Open Source
Software Benchmarking
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Mind Source is a company specialized in Consultancy and Outsourcing Services
Projects based in technology in the areas of Information Systems, Electronics and
Telecommunications.
Our differentiation in each project results of the partnerships win-win that we create
with each Client and results from, the dedication of a Team of professionals with
extensive experience in the areas mentioned, offering to each Client and Partner SLA's
with a great flexibility and responsibility, through professional services in Project
Management and a deep knowledge in the technological realities in which it operates.
M A I N F A C TO R S O F D I F F E R E N C I AT I O N
Orientation to the
Client’s Business
Partnerships
Attraction and
Retention of Talent
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The benchmarking aims to identify the best Open Source solutions with support, which
collects positive accolades from the market. We started by the analysis of a wide range
of solutions followed by a set of evaluation itens, previously defined to answer the
most relevant Client´s core business concerns.
Mind Source addresses technology according to the environment challenges of each
Project. Our mission is to find the most creative solutions to promote the best results
for the market.
Our main goal is based on this assumption: suggest the best tools according to the
budget and expectations of each Client , that trusts in our performance.
Each technical area defines the best 5 solutions based on following relevant itens:
Licencing Type
Last version release
Support Type
Host Environment
Build to Change
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Open Source Tools for Project Management
The benchmark was based on a set of tools completely free to use with multiple
hosting solutions, with various customized modules with different types of licensing
(Open Source, GPL, CPAL, and so on).
Today the market offers various Project Management tools. Should we bet on Open
Source solutions?
Instead of answering the question, we would like to present alternative solutions to
the most relevant, reputable and expensive market tools (ex, HP PPM, Clarity, EPM,
and so on). This benchmark aims to be the beginning of new approaches.
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OpenERP
Project.net
Project-Open
Endeavour
Software Project
Management
Redmine
Licencing Type
Open Source
GPL
Proprietary , GPL
GPL
GPL
Last version release
Dec 2012
Jun 2012
Oct 2012
May 2011
Jan 2013
Support Type
N/A
Comercial
Comercial
Online
Online
Host Environment
Saas, Web,
Hosted on-Premise
Web
Web
Web
Web
Build to Change
High
High
High
Medium
Medium
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OpenERP
Project.net
Project-Open
Endeavour
Software Project
Management
Redmine
Collaborative software
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Issue tracking system
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Scheduling
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Project Portfolio Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Resource Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Document Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Workflow System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Reporting and Analyses
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
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Endeavour
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Open ERP
scope
Project-Open
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top 5
top 5
Project.net
analysis of other
solutions
Redmine
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Endeavour
Solution to manage large-scale enterprise software projects in an interactive and incremental development
process. It was founded in September 2008 with the intention to develop a solution for replacing expensive
and complex project management easy to use, intuitive and to realistic systems, by eliminating features
considered unnecessary. In September 2009 the project was registered by SourceForge. From April 2010 was
included by their blog with an average of 210 weekly downloads.
Can be deployed in any Java EE-compliant application server and any relational database running under a
variety of different operating systems. Its cross-browser capability allows it to run in most popular web
browsers.
Endeavour
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Open ERP
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Project-Open
analysis of
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Project.net
analysis of other
solutions
Redmine
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Endeavour
Web-based and cross-browser solution, focused to manage the creation of large-scale enterprise systems in
an iterative and incremental development process. Developed using the Java Platform Enterprise Edition
(Java EE) and can be deployed in any Java EE compliant application server and any relational database
running under a variety of different operating systems.
The features supports use case management, Iterations, Project Plan, Change Requests, Defect Tracking, Test
Cases, Test Plans, Tasks, Document management, Reports and many other process artifacts. Designed with
the priority of being intuitive and easy to use by avoiding unnecessary features that might increase
complexity.
Endeavour
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Open ERP
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Project-Open
analysis of
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top 5
Project.net
analysis of other
solutions
Redmine
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OpenERP
Allows business management. Supports company profile allowing sales, purchases and accounting workflow
control. When required, can be customized at assets, trading, production and stock management levels.
Personnel management, project management, planning and statistics are all part of the package and financial
management, from budget to payment of orders to analysis of the financial situation.
It allows user interface customization to manage business processes with a few clicks. The same version can
be used locally or online. The complete set of services which they provide (On Line and On Site) bring great
value for customers. The only suppliers to guarantee migration services for a fixed fee.
Endeavour
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Open ERP
scope
Project-Open
analysis of
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top 5
Project.net
analysis of other
solutions
Redmine
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OpenERP
This new developed version brings awareness to the business market, due to its unique features and form
which is presented to the people, considering the desire to have web friendly international business
management and simultaneously ease of use.
Other features from the latest version, include object, work flow and report editing. Can provide ergonomic
calendar views with fully integrated documentation. In order to justify the selection of a business software,
one should always evaluate the purpose.
Endeavour
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Open ERP
scope
Project-Open
analysis of
top 5
top 5
Project.net
analysis of other
solutions
Redmine
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Project-Open
Application created by a team based in Spain and Germany. With project planning Top-down/Bottom-up
features, projects may consist in an arbitrary number of subprojects and tasks. Using a top-down approach, a
project total budget is split over a number of subprojects. In terms of financial estimations, the system
indicates if the sum of planned units for each task in a subproject is beyond its estimated budget. Using a
bottom-up approach, a group of tasks can be aggregated to a sub-project, and multiple subprojects can form
a main project. The budget of the main project is calculated based on the estimations made on a task level.
The capacity management is performed based on resource assignments defined on a project level, a resource
report indicates availability, or oversubscription, of resources across all open projects. Project completion
Endeavour
tracking: Each task owner reports task completeness. A weighted total completeness is calculated by the
Open ERP
Project-Open
Project.net
Redmine
system. Export to/import from OpenProj, GanttProject and Microsoft Project: Projects can be exported and
further edited using either of the three desktop applications. The results than can be re-imported. New
Projects Templates can be created based on existing projects.
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Project-Open
When it comes to web-based project management software, there are many choices in the market – all with
various degrees of sophistication and usability. Project-Open has been around for a few years, but never
received the recognition that it deserves. With the recently developed version 3.4, we recommend the
inclusion on the short list when considering new project management systems. When expected to be another
task scheduling tool, think again. In addition to traditional project planning and tracking, the comprehensive
software package also supports a number of other processes in the areas of finance management, human
resources, collaboration, CRM, and much more.
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Project-Open
analysis of
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top 5
Project.net
analysis of other
solutions
Redmine
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Project.net
Enterprise scale project management application for Microsoft Windows and Unix operating systems.
Project.net is commercial open source. Support and training are available from Project.net Inc. of Bedford,
Massachusetts. IT was founded in 1999 to develop project collaboration applications using Internet
technologies. The company's initial focus was building and deploying a collaboration engine for use by public
and private web-based exchanges. In 2002, PC Magazine awarded Project.net with the Editors' Choice award
in a review of web-based project management applications. In 2006 launched the open source version of
Project.net’s project and portfolio management (PPM) application. The Open Source Business Conference
awarded three open source projects (including Project.net) as "ones to watch" shortly after the acquisition.
It is currently used by more than 50,000 people worldwide to help manage their projects[citation needed].
Endeavour
Open ERP
Project-Open
Project.net
Redmine
University Business Magazine published an article on Project and Portfolio Management that reviews the
need for and use of Project.net in the facilities department at Cornell University.
Project.net is the first Open Source PPM Application to be included in Gartner's: Magic Quadrant for IT
Project and Portfolio Management. Project.net was included in the June 7, 2010 report ID Number:
G00200907.
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Project.net
Software for project portfolio management - and at a great price since it's an Open Source program.
However, it is important to note that just because the price is right doesn't make it a good fit for small
businesses or freelancers - it's much too much for this group. Instead, Project.net is best for start-up
companies, IT, and enterprises that require a detailed project management option for their software.
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Project-Open
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Redmine
Free and Open Source, web-based project management and bug-tracking tool. It includes a calendar and
Gantt charts to aid visual representation of projects and their deadlines. It handles multiple projects. Redmine
provides integrated project management features, issue tracking, and for multiple version control options.
The design of Redmine is significantly influenced by Trac, a software package with some similar features.
Redmine is written using the Ruby on Rails framework. It is cross-platform and cross-database. It is part of
the Bitnami app library that provides an installer and virtual machine for ease of deployment.
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Project-Open
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Redmine
Reminds software Trac except that Redmine is written in Ruby using the Rails framework. Redmine contains
a lot of functionality geared heavily towards developers. It’s powerful but may take some getting used to.
This open source project management application is ideal for developers who are familiar with Ruby and
need self-hosted software written in their favorite language. The default interface is not as clean as Open
Atrium or Collaborative, but the whole point of open source is that it is free and you can contribute your
enhancements back to the development community.
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Project-Open
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Onepoint Project
Dolibarr
ERP/CRM
eGroupWare
TeamLab
Licencing Type
Proprietary
GPL
GPL
GPL
Last version release
Nov 2010
Jul 2012
May 2012
N/A
Support Type
Online
Online
Comercial
Online
Host Environment
Saas, Web
Web
Web
Saas, Web
Build to Change
Low
Low
Low
Low
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Onepoint Project
Dolibarr
ERP/CRM
eGroupWare
TeamLab
Collaborative Software
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Issue tracking system
No
No
Yes
Yes
Scheduling
Yes
No
No
Yes
Project Portfolio Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Resource Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Document Management
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Workflow system
No
No
No
Yes
Reporting and Analyses
Yes
No
No
No
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Agile – Agile software development is a group of software development methods based on iterative and incremental development, where requirements and solutions
evolve through collaboration between self-organizing, cross-functional teams. It promotes adaptive planning, evolutionary development and delivery, a time-
boxed iterative approach, and encourages rapid and flexible response to change. It is a conceptual framework that promotes foreseen interactions throughout
the development cycle.
