Compiere Prepares Open Source ERP Partner Training

Compiere Inc., an open source ERP (enterprise resource planning) and CRM (customer relationship management) provider, is launching training courses to help strengthen the company’s customer and partner ranks. Backed by 65 channel partners, Compiere hopes more integrators will master the company’s software. Here are the details from The VAR Guy.

According to a statement from Compiere:

A five-day Functional Training program teaches industry-best practices, using both lecture and hands-on exercises. In contrast, a four-day Technical Training program uses the same hands-on approach and shows users how to develop customizations and extensions without programming, Compiere says.

Both courses will be held at Compiere’s corporate training facility in Redwood Shores, Calif. The Functional Training course runs February 23-27, 2009. The Technical Training course will be held March 2-5, 2009. Find details here.

Cooperating and Competing

Roughly 80 percent of Compiere’s revenue comes from the company’s 65 channel partners. And Compiere’s partner program has grown from about 40 partners in 2007, according to The VAR Guy’s Open Source 50 — an annual survey exploring open source’s influence in the IT channel. (Complete survey results will be published in January 2009.)

Compiere isn’t alone in the open source ERP and CRM markets. Rivals include SugarCRM, Openbravo, Concursive (formerly CentricCRM) and Kuali just to name a few.

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