our new and fast-growing Indian community."
One important new customer is Tuff Tubes, a plastics and rubber
manufacturer based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Dibakar Chakraborty, VP of Tuff
Tubes said: "We evaluated Microsoft Dynamics and SAP, but then selected
Openbravo ERP Professional Subscription solution because of its flexibility
and user friendliness. With a true-web-based open architecture, it will
ensure a consistent and productive end user experience across our
worked closely with us as valued and knowledgeable consultants, and we look
forward to gaining the business performance benefits of Openbravo ERP."
Openbravo puts businesses in control of back-end processes with
integrated accounting, production, inventory, procurement and sales. With the
recent launch of Openbravo Exchange
for commercial open source ERP solutions and extensions, Openbravo continues
to improve the adaptability of its solution to meet the requirements of
individual businesses. Openbravo Exchange strengthens Openbravo's community
by ensuring continual innovation and an ever-growing range of third-party
modules for industry verticals with best-fit implementation.
As a result of the increased profile and interest Openbravo has attracted
with users and partners in India, it conducted three successful training
conventions in 2009. Along with highlighting business applications, Openbravo
introduced its products to the Indian government through a session designed
to showcase Openbravo's application in e-governance projects, such as for
managing complex budget decisions and keeping track of inventory.
For more information:
To learn more about Openbravo's award-winning suite of products visit
Openbravo combines these products with the benefits of its Global Partner
Program to empower its partners across the globe and to drive ERP success.
SOURCE: Openbravo
CONTACT: Vicki Kim or Hazel Butters,
both at US:
+1-617-401-2717 / +1-617-858-4874, or
UK: +44(0)20-8996-1653 / +44(0)7780-687813, or
openbravo@prompt-communications.com,
both of Prompt Communications for Openbravo
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