Cloud Computing – The delivery of computing and storage capacity as a service to a community of end-recipients. The name comes from the use of a cloud-shaped
symbol as an abstraction for the complex infrastructure it contains in system diagrams. Cloud computing entrusts services with a user's data, software and
computation over a network.
CPAL – Common Public Attribution License ("CPAL") is a free software license approved by the Open Source Initiative in 2007. Your goal is to be a general license for
software distributed through a network. It is based on Mozilla Public License.
CRM – Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is a widely implemented model for managing a company’s interactions with customers, clients, and sales prospects. It
involves using technology to organize, automate, and synchronize business processes—principally sales activities, but also those for marketing, customer
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service, and technical support.
ERP
–
Enterprise
resource
planning
(ERP)
systems
integrate
internal
and
external
management
information
across
an
entire
organization,
embracing finance/accounting, manufacturing, sales and service, customer relationship management, etc. ERP systems automate this activity with an
integrated software application. The purpose of ERP is to facilitate the flow of information between all business functions inside the boundaries of the
organization and manage the connections to outside stakeholders.
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Gantt Chart – Gantt chart is a type of bar chart, developed by Henry Gantt, that illustrates a project schedule. Gantt charts illustrate the start and finish dates of the
terminal elements and summary elements of a project. Terminal elements and summary elements comprise the work breakdown structure of the project.
SaaS – Software as a service (SaaS, pronounced sæs or sɑs), sometimes referred to as "on-demand software"[citation needed], is a software delivery model in which
software and associated data are centrally hosted on the cloud. SaaS is typically accessed by users using a thin client via a web browser.
WBS – A work breakdown structure (WBS), in project management and systems engineering, is a deliverable oriented decomposition of a project into smaller
components. It defines and groups a project's discrete work elements in a way that helps organize and define the total work scope of the project.
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GPL – GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is the most widely used free software license. The GPL is the first copyleft license for general use, which
means that derivative works can only be distributed under the terms of same license. Under this philosophy, the GPL grants recipients the rights of free
software definition and uses copyleft to ensure the freedoms are preserved, even when the software is changed or added. This is in distinction to the premise
of free software licenses, in which the BSD licenses are the standard examples.
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Online Collaboration Tool – Collaborative software (also referred to as groupware) is computer software designed to help people involved in a common task achieve
goals. One of the earliest definitions of “collaborative software” is, "intentional group processes plus software to support them." (Peter and Trudy JohnsonLenz).
Open Source – In production and development, open source is a philosophy, or pragmatic methodology that promotes free redistribution and access to an end
product's design and implementation details.
Proprietary – Proprietary Software is a software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The license is given the right to use the software under
certain conditions preventing other uses, such as modification, distribution or re-engineering.
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“1st Open Source Project Portfolio Management (PPM) Solution Included in Magic Quadrant”
Bedford, Ma. — July 20, 2010 — Project.net Inc., the leader in collaborative Project Management and Portfolio Management (PPM), has been included by Gartner, Inc. in
its "Magic Quadrant for IT Project and Portfolio Management Applications" research report. Project.net provides organizations with an enterprise-grade, customizable
and robust alternative to expensive and proprietary monolithic applications.
"It's great that Gartner has recognized Open Source as a credible contender in this space that has historically been the exclusive purview of large software vendors," says
Peter Winston, CEO. "We've long known that Project.net's open source approach is ideal for implementing effective, flexible, and affordable Project Management."
Long a leader in innovative project and portfolio management, Project.net is being downloaded from SourceForge hundreds of times per day and through strong
international adoption is increasingly becoming Where the World Works™. The extensive Project.net community enables adopters of all sizes and capabilities to optimize
the performance of their organization within Project.net's collaborative and comprehensive project management framework.
In addition to acknowledging that Project.net is "one of just a select few open-source/commercial PPM systems available" Gartner also notes Project.net's mid-market
appeal and penetration, “In addition to supporting up to thousands of end users, Project.net can also support very small project workgroups." Gartner also
acknowledged Project.net's extensibility with other packages that expand overall functionality and capability.
Gartner, Inc.’s Magic Quadrant for IT Project and Portfolio Management report is available for purchase form Gartner's website.
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Open Source Tools for Business Intelligence
The analysis was based on characteristics and support technologies recognized by the
market.
We evaluated the most relevant in Business Process Manager, considering their
capacity in specific areas. Thus, the analysis of all these features allows an objective
comparison between different technologies and the best that can accommodate to
the Clients expectations.
The following parameters were considered:
Data Integration Capacity;
Easy way in creating Dashboards e Reports;
Analytical of Big Data;
On-line Analytical Processing (OLAP);
Interactive graphics;
Solutions support.
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General Characteristics
Features
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Actuate BIRT
JasperSoft’s
Pentaho
Tableau
Tibco
Licencing Type
Eclipse
LGPL V2.1
LGPL V3
LGPL V2.1
LGPL V3
Last version release
4.2.1
Sep 2012
5.0
Nov 2012
4.8
Nov 2012
7.0.13
Feb 2013
8.1
Oct 2012
Support Type
Online
Comercial
Online
Online
Online
Host Environment
Windows 32-bit e
Linux
OS X não tem
suporte oficial
Windows, Linux ,
Mac OS X
Windows & Unix
Window s
Windows e Unix
Build to Change
High
Medium
Low
High
Medium
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Others Characteristics
Features
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JasperSoft’s
Pentaho
Tableau
Tibco
Data Integrator (ETL)
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Reporting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interactive Graphics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
OLAP
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
DashBoards
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Big Data Analytics
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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ActuateOne BIRT
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Pentaho
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Tibco
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ActuateOne BIRT
Ensures common reporting interface work to the organizations with minimal effort. BIRT technology permits
complete creation of information applications. It allows Information Technologies to create portals,
dashboards, interactive reports and web sites that blend perfectly with any application that display
information at any level of complexity and interactivity.
One major limitation, does not support a Report Server (required for actions such as: user management,
security, notifications, among others and is only available in commercial versions), which makes their use
limited to Reporting Projects in a format purely open source.
ActuateOne BIRT
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scope
Pentaho
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Tableau
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Tibco
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ActuateOne BIRT
Strong Business Intelligence tool with an higher level of usability compared to their competitors. Named the
leading in Open Source BI by Forrester Research ranking, which highlighted the sophisticated tools
developed based on user requirements, portability, scalability, adaptability and interactivity.
ActuateOne BIRT
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Jaspersoft
scope
Pentaho
analysis
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Tableau
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Tibco
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Jaspersoft
Provides integrated reporting, dashboards, analysis and data integration to enable companies to make better
and faster decisions. Jaspersoft's iReport when analyzed in terms of their usability is much lower than their
competitors in some common operations (as an example, the creation of aggregates).
It also suffers from some “age", both at the level of interactivity of reports as to the level of some recent
standards for web (CSS, XML, and others.), non-integrated in the tool from the beginning but supported in
some native ways, however are more difficult to use.
ActuateOne BIRT
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Pentaho
analysis
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Tableau
top 5
analysis of
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Tibco
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Jaspersoft
Extremely solid. It incorporates all the functionalities needed to support the full range of reports traditionally
required, simple or more complex.
The ad hoc reports are much more dynamics, providing to the business users the elaboration of their own
data reports using only the Drag and Drop action.
ActuateOne BIRT
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Pentaho
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Tibco
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Pentaho
Technology created to be a platform for Business Intelligence (BI) with modern character. It has several
suites that form a complete BI platform, which was developed, distributed and implemented in open source
format.
The
technology
provides
components
to implement processes
controlled
by
an
automated
workflow, ​customized web portals with support to portlets and single sign-on, amongst others. The platform
executes all their BI solutions as services and therefore it is possible to grant access to these resources to
external systems through web services. The suites are responsible for implementing BI solution, by the
process control, visualization, security and auditing. They also have the function of controlling the repository
ActuateOne BIRT
and execution solutions, access to databases, schedules, permissions, e-mail services and other background
Jaspersoft
Pentaho
Tableau
Tibco
activities. Moreover, some features more complex for reports, such as graphics, don’t have the level of
maturity and also the usability as evident as competitors tools.
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Pentaho
Presents great flexibility and independence between various different platforms. Offers a great and language
similar to excel ease of use wizard, which simplifies the dynamic by users not used to already known "tough
schedule".
Allows dynamic cubes creation, that provides an analysis of the information much faster and detailed,
essential to support decision making within an organization.
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Tableau
Ease of use and fast implementation software, allows less experience user´s in the world of business
intelligence.
Tableau enables IT environments connection providing business users with a complete flexibility to discover
patterns and trends from their data. They can easily create share reports and dashboards and visualizations,
keeping rules and protocols.
The solution enables non-technical users to create interactive dashboards in real time. It is considered a niche
provider, without the depth and breadth of a traditional BI platform. As a result, the solution is usually
positioned as an add-on to the more traditional offerings BI Platform / Suite.
