In the ever-crowded CRM market, vendors must differentiate themselves to stand out from competitors. Pipeliner CRM founder and CEO Nikolaus Kimla tested that principle when he was forced to rebuild ...

Back in 2004, the idea of an enterprise application based on open source code was off the wall. Today, SugarCRM is a striking example of what community-based development and viral marketing can do The ...

If a software product is successful enough, you’ll probably be able to find a company building an open source alternative. And yet, nobody has created a modern open source CRM product that can be ...

The open source community can’t provide a drop-in replacement for expensive, high-end CRM applications from the likes of Salesforce.com or Siebel just yet. Still, you might be surprised at the level ...

My fellow Open Source Subnet blogger Stephen Spector wrote a piece last week responding to another post by Derek Singleton on whether open source enterprise apps can ever really be successful. In ...

The fate of a Linux visionary who is charged with murder will be decided in a trial starting Tuesday in Oakland, Calif. Meanwhile, the fate of the file system he created remains left in the hands of ...

There are compelling reasons for budget-conscious businesses to leverage lesser known or open-source software solutions. They’re definitely a cost-effective option—they’re often free, and with ...