Apache OfBiz PaltformOFBiz provides ERP, CRM, MRP, POS, eCommerce (Online Shops) and any other
information automation software that you need. We provide OFBiz
development, hosting and support to our customers and work with OfBiz
Premium Service Providers to achieve the highest quality for your
business needs. OFBiz offers the following features: General Features
Free & open source software
No license or license maintenance costs No vendor, service provider, or
application lock-in Active and supportive community You get full source code
You can see how everything works You can track down issues quickly You can change anything you want
MIT Open Source License
You don't have to open source your
changes You can repackage, distribute, and
even sell derivative software You can say it is based on Open For
Business
Standards based
It is easy to learn for those familiar
with similar software It is easy to reuse existing software
based on the same standards It is easy to integrate with other
internal or partner systems Based on: Sun Java, J2EE; W3C XML, HTML,
SOAP; WfMC XPDL; OMG GL, Party, Product, Workflow
All applications built on the same framework,
tools & components
No need to learn and use many different
technologies No need to integrate applications No need to deal with limited features
because of poor integrations between disparate technologies Huge cost savings because of consistent
and easy to maintain components
Standards based flexible and generic data
model
Covers all major entities used in
businesses Provides a structure to simplify the
achievement of custom data needs Uses common terms for entity names to
make it easier to understand and use
Flexible and efficient to use data layer
No database system lock-in; supports many
different databases No need to write redundant persistence
code and configuration Easy to use XML data definitions Powerful API offers generic operations
that behave differently based on data definitions Most operations can be done with a single
line of code and no need to write supporting code
Loosely coupled multi-layer component
architecure
It is easy to customize and reuse
components It is easy to build new applications
through the composition of existing components It is easy to find code and other
components based on consistent patterns Components can be replaced without
breaking other components because of well defined and managed
dependencies
Distributed architecture
Service based logic layer
All logic modeled as a service Makes it easy to reuse logic Services can be automatically exposed as
Web Services Makes it easy add custom user interfaces,
even many at once Makes it easy to distribute the system
over multiple servers Makes it easy to communicate with other
systems
Advanced web application framework
Separates input processing logic, view
data preparation logic and view presentation templates Supports many different types of logic,
including scripting languages and services Supports many different types of view
templates including XML/XSLT, FreeMarker, Velocity, JSP, and any other Tracks all visits and page hits for
security and marketing purposes Keeps statistical traffic and performance
data since server start and in time bins
Related Links:
http://www.ofbiz.org http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBADMIN/Apache+OFBiz+Project+Overview
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