ActuateOne BIRT
Jaspersoft
Pentaho
Tableau
Tibco
Tableau Server enforces the security and user authentication at the level of the Active Directory.
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Through rich data visualization offers an intuitive interface.
Permits gather of all the data for business dashboard, allowing publish on the web to perform operations
such as filters, selecting data through browsers, among others, also SharePoint workspace incorporation to
send a link through email.
Tableau content is automatically optimized even for mobile users. All data sources are supported - including
new technologies as Handoop. The decision making becomes faster and more easily. The Return on
Investment (ROI) is achieved very quickly.
ActuateOne BIRT
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Jaspersoft
scope
Pentaho
analysis
Of top 5
Tableau
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Tibco
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Tibco
Automate systems, data, processes, business rules and people is the core of TIBCO platform, creating an
environment that allows free flow of information throughout the company in real time. Unique ability to
seek platform, understanding and answer events in real time. These advantages promote a wide visibility on
trends and opportunities, as well as intelligence and agility to recognize and react instantly to key events - the
capture of opportunities and risks - avoiding the shortening time frames.
Particularly suitable for transforming the business into a company event enabled, allowing it to address the
current challenges.
ActuateOne BIRT
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Jaspersoft
scope
Pentaho
analysis
Of top 5
Tableau
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Tibco
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Tibco
Offers rich data visualizations throughout an intuitive interface and comprehensive analysis with predictive
capabilities in memory.
With the processing power of analysis in real-time of events, the platform enable users to achieve the
competitive advantage for, an average, of two seconds.
ActuateOne BIRT
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Jaspersoft
scope
Pentaho
analysis
Of top 5
Tableau
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Tibco
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Eclipse – Eclipse Public License (EPL) was created to be a free software license easier to use for business rules and presents the simplest copyleft licenses such as the
GNU General Public License (GPL). EPL licensed users can use the programs, modify them, copy and modify versions in some cases being forced to provide
their own changes.
LGPL – A lesser general public license written in 1991 and updated in 1999. It is a free software license written as a compromise between GPL and the most permissive
licenses (BSD, MIT). The main difference between the GPL and the LGPL is that it allows the association with programs that aren’t under the GPL or LGPL,
including proprietary software.
GPL – GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is the most widely used free software license. The GPL is the first copyleft license for general use, which
means that derivative works can only be distributed under the terms of same license. Under this philosophy, the GPL grants recipients the rights of free
software definition and uses copyleft to ensure the freedoms are preserved, even when the software is changed or added. This is in distinction to the premise
of free software licenses, in which the BSD licenses are the standard examples.
GPL v2 – The main difference in this version to version 1 (one) is that there is a clause that says "if someone has restrictions, preventive of distribute software covered by
the GPL license in a way that respects the freedom of others to do so, this someone cannot distribute in any way.
GPL v3 – Were introduced changes to the license under the scope of software patents, license compatibility and free software definition of source code and hardware
restrictions on software modification.
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Actuate BIRT
http://www.actuate.com/home/;
http://www.innoventsolutions.com/birt-review.html;
JasperSoft
http://www.innoventsolutions.com/jasper-review.html;
http://www.jasperforge.org;
http://www.jaspersoft.com;
Pentaho
http://www.pentaho.com/;
http://www.innoventsolutions.com/pentaho-review.html;
Tableau
http://www.tableausoftware.com;
TIBCO
http://www.tibco.com.
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Open Source Tools for Customer Relationship Management
The research goal is to evaluate the best CRM (Customer Relationship Management)
Open Source solutions that include support, ensuring quality guarantees on an
enterprise use.
Besides the identified relevant features that help analyze any Open Source solution,
the main focus of this benchmarking is to evaluate the core features of an ERP system,
such as:
 Sales Cycle - with contact management, exploration, monitoring and sales
forecasts;
 Service / Customer support - managing service processes, incidents, complaints and
knowledge;
 Marketing - campaign management through sending mass e-mails to target
customers or newsletters, allowing the analysis of results of the same.
Additionally to the actual mobility needs, the existence of solutions was also evaluated
and the integration with social networks (Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter) and existence
of extra modules like e-Commerce, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and Project
Management.
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General Characteristics
Features
Sugar CRM
vTiger
Open CRX
OpenTaps
Tustena
Licencing Type
AGPL
MPL
MIT/BSD
AGPL
GPL
Last version release
Sugar 6.5.9
Community Ed.
Jan 2013
vTiger 5.4.0
Apr 2012
OpenCRX 2.10.0
Aug 2012
OpenTabs 1.5
Apr 2012
TustenaCRM 3.9
May 2010
Support Type
Online/ Comercial
Online/ Comercial
Online/ Comercial
Online/ Comercial
Online/ Comercial
Host Environment
On-Premises/
Cloud*
On-Premises/
Cloud*
On-Premises/
Cloud*
On-Premises/
Cloud*
On-Premises/
Cloud*
Build to Change
High
High
High
High
High
>
* Cloud version with costs associated
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Extras
<
General
Characteristics
Features
Sugar CRM
vTiger
Open CRX
OpenTaps
Tustena
Supported DBs
MySQL, SQL
Server, Oracle, DB2
MySQL, Oracle
Oracle, DB2, MS
SQL, PostgreSQL,
MySQL
My SQL
Dynamic
Databases
Base Technology
PHP
PHP
Java
Java
.Net
Mobile Version
*
*
Yes
*
Yes
e-Commerce
No
-
-
Yes
-
ERP (Enterprise
Resource Planning)
No
-
-
Yes
-
Project Management
*
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
>
* Available in module or paid version
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Inventory
Management
<
Sales Force
Automation
Features
Sugar CRM
vTiger
Open CRX
OpenTaps
Tustena
Account & Contact Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Clients, Suppliers, Competitors and
Partners
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Lead Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Opportunity Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Sales Process
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Territory Management
*
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Product Catalog
*
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Price Books
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Vendor Management
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
-
Purchase Orders
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
-
>
* Available in module or paid version
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Customer Support &
Service
<
Marketing
Automation
Features
Sugar CRM
vTiger
Open CRX
OpenTaps
Tustena
Campaign Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Newsletter Management
Yes
-
-
-
-
Mass Mailing /Mailing List
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
E-mail Marketing/Templates
Yes
Yes
-
-
Yes
Customer services and case management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Service Contracts
*
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Call Center
Yes
Yes
-
-
-
Trouble Tickets
Yes
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Knowledge Base
*
Yes
-
-
Yes
Customer Portal
*
Yes
-
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
>
Yes
* Available in module or paid version
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Reports &
Dashboards
<
Calendar & Activity
Management
Features
Sugar CRM
vTiger
Open CRX
OpenTaps
Tustena
Tasks, Meetings, Calls,
Work Orders
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Shared Calendar
*
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Activity Tracking & History
Yes
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
E-mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SMS Notifications
*
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Notes
*
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Documents
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Pre-built Reports & Dashboards
*
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Customizable Reports & Dashboards
*
Yes
-
-
Yes
Business Analysis & Intelligence
*
-
-
Yes
>
Yes
* Available in module or paid version
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Integration
<
Social CRM
Features
Sugar CRM
vTiger
Open CRX
OpenTaps
Tustena
LinkedIn
Yes
-
-
*
-
Facebook /Twitter
*
-
-
*
-
SMS
*
Yes
-
-
-
Blogs /RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
-
-
-
Activity streams with social media
integration
Yes
-
-
-
-
E-mail Integration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Integration with a LDAP directory
*
-
Yes
Yes
Integration with MS Office
*
Yes
Yes
Yes
Web-services API –
SOAP / REST
Yes
-
Yes
-
Yes
VOIP
-
-
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
>
* Available in module or paid version
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Product Customization
<
Security
Management
Features
Sugar CRM
vTiger
Open CRX
OpenTaps
Tustena
User Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Profiles / Roles /Groups
Yes
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Organization-level
Acess Control
Yes
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Record-Level Security
-
Yes
Yes
-
-
Audit Trail (system-wide)
-
-
Yes
-
-
Custom Forms/ Tabs/
Fields/ Views
Yes
Yes
-
-
Yes
Drag & Drop Modules/Layouts
Yes
Yes
-
-
Yes
Workflows & Assignment
*
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Multi-language /currency
Yes
-
Yes
-
Yes
Multi-tenancy
-
-
-
-
-
Import/Export Data (Excel)
Yes
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
* Available in module or paid version
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Sugar CRM
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top 5
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Sugar CRM
Software company based in Cupertino, California. Project created in June 2004, after John Roberts, Clint
Orame Jacob and Taylor have created the Sugar Open Source CRM in April of the same year.
Each version derived from the same code tree and the Sugar Community Edition version contains
approximately 85% of the features contained in commercial versions.
Sugar CRM
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Open CRX
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top 5
OpenTaps
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Sugar CRM
Excellent choice due to its advanced features and the possibility to be used by companies of any dimension.
Installation of Sugar CRM, as well as additional modules and language packs is quite simple, since the
administration area offers a wide variety of options and tools.
By having a wide range of capabilities Sugar CRM is loaded more slowly than other competing solutions, and
its use is a little more complex.
It has an API that extends the functionalities and enables integration with other software entities, being a
solution widely adopted. It is constantly development due to its wide community.
Sugar CRM
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vTiger
scope
Open CRX
analysis of
top 5
OpenTaps
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Tustena
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vTiger
Released as a variant of the Sugar CRM version 1.0 in December 2004, being the core development situated in
India.
Arose in order to be a CRM solution completely Open Source, with comparative features with Sugar CRM and
Salesforce.com.
This software allows organizational management through CRM features such as: stock management, sales
force automation, Marketing automation, Customer Support and Services, Project Management activities,
tickets management, Customer management, reports, among others.
Sugar CRM
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aim
vTiger
scope
Open CRX
analysis of
top 5
OpenTaps
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Tustena
glossary
references
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vTiger
Extremely simple to use and very intuitive. Through various partnerships and revisions, the solution was
refined, becoming more powerful and adaptable to current challenges.
vTiger CRM is a balanced option between the features offered and the cost, being totally Open Source. It
enables companies to obtain a solution that provides a wide range of features without any associated cost.
The installation is simple because all the necessary software is integrated.
Sugar CRM
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vTiger
scope
Open CRX
analysis of
top 5
OpenTaps
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Tustena
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Open CRX
The core of the application and software was created in 2003.
The tool chosen for developing this application was the Open MDX and in February 2004 was launched with
the initial version of the core models
The first public version was launched on August 2004 and has developed sustainably since then, currently
covering the following features: users management, account management, product management, sales,
management and administration of modules.
Sugar CRM
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vTiger
scope
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analysis of
top 5
OpenTaps
top 5
analysis of
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Open CRX
Bridges the an organizations that needs a multifunctional and transversal coordination of sales management,
marketing and services management available to customers, partnerships management, supplier
management and intermediaries.
The solution requires some additional configuration on the installation process, being relatively complex and
has a standard fairly comprehensive GUI, however offers almost all the features required for enterprise
management.
Its integration with external software is also very comprehensive. This is a safety system with an easy
connection , integration (IVR, ERP, CTI, etc.) and with a simplified customization.
Sugar CRM
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OpenTaps
top 5
analysis of
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Tustena
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OpenTaps
Solution for small and medium-sized companies based on Apache Open for Business.
This tool includes the areas of e-Commerce, sale’s point, stock management, warehouse, ticket management,
customer management and general accounting, offering also an integrated Business Intelligence solution,
integration with mobile devices with MS Outlook and Google Calendar.
Sugar CRM
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scope
Open CRX
analysis of
top 5
OpenTaps
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Tustena
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OpenTaps
Used by numerous companies based on 'Fortune 500 to start-ups’ ranking, present in many business sectors,
such as: industry, retail, distribution, telecommunications, distributors software, hosting providers, among
others.
Sugar CRM
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scope
Open CRX
analysis of
top 5
OpenTaps
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Tustena
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Tustena
Born in 1998 by DIGITA as Tustena CRM, with the aim of developing a management software and web
applications, with the version in 2000, under the name E-WORK. However, due to similarities to competitor
software, the name was changed to Tustena. In 2002, this software already had about 2000 worldwide users,
being the CRM option for 30% of european companies.
This solution offers a wide range of CRM functionalities such as company management and contacts,
opportunities management, activity management, reporting, task management and many others.
Sugar CRM
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scope
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analysis of
top 5
OpenTaps
top 5
analysis of
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Tustena
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Tustena
Presents itself as an innovative, flexible and low cost solution, which provides a CRM solution for small to
medium size companies, counting on currently with more than 500 000 users worldwide. Initially connected
to the italian small and medium sized business market, having developed to relevant new markets in areas
such as Services, Technology and Industry.
It also provides tools of ERP software, which gives a greater coverage. Given to an advanced system of
settings and targeting enables companies to have the best solutions to fit each costumer’s reality.
Sugar CRM
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scope
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analysis of
top 5
OpenTaps
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
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Compiere
Concourse
Suite
Splendid
CRM
Hipergate
XRMS CRM
Licencing Type
GPL v2
GPL
GNU
AGPL
GNU
Last version release
Community Ed. 3.5
Oct 2009
ConcourseSuite 6.2
Oct 2012
Community Ed. 7.0
Jan 2013
HipergateCRM 6.0
Sep 2011
XRMS 1.99
Jun 2011
Support Type
Online/ Comercial
Online/ Comercial
Online/ Comercial
Online/ Comercial
Online/ Comercial
Host Environment
On-Premises/
Cloud*
On-Premises/
Cloud*
On-Premises/
Cloud*
On-Premises/
Cloud*
On-Premises/ Cloud*
Build to Change
High
High
High
High
High
General Characteristics
Features
>
* Cloud version with costs associated
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Compiere
Concourse
Suite
Splendid
CRM
Hipergate
XRMS CRM
Supported DBs
Oracle,
PostgreSQL
My SQL,
PostgreSQL
SQL Server
SQL Server,
My SQL
My SQL
Base Technology
Java
Java
.Net
Java
PHP
Mobile Version
*
*
Yes
-
-
-
-
-
Extras
<
General
Characteristics
Features
Yes
e-Commerce
Yes
ERP (Enterprise
Resource Planning)
Yes
-
-
-
-
Project Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
-
>
* Available in module or paid version
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scope
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top 5
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other solutions
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Compiere
Concourse
Suite
Splendid
CRM
Hipergate
XRMS CRM
Account & Contact Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Clients, Suppliers, Competitors and
Partners
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Lead Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
-
Opportunity Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Sales Process
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
Territory Management
-
-
-
Yes
-
Product Catalog
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
-
Price Books
-
Yes
-
Yes
-
Vendor Management
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
-
Purchase Orders
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
-
Inventory
Management
<
Sales Force Automation
Features
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Concourse
Suite
Splendid
CRM
Hipergate
XRMS CRM
Campaign Management
-
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Newsletter Management
-
-
-
Yes
-
Mass Mailing /Mailing List
-
-
Yes
-
-
E-mail Marketing/Templates
-
-
-
-
-
Customer services and case management
Yes
-
Yes
-
Sim
Service Contracts
-
Yes
-
Sim
-
Call Center
-
-
Yes
-
-
Trouble Tickets
-
Yes
Yes
Sim
-
Knowledge Base
-
-
-
-
-
Customer Portal
-
Yes
*
-
-
Customer Support &
Service
<
Marketing
Automation
Features
>
* Available in module or paid version
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scope
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top 5
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Concourse
Suite
Splendid
CRM
Hipergate
XRMS CRM
Tasks, Meetings, Calls,
Work Orders
-
-
Yes
-
-
Shared Calendar
-
-
Yes
Yes
-
Activity Tracking & History
-
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
E-mail Notifications
-
-
Yes
Yes
-
SMS Notifications
-
-
-
-
-
Notes
-
Yes
-
-
-
Documents
-
Yes
-
-
-
Pre-built Reports & Dashboards
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
-
Customizable Reports & Dashboards
Yes
-
-
-
-
Business Analysis & Intelligence
Yes
-
-
-
-
Reports &
Dashboards
<
Calendar & Activity
Management
Features
>
* Available in module or paid version
benchmarking
aim
scope
analysis of
top 5
top 5
analysis of
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references
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Compiere
Concourse
Suite
Splendid
CRM
Hipergate
XRMS CRM
LinkedIn
-
*
Yes
-
-
Facebook /Twitter
-
*
Yes
-
-
SMS
-
-
-
-
-
Blogs /RSS Feeds
-
-
-
-
-
Activity streams with social media
integration
-
-
-
-
-
E-mail Integration
-
-
Yes
Yes
-
Integration with a LDAP directory
-
-
-
Yes
-
Integration with MS Office
Yes
Yes
*
Yes
Yes
Web-services API –
SOAP / REST
-
-
-
-
-
VOIP
-
-
-
-
-
Integration
<
Social CRM
Features
>
* Available in module or paid version
benchmarking
aim
scope
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Compiere
Concourse
Suite
Splendid
CRM
Hipergate
XRMS CRM
User Management
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Profiles / Roles /Groups
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Organization-level
Acess Control
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Record-Level Security
Yes
Yes
-
-
-
Audit Trail (system-wide)
Yes
-
-
-
-
Custom Forms/ Tabs/
Fields/ Views
-
-
-
-
-
Drag & Drop Modules/ Layouts
-
-
-
-
-
Workflows & Assignment
Yes
-
-
-
-
Multi-language /currency
Yes
-
Yes
-
-
Multi-tenancy
Yes
-
-
-
-
Import/Export Data (Excel)
Yes
-
Yes
-
-
Product
Customization
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Security
Management
Features
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AGPL – Affero General Public License, free software license that added to GPL clauses about the use of software through networks. These clauses require that the source
code is completely made available to any user of the network, normally a web application
BSD – BSD or Berkeley Software Distribution is a family of free software permissive licenses, whose original owners were regents from the California University
(Berkeley), because this license was first written in this university. Being a permissive free software license, it places minimal restrictions to the way software
may be redistributed, in contrast with the copyleft licenses that have reciprocity and similarity requirements.
GNU – GNU General Public License, GNU GPL or simply GPL is a designation of the free software license conceived by Richard Matthew Stallman in 1989, under the Free
Software Foundation GNU project. GPL is the most used license in free software projects, due to its adoption to the GNU project and to the GNU/Linux
operating system. The software used to manage Wikipedia’s content is covered by this license, in version 2.0 or superior.
GPL v2 – The main difference between this version and the version 1 is the existence of a clause that says “if someone has imposed restrictions, that don’t allow the
distribution of software with the GPL license in a way that respect the freedom from other users to do the same, that someone may not distribute it in any
way”.
MIT – It’s a permissive free software license created by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It’s compatible with the GPL license
MPL – Mozilla Public License is a free software license, mainly used in Mozilla software and software related to it. Copyleft license is similar but not as rigid as the
distribution. You can create a proprietary version of a code under this license. Not compatible with GPL, ie, a module covered by the Mozilla license and a
module covered by the GPL license and can not be legally bound.
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Sugar CRM
http://support.sugarcrm.com/05_Resources/03_Supported_Platforms/Sugar_6.5.x_Supported_Platforms;
http://media.sugarcrm.com/datasheets/EditionsComparison_CE.pdf;
http://www.sugarforge.org/;
http://www.sugarcrm.com;
>
VTiger
https://www.vtiger.com/crm/open-source/;
Open CRX
http://www.opencrx.org/tour-features.htm;
http://www.opencrx.org/license.htm;
http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencrx/;
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OpenTaps
http://www.opentaps.org/about-opentaps/features-list;
http://www.opentaps.org/docs/index.php/Main_Page ;
http://www.funambol.com/solutions;
Tustena CRM
<
http://www.tustena.com/ent/en/functionalities;
http://www.tustena.com/CRM .
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Open Source Tools for Enterprise Resource Planning
This study will evaluate the best ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) Open Source
solutions which include support and ensure quality guarantees on an enterprise use.
Besides identifying relevant features, the main focus of core features are:




Financial and Accounting Management;
Materials, Stocks and Orders Management;
Sales and Services Management;
Human Capital Management.
Additionally, given the actual mobility needs, the existence of a mobile solution was
also considered, whose detailed information can be consulted in the existing
references.
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Compiere
OpenBravo
OpenERP
Adempiere
Apache
Ofbiz
Licencing Type
GPL v2
GPL v2
AGPL
GPL v2
Apache License v2
Last version release
Community Ed. 3.5
Oct 2009
3.0 MP19.3
Jan 2013
7.0
Nov 2012
3.7.0
Sep 2011
11.04.02
Jan 2013
Support Type
Online
Online
Online
Online
Online
Host Environment
Local
Virtual
Local
Local
Local/Web
Build to Change
High
Medium
High
High
High
Genereal Characteristics
Features
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scope
analysis
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top 5
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Compiere
OpenBravo
OpenERP
Adempiere
Apache
Ofbiz
Supported DBs
Oracle, PostgreSQL
SQL & PL/SQL
PostgreSQL
Oracle, PostgreSQL
Postgres, MySQL
Base Technology
Java
Java, Javascript,
XML & XHTML
Python
Java
Java
Mobile Version
Yes *
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Community Support Forums
Yes
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Wiki features and User Documentation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Issue Tracking
Yes
-
No
-
Yes
Community
<
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Characteristics
Features
>
* Available in module or paid version
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OpenBravo
OpenERP
Adempiere
Apache
Ofbiz
Financial Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Purchasing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Materials Management
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
Order Management
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
Project Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Project Accounting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Sales Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Services Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
-
-
e-Commerce *
Yes
-
-
-
Yes
<
Core Characteristics of ERP
Features
>
* Available in module or paid version
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Compiere
OpenBravo
OpenERP
Adempiere
Apache
Ofbiz
Performance Management
Yes
-
Yes
-
-
Reporting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Procurement
-
Yes
-
-
-
Manufacturing
*
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Warehouse Management
*
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Human Resources
-
-
Yes
Yes
-
Accounting
-
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
CRM *
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
<
Core Characteristics of ERP
Features
* Available in module or paid version
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Compiere
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Openbravo
scope
Open ERP
analysis of
Top 5
Adempiere
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Apache OFBiz
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Compiere
Solution which includes ERP and CRM components. Its directed towards small and medium companies in
areas of Distribution, Retail, Services and Industry.
Founded by Jorg Janke in 1999, it reached one million downloads by 2002. In 2006 it had 100 partners, having
in that year the main goal of making the Open Source ERP project in a growing and sustainable enterprise
solution.
Compiere was developed using Java EE technology.
Compiere
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aim
Openbravo
scope
Open ERP
analysis of
Top 5
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analysis of
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Compiere
This product has several vertical solutions for the market of Distribution, Retail, Manufacturing and Services.
It also has specific business solutions to government agencies and nonprofit organizations. By using it, each
client has access to a low cost solution that allows customization in order to make it compatible with the
business requirements, using little or none development.
Compiere ERP was nominated by IDG’s 2009 InfoWorld Best of Open Source Software (Bossie) Awards as
“Best of Open Source Enterprise Software”.
Compiere
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aim
Openbravo
scope
Open ERP
analysis of
Top 5
Adempiere
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Apache OFBiz
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Openbravo
Web solution for small and medium companies, distributed with the Openbravo Public Licence. Companies
will be able to automate and record their most common business processes such as sales, production,
projects, finance, business intelligence, POS, and more. There is a possibility to add additional modules by
subscribing to the commercial version of Openbravo ERP.
Defined by its green web interface, through which users can update the company information using a PC or a
PDA.
This solution was developed in Java, with focus on two main models: model-driven development and modelview-controller.
Compiere
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aim
Openbravo
scope
Open ERP
analysis of
Top 5
Adempiere
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Apache OFBiz
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Openbravo
It has a competitive advantage due to a wide range of widgets that can integrate data from other enterprise
applications such as CRM, Business Intelligence, Content Management, or from other productivity tools such
as email, calendar, Twitter or Facebook.
It’s intuitive interface supports Multi-tab, multiple choice edition, column filters, among other functionalities.
Additionally, it allows a virtualized environment.
Openbravo won three times the “Inforworld’s Bossie award” for best open source software application.
Compiere
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aim
Openbravo
scope
Open ERP
analysis of
Top 5
Adempiere
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Apache OFBiz
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OpenERP
Comprehensive ERP with applications that support several business aspects such as sales, CRM, project
management, warehouse management, production, financial management and human resources, among
others.
Modular solution that allows the user to add new modules, and even customizes the interface according to
its preference.
There is a possibility to opt for an online or on-site version, but these options are paid.
Compiere
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aim
Openbravo
scope
Open ERP
analysis of
Top 5
Adempiere
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
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OpenERP
It has more than 700 modules available on Launchpad.
Includes ORM, an Workflow engine, a report and dashboard designer, an automatic migration engine, among
others. Other features include an object editor, workflow and reports.
With the use of calendars it allows a customized presentation and allows the generation of an integrated
document management system.
It has a wide scope, allowing it to be used by companies with different dimensions and business areas.
Compiere
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aim
Openbravo
scope
Open ERP
analysis of
Top 5
Adempiere
top 5
analysis of
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Adempiere
Project oriented to the community that develops and supports the ERP, CRM and SCM open source business
solution.
This solution is aimed to be generic and easy of use, providing a wide range of online documentation and a
quick bug correction.
Compiere
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aim
Openbravo
scope
Open ERP
analysis of
Top 5
Adempiere
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Apache OFBiz
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Adempiere
There are several industries where this solution is used, including B2C (Business to Consumer), E-commerce,
Coatings and Chemical products, Information technologies, industry, business processes, retail and
distribution.
Besides the ERP, CRM and SCM features, Adempiere offers a financial performance analysis integrated with
POS (Point of Sale) solutions and an integrated web store.
Excellent integration with OLAP Business Intelligence, financial reports and JasperReports.
Compiere
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aim
Openbravo
scope
Open ERP
analysis of
Top 5
Adempiere
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Apache OFBiz
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Apache OFBiz
Set of business applications built on a collective architecture, using data, logic components and common
processing. Due to its flexible nature, makes these components easy to understand, extensible and
customizable.
Set of enterprise applications, already widely used and refined, helps integrate and automate many of the
business processes of companies.
Apache OFBiz includes content management system (for products, websites, general content, blogging,
forums, among others).
Compiere
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aim
Openbravo
scope
Open ERP
analysis of
Top 5
Adempiere
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Apache OFBiz
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Apache OFBiz
Presents itself as viable, safe and scalable. Being easy to develop and maintain, this solution allows its
developers to quickly deliver new versions and functionalities that are proposed by its countless users.
Compiere
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aim
Openbravo
scope
Open ERP
analysis of
Top 5
Adempiere
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
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General Characteristics
Features
benchmarking
aim
xTuple
ERP5
Tryton
Dolibarr
WebERP
Licencing Type
CPAL
GNU GPL
GPL v3
GPL v2.+
GPL v2
Last version release
4.0.1
Jan 2013
5.4.6
Aug 2010
2.6.3
Feb 2013
3.2.3
Dec 2012
4.10.0
Jan 2013
Support Type
Online
Online
Online
Online
Online
Host Environment
Local
Local
Local
Local/Web
Local/Web
Build to Change
High
High
High
High
High
scope
analysis of
top 5
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
glossary
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Community
<
General
Characteristics
Features
benchmarking
aim
xTuple
ERP5
Tryton
Dolibarr
WebERP
Supported DBs
PostgreSQL
MySQL
PostgreSQL
MySQL 3,1,
PostgreSQL
MySQL
Base Technology
Qt, a C++ toolkit
for application
development
Python
Python
PHP
PHP
Mobile Version
Yes
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Community Support Forums
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wiki features and User Documentation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Issue Tracking
Yes
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
scope
analysis of
Top 5
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
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<
Core Characteristics of ERP
Features
xTuple
ERP5
Tryton
Dolibarr
WebERP
Financial Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Purchasing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Materials Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Order Management
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
Project Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
-
-
Project Accounting
-
Yes
Yes
-
-
Sales Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Services Management
Yes
-
-
Yes
Basic
e-Commerce *
-
Yes
-
Yes
-
>
* Available in module or paid version
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<
Core Characteristics of ERP
Features
xTuple
ERP5
Tryton
Dolibarr
WebERP
Performance Management
Yes
-
-
-
-
Reporting
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Procurement
-
Yes
-
-
-
Manufacturing
Yes
Yes
-
-
Yes
Warehouse Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Human Resources
-
Yes
Yes
-
-
Accounting
Yes
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
CRM *
Yes
Yes
Basic
Yes
Yes
* Available in module or paid version
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top 5
analysis of
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AGPL – Affero General Public License, free software license that added to GPL clauses about the use of software through networks. These clauses require that the source
code is completely made available to any user of the network, normally a web application.
Apache v2 – Such as the remaining Apache licenses, Apache V2 allows copy, modify and distribution of the software as well as to extend the patent rights that are
normally destined to who issues the license.
BSD – BSD or Berkeley Software Distribution is a family of free software permissive licenses, whose original owners were regents from the California University
(Berkeley), because this license was first written in this university. Being a permissive free software license, it places minimal restrictions to the way software
may be redistributed, in contrast with the copyleft licenses that have reciprocity and similarity requirements.
CPAL – This license is based on the Mozilla Public License, and adds the following conditions: the original developer can include its information in certain parts of the
code, and this has to be shown on the screen of the application. Additionally, when the software is executed as a network service, is triggered by an action
name copyleft which prevents that an “ASP loophole” occurs, making the available source code available to any network user.
>
GNU – GNU General Public License, GNU GPL or simply GPL is a designation of the free software license conceived by Richard Matthew Stallman in 1989, under the Free
Software Foundation GNU project. GPL is the most used license in free software projects, due to its adoption to the GNU project and to the GNU/Linux
operating system. The software used to manage Wikipedia’s content is covered by this license, in version 2.0 or superior.
B2C – Business-to-consumer or business-to-customer, refers to the trade directly made between the producer, seller or service provider and the final consumer, through
the Internet.
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BI – Enterprise Intelligence, or Business Intelligence, is a term from the Gartner Group. This concept emerged on the 80’s decade and describes the ability of a
corporation to access data and explore information (normally contained in a Data Warehouse/Data Mart), analyzing and developing perceptions and
understandings about this information, which allows an incremental and information guided decision-making.
CRM – According to Brent Frei, Onyx’s Software founder, “Customer Relationship Management is a set of processes and technologies that generate relationships with
effective and potential customers, and with business partners through marketing, sales and services, independently from the communication channel”.
ORM – Object-relational mapping is a development technique used to reduce impedance of object oriented programming, using relational databases.
<
POS – Refers to a point of sale or point of service, which usually is an ATM terminal.
SCM – Supply Chain Management is the consumers’ business processes integration through the products, services and information providers, with the goal of adding
value to the client.
GPL v2 – The main difference between this version and the version 1 is the existence of a clause that says “if someone has imposed restrictions, that don’t allow the
>
distribution of software with the GPL license in a way that respect the freedom from other users to do the same, that someone may not distribute it in any
way”.
GPL v2+ – Covers the GPL V2 and later versions.
GPL v3 – Some changes regarding software patents, license compatibility, free software, definition of source code and hardware restrictions were introduced to the
license.
MIT – It’s a permissive free software license created by Institute of Technology of Massachusetts. It’s compatible with the GPL license.
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Compiere
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiere;
http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20080927164134160/Compiere.html;
http://www.compiere.com/products/compare-editions/index.php;
http://www.compiere.com/downloads/compiere-mobile-warehouse-datasheet.pdf;
OpenBravo
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openbravo;
http://www.openbravo.com/ ;
http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20091129071035537/Openbravo.html ;
http://forge.openbravo.com/plugins/mwiki/index.php/Openbravomobile;
http://ktree.com/openbravo/openbravo-features.html;
OpenERP
http://www.openerp.com/;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenERP;
http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/2009111414553118/OpenERP.html;
http://www.appbrain.com/app/open-erp-mobile/com.gscom.operp;
http://doc.openerp.com/v6.1/features/index.html;
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top 5
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Adempiere
http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20080927164114507l;
http://www.adempiere.com/ADempiere_ERP;
http://www.adempiere.com/Mobile_phone_UI;
http://www.adempiere.com/Features;
Apache Ofbiz
<
>
http://ofbiz.apache.org/;
http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/2009112907103779/ApacheOFBiz.html;
http://www.hotwaxmedia.com/ofbiz/features.
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analysis
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top 5
analysis of
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Business Process Manager
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Open Source Tools for Business Process Manager
All frameworks evaluated later focused on a comparison between a set of
characteristics belonging to each tool and give the user a deeply levels of maturity
knowledge and updating of databases which allow integration and type of license
used.
The features include those on Business Process Manager that are considered relevant,
allowing an objective capacity evaluation of each technology based by specific areas.
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scope
analysis of
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top 5
analysis of
other solutions
glossary
references
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scope
analysis of
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top 5
analysis of
other solutions
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Features
General Characteristics
Licencing Type
Apache License 2.0
Bonita Open
Solution
LGPL, GPL v2
jBPM
Process
Maker
Apache License
GPL v3
Intalio
Apache License 2.0,
Eclipse Public
License 1.0
5.11
Dec 2012
5.9.1
Jan 2013
6.2.4
(N/A)
5.4.0
Nov 2012
2.0.405
Jan 2013
Support Type
H2, MySql, Db2,
Oracle,
PostgreSQL,
MSSQL
MySql,
PostgreSQL, Oracle
Database
Ingres, SQL, Oracle,
Db2, sybase ASE,
PostgreSQL, Derby,
My Sql
Db2, MySql, Oracle,
Sybase, hsqldb,
mssql
MySql, Sql,
PostgreSQL,
Oracle
Host Environment
Java
Java
Java
Java
PHP
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Last version release
Build to Change
benchmarking
aim
Activiti
scope
analysis of
top 5
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
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Activiti
Bonita Open
Solution
Intalio
jBPM
Process
Maker
Engine Processes
jBPM 4
Bonita Execution
Engine (Java API)
Apache ODE
Based on Drools
Flow
Proprietary.
Framework
Gulliver.
Engine Modeling Processes
BPMN 2
BPMN 2, JBPM3 e
XPDL
BPMN 2
BPMN 2
BPMN 2
Engine Management Rules
No
Own Rules
No
Integrated with
Drools
Own Rules
Processes Design & Application
Development
Activiti Eclipse Plugin
jBPM Eclipse Plugin
Dynaform Builder &
BPMN 2.0 Process
Map Designer
API, Debug & Tests
Activiti Eclipse
Plugin
Bonita Studio,
other tools
Intalio BPMS
Designer/ Eclipse
BPMN Modeler
jBPM Eclipse Plugin
Advanced Tools
debug
Maturity Levels
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
<
Other Characteristics
Features
benchmarking
aim
scope
analysis of
top 5
“Zero Code”,Intalio
Bonita Studio based on
BPMS Designer/ Eclipse
Eclipse
BPMN Modeler
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
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Activiti
benchmarking
aim
Bonita Open Solution
scope
analysis of
top 5
jBPM
Intalio
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Process Maker
glossary
references
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Activiti
Application system intended for programmers, system administrators and business users.
It was developed in JAVA and distributed under Apache license. It is compatible with the H2 database, MySql,
Db2, Oracle, PostgreSQL and MSSQL, providing a series of modules that facilitate their use. In March 2012 was
launched to the market version 5.9
Activiti
benchmarking
aim
Bonita Open Solution
scope
analysis of
top 5
jBPM
Intalio
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Process Maker
glossary
references
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Activiti
Based on simple concepts, is extremely light and fits perfectly with the Spring platform. Integrates perfectly
with any JAVA application, server, cluster or cloud.
Activiti
benchmarking
aim
Bonita Open Solution
scope
analysis of
top 5
jBPM
Intalio
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Process Maker
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Bonita Open Solution
Workflow suite created in 2000, and therefore have a high level of maturity.
Solution began development at INRIA (French National Institute for Research in Computer Science) after
having been developed over several years in a recognized French company of computer science, named Bull.
Since 2009 the development of Bonita Open Solution is supported by a company dedicated to product
BonitaSoft. Consisting of 3 major components, namely, Bonita Studio (GUI), Bonita BPM engine and Bonita
User Experience (portal) and can be applied to projects which require complex workflows in human
resources, contract management, e-government, among others.
In 2011, surpassed one million downloads and 250 clients.
Activiti
benchmarking
aim
Bonita Open Solution
scope
analysis of
top 5
Intalio
top 5
jBPM
analysis of
other solutions
Process Maker
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references
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Bonita Open Solution
PVM technology was jointly developed between teams belonging to Bonita and JBoss. Provides a tool
focused on users that don’t have any experience developing code through a tool that allows to do drag-anddrop of forms and define business processes. The code is automatically generated doesn’t allowing it to be
controlled. Enables a broader integration of third-party products, whether or Sap queries to databases.
Activiti
benchmarking
aim
Bonita Open Solution
scope
analysis of
top 5
jBPM
Intalio
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Process Maker
glossary
references
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Intalio|BPM
Considered the most deployed product in terms of Business Process Management was designed around the
Open Source Eclipse BPMN Modeler, Apache ODE BPEL engine and Weather WS-Human Task Service also
developed by Intalio | BPM, supporting any kind of processes.
Implemented in top companies worldwide such as Deutsche Bank, Vodafone, Facebook or Google, among
others. The Intalio technology was still used towards to the Rovers exploration in Marte developed by NASA.
Activiti
benchmarking
aim
Bonita Open Solution
scope
analysis of
top 5
jBPM
Intalio
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Process Maker
glossary
references
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Intalio|BPM
Intalio | BPM enables business analysts and programmers work together on the design, installation and
ongoing management of any business process, be it small or large, simple or complex, transactional or
workflow oriented.
Activiti
benchmarking
aim
Bonita Open Solution
scope
analysis of
top 5
jBPM
Intalio
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Process Maker
glossary
references
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jBPM
It was developed by Red Hat and was released under LGPL license by JBoss community. It is based on the
Process Virtual Machine (PVM) which is the foundation of the JBoss community to support multiple
languages ​business processes. It also provides a wide range of tools for developers (Eclipse) and end users
(web-based), namely the creation, development, installation, implementation and management of business
processes through their life cycle.
Version 5 of jBPM is the result of the fusion of the jBPM project with Drools Flow, a subproject of Drools
system.
Activiti
benchmarking
aim
Bonita Open Solution
scope
analysis of
top 5
jBPM
Intalio
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Process Maker
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references
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jBPM
Flexible platform allowing a bridge between business analysts and developers. Written in JAVA can run
processes described in BPMN 2.0.
Tool developed around the concept of a state machine and focused on the development.
Contains JAVA API recognized for being user-friendly, allowing the control of the code that has been
developed. Besides being less extensive in terms of third-party solutions is more focused towards the
programmer.
Activiti
benchmarking
aim
Bonita Open Solution
scope
analysis of
top 5
jBPM
Intalio
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Process Maker
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Process Maker
Commercial software allowing management of business processes workflow. It is a solution quite flexible and
easy to use.
The Process Maker permits business analysts to model workflows using a graphical interface through dragand-drop, optimizing the performance of workflows by the analysis of the deficiencies of the processes. It
includes a Business Intelligence tool that allows managers to receive KPIs and metrics through reports and
dashboards.
Version 2.0.40 was released in May 2012.
Activiti
benchmarking
aim
Bonita Open Solution
scope
analysis of
top 5
jBPM
Intalio
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Process Maker
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references
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Process Maker
Intended for technicians and business managers, by being a person who works in critical environments,
government agencies and other organizations.
It consists of an annual subscription.
Activiti
benchmarking
aim
Bonita Open Solution
scope
analysis of
top 5
jBPM
Intalio
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Process Maker
glossary
references
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Features
uEngine
Other Characteristics
Licencing Type
LGPL
3.5.5
Mar 2012
Last version release
Java
Technological Base
benchmarking
aim
scope
analysis of
top 5
>
Hsqldb, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySql, MsSql, Db2
Database supported
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
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Features
uEngine
J2EE
<
Other Characteristics
Engine Processes
Engine Modeling Processes
uEngine BPMN Modeler
Engine Management Rules
Own Rules Motor
uEngine Process Designer
Processes Design & Application Development
uEngine Process Designer/Modeler
API, Debug & Tests
Maturity Levels
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aim
scope
analysis of
top 5
Yes
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
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Apache License – It is an Open Source software license authored by the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). This license versions 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0 requires the inclusion of
the copyright notice (copyright) and disclaimer (statement of responsibility), allows use and distribution of the source code in both in Open Source software as
well as in the owner.
BPMN 2.0 - Business Process Model and Notation. Standard for modeling business processes that provides an graphical interface representative of the business model
with a similar base to activity diagrams defined by UML.
Eclipse Public License (EPL) – It is an Open Source software license used by the Eclipse Foundation for its software. Replaces the CPL (Common Public License) and
removes certain types of grievances related to patents. The receivers of this license may use, modify, copy and distribute works and modified versions.
GPL – GNU General Public License, GNU GPL or simply GPL is a designation of the free software license conceived by Richard Matthew Stallman in 1989, under the Free
Software Foundation GNU project. GPL is the most used license in free software projects, due to its adoption to the GNU project and to the GNU/Linux
operating system. The software used to manage Wikipedia’s content is covered by this license, in version 2.0 or superior.
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scope
analysis of
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top 5
analysis of
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LGPL – A lesser general public license written in 1991 and updated in 1999. It is a free software license written as a compromise between GPL and the most permissive
licenses (BSD, MIT). The main difference between the GPL and the LGPL is that it allows the association with programs that aren’t under the GPL or LGPL,
including proprietary software.
Business Rules Engine - Software components implement external business rules to the application code within the business rules approach.
Open Source – Open Source is software that is available in source code form: the source code and other copyrights holders for copyright are provided under a free
software license that permits users to study, change, improve and also to distribute the software.
<
Proprietary – Proprietary Software is a software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The license is given the right to use the software under
certain conditions preventing other uses, such as modification, distribution or re-engineering.
XML Process Definition Language – It is a standard format for the coalition workflow to the exchange of business process definitions between different workflow
products, namely between different modeling tools and management suites, defines an XML schema to indicate declarative parts of business processes.
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scope
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top 5
analysis of
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Activiti
http://activiti.org/;
http://www.manning.com/rademakers2/ActivitiMEAPch01.pdf;
Bonita
http://www.bonitasoft.com/;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonita_Open_Solution;
Intalio
>
http://www.intalio.com/bpm;
jBPM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JBPM;
http://www.jboss.org/jbpm;
ProcessMaker
http://www.processmaker.com/;
http://wiki.processmaker.com/index.php/Main_Page;
uEngine
http://www.uengine.org:8088/wiki/index.php/UEngine_English_Version_Wiki#How_to_Download_and_Run_the_uEngine_Standalone;
http://uengine.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/uengine/uEngine_2012/resources/sqls/?sortdir=down.
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top 5
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Open Source Tools for Content Management Systems
The frameworks evaluated allow focus on date and version of each one, type of license and
the supported databases. Through these characteristics is generated an idea from the level of
maturity and update, as well as databases that let the user integrate taking into consideration
the type of license used.
The most relevant features and characteristics are available in Content Management
Systems. We divided in Security (email verification, session management and versioning),
Support (online-help, test framework and commercial support), Ease of Use, Performance
(database replication, load balancing and static content export), Management (web
statistics, trash and workflow engine), Interoperability (ftp support, wai xhtml compliant and
compliant), Flexibility (cgi-mode support, multi-lingual content and support multi-site
deployment), Built-in Applications and commerce (e-commerce).
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scope
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top 5
analysis of
other solutions
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scope
analysis of
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top 5
analysis of
other solutions
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Features
dotCMS
DotNetNuke
Drupal
Joomla!
Liferay
GPL v2
MIT
GPL
GPL
LGPL
MySQL, Oracle,
MSSQL,
PostgreSQL
SQL Server
MySQL, Oracle,
PostgreSQL,
SQLite, Microsoft
SQL Server,
MariaDB, MongoDB
MySQL
HSQLDB, MySQL,
Oracle,
SQL Server, DB2,
Apache Derby,
Informix,
InterBase,JDataSt
ore,PostgreSQL,
SAP, Sybase
Last version release
2.2
Oct 2012
6.2.4
Oct 2012
7.19
Jan 2013
3.0.0
Sep 2012
6.1
Aug 2012
Host Environment
JAVA
ASP.NET
PHP
PHP
JAVA
Build to Change
Medium
High
Low
Medium
Medium
General Characteristics
Licencing Type
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aim
Database Supported
scope
analysis of
top 5
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
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<
Other Characetristics
Features
benchmarking
aim
dotCMS
DotNetNuke
Drupal
Joomla!
Liferay
Email Verification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Free Add-On
Versioning
Yes
Yes
Yes
Free Add-On
Yes
Session Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Online Help
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Test Framework
Yes
Yes
N/A
N/A
Yes
Commercial Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ease of Use
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
scope
analysis of
top 5
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
glossary
>
references
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<
Other Chacteristics
Features
benchmarking
aim
dotCMS
DotNetNuke
Drupal
Joomla!
Liferay
Database Replication
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Load Balancing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Static Content Export
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Workflow Engine
Yes
Yes
Free Add-On
No
Yes
FTP Support
Extra Cost
Yes
Limited
Yes
Limited
scope
analysis of
top 5
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
glossary
>
references
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<
Other Charcteristics
Features
benchmarking
aim
dotCMS
DotNetNuke
Drupal
Joomla!
Liferay
WAI Compliant
Extra Cost
Limited
Limited
No
Yes
XHTML Compliant
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
CGI-mode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Multi-lingual Content Integration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Free Add-On
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Yes
Yes
Free Add-On
Yes
Built-in Applications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Free Add-On
Yes
Commerce
Yes
Extra Cost
Free Add-On
Free Add-On
Limited
scope
analysis of
top 5
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
glossary
references
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dotCMS
benchmarking
aim
DotNetNuke
scope
Drupal
analysis of
top 5
Joomla!
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Liferay
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references
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dotCMS
Content Management System (CMS) used to build and manage websites.
Developed in JAVA as an alternative to many options available in the market of PHP CMSs and aiming to
reduce costs as opposed to other business applications. A five year result of development by dotMarketing,
Inc, been conceived by William Ezell. Its first version dates from 2005 and was based on Liferay technology,
although as of version 3.2.2 of this, the dotCMS was already completely separate.
dotCMS has received numerous distinctions. In 2009 was awarded with the second place for "Best Other
Open Source CMS" assigned by Packt Publishing.
dotCMS
Compatible with PostgreSQL, MySQL, MSSQL and Oracle databases, providing a range of modules that
DotNetNuke
Drupal
facilitate their ease of use.
Joomla!
Liferay
Version 2.0 was released on May 2012.
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scope
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top 5
analysis of
other solutions
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dotCMS
Built from Liferay it is a good basis for development.
Created in 2005 with an intermediate level of maturity, providing excellent future prospects due to a strong
community and support.
Capable of short learning process and been distinguished by the general computing community several
times.
dotCMS
benchmarking
aim
DotNetNuke
scope
Drupal
analysis of
top 5
Joomla!
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Liferay
glossary
references
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DotNetNuke
CMS based on Asp.Net.
Provided as an Open Source software, in the Community Edition version, under the MIT license or commercial
proprietary license in cases of Professional and Enterprise versions.
With more than 6,000,000 downloads and a community of over 800,000 users is considered the leading CMS
Asp.Net platform.
Its first releases of DotNetNuke were made by the company Perpetual Motion Inc by Shaun Walker. Its
further development was conducted by the Open Source community. In 2006 was founded the DotNetNuke
dotCMS
Corporation which replaced Perpertual Motion Inc as the entity responsible for the project.
DotNetNuke
Drupal
Joomla!
Liferay
The platform with regular updates due to a worlwide community including the Portuguese
(http://www.dotnetnuke.com.pt/). We must emphasize the Community edition, which is not tested or
certified by DotNetNuke Corporation. Developed by nuclear modules maintained by a team of volunteer
community.
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top 5
analysis of
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DotNetNuke
Widely used with a good level of maturity and very complete. In addition, these tools count with a solid and
active community.
Designed to be user friendly, it is very flexible and easy to learn even for those who do not program. With
many modules and templates available, having a multimedia edition characterized as being fairly simple.
Community leader in CMS. Net
dotCMS
benchmarking
aim
DotNetNuke
scope
Drupal
analysis of
top 5
Joomla!
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Liferay
glossary
references
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Drupal
Content Management System (CMS) developed in PHP and released as Open Source under the GPL license.
Originally created by Dries Buytaert, became an Open Source Project in 2001. Since it was launched, has
gained enough visibility, existing many companies that provide services related to Drupal. Has been honored
several times and in several categories by Packt Publishing.
Currently, is in version 7.14 with nuclear modules of the application being provided, but with the possibility of
being customized according to the needs of the project. Supports MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite,
MongoDB and Microsoft SQL Server. The community is very active and extensive offering many modules and
contributing to the development of the tool. Their version 8 is already in development.
dotCMS
benchmarking
aim
DotNetNuke
scope
Drupal
analysis of
top 5
Joomla!
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Liferay
glossary
references
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Drupal
First choice for programmers with an user friendly operating system, the learning curve is slow.
Highly scalable and very stable with many modules available and with an excellent control system
permissions.
The developed e-Commerce is not as strong as in others CMSs competitors. The visual is not appealing.
Good choice when the Project need a strong customization / programming.
dotCMS
benchmarking
aim
DotNetNuke
scope
Drupal
analysis of
top 5
Joomla!
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Liferay
glossary
references
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Joomla!
Content Management System (CMS) developed in PHP that supports MySQL and MS SQL.
Estimated to be the second most used on the Internet behind WordPress, has been honored with the award
for Open Source CMS in the year 2011 by Packt Publishing, positioning itself ahead of Drupal.
Created from mismatches in the CMS company Miro International Pty Ltd, responsible for the Mambo
content management system. Due to the development team claim, which mention a violation of the Open
Source values by the original company, they decided to follow their course.
Solution based on Mambo 4.5.2.
dotCMS
FirstDotNetNuke
version launched in 2005. Nowadays,
counts with a very large and active
community, being recognizedLiferay
Drupal
Joomla!
as the CMS of the future, since it is easy to learn and develop.
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top 5
analysis of
other solutions
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Joomla!
Comparing to their competitors, is less mature and strong despite the first version dating 2005.
In 2011 was elected the best Open Source CMS by Packt Publishin, having a very large and active community.
It is considered the CMS of the future.
Gained worldwide fans due to very appealing visuals with excellent resources, easy customization and good
multimedia capabilities. An e-Commerce version well developed being a good choice for virtual stores.
Fast development with many available extensions.
Ideal to integrate smaller teams, thus restricting multiple team.
dotCMS
benchmarking
aim
DotNetNuke
scope
Drupal
analysis of
top 5
Joomla!
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Liferay
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references
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Liferay
Open Source enterprise portal totally free and developed in JAVA language.
Supported by Liferay, Inc. Established in 2000 by software architect Brian Chan aiming to create an enterprise
portal solution for nonprofits organizations. In 2004 the name changed to Liferay, Inc. The company also
develops customized solutions and paid versions in the enterprise edition.
Two versions are available, the Portal Community Edition which brings the latest features and is supported by
an active community and Portal Enterprise Edition with a commercial offering which includes services such as
updates and full support. Mostly available a month or two after the community edition under a license and
isn’t free.
dotCMS
DotNetNuke
Drupal
Joomla!
Liferay
Allows users to manage common features to websites. While a sophisticated programming interface is
available for developers, no programming skills are required to install and administer a basic website.
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analysis of
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Liferay
Good level of maturity and strength with excellent references in the market (Vodafone, EA Games, Cisco,
Allianz, Bank of Malaysia, amongst others).
Has a broad and consistent participant community providing so many components.
Compatible with almost all operating systems and databases being highly scalable.
Offers cloud use and was recognized by Gartner as the market leader in Open Source portals.
dotCMS
benchmarking
aim
DotNetNuke
scope
Drupal
analysis of
top 5
Joomla!
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Liferay
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references
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Features
Genaral Characteristics
Licencing Type
Database Supported
Version / Date
Technological Base
benchmarking
aim
scope
eZ Publish
Umbraco
OcPortal
SilverStripe
WordPress
GPL
MIT
CPAL
BSD
GPL
MySQL
SQL Server,
MySQL,
SQLCE
MySQL
2012.12
Jan 2013
6.0.0
Jan 2013
9.0.5
Jan 2013
3.0.2
Sep 2012
3.5.1
Jan 2013
PHP
ASP.NET
PHP
PHP
PHP
analysis of
top 5
top 5
MySQL, Oracle,
Microsoft SQL
Server,
PostgreSQL, SQLite
analysis of
other solutions
MySQL
glossary
>
references
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Other Characteristics
Features
benchmarking
aim
eZ Publish
Umbraco
OcPortal
SilverStripe
WordPress
Email Verification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Free Add-On
Session Management
Yes
No
Yes
No
Free Add-On
Online Help
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Test Framework
N/A
No
N/A
N/A
N/A
Commercial Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ease of Use
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Free Add-On
scope
analysis of
top 5
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
glossary
>
references
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<
Other Characteristics
Features
benchmarking
aim
eZ Publish
Umbraco
OcPortal
SilverStripe
WordPress
Database Replication
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Load Balancing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Static Content Export
Yes
Free Add-On
Limited
Yes
Free Add-On
Web Statistics
Free Add-On
Yes
Yes
Yes
Free Add-On
Trash
Yes
Yes
Limited
Yes
Yes
Workflow Engine
Yes
Yes
Free Add-On
Extra Cost
No
FTP Support
Free Add-On
Não
Yes
Yes
Free Add-On
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eZ Publish
Umbraco
OcPortal
SilverStripe
WordPress
WAI Compliant
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Limited
XHTML Compliant
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Sim
CGI-mode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Multi-lingual Content Integration
Yes
Limited
Yes
Yes
Free Add-On
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Built-in Applications
Yes
LImited
Yes
Limited
Free Add-On
e-Commerce
Extra Cost
Free Add-On
Limited
Limited
Very Limited
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AGPL – Affero General Public License, free software license that added to GPL clauses about the use of software through networks. These clauses require that the
source code is completely made available to any user of the network, normally a web application.
Apache License – Free software license created by the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) compatible with version 3 of the GPL
BSD – BSD or Berkeley Software Distribution is a family of free software permissive licenses, whose original owners were regents from the California University
(Berkeley), because this license was first written in this university. Being a permissive free software license, it places minimal restrictions to the way software
may be redistributed, in contrast with the copyleft licenses that have reciprocity and similarity requirements.
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Buil-in Applications – The applications system has built-in such as blog, chat, Weather, Wiki, among others.
CGI-mode Support – The system can run in CGI mode for development purposes or in low-end systems.
Commerce – The system provides built-in applications or add-ons of commerce type (such as: shopping cart, PayPal, iTransact, among others).
Commercial Support – The support can be purchased to a commercial organization with trained professionals.
CPAL - This license is based on the Mozilla Public License, and adds the following conditions: the original developer can include its information in certain parts of the
code, and this has to be shown on the screen of the application. Additionally, when the software is executed as a network service, is triggered by an action
name copyleft which prevents that an “ASP loophole” occurs, making the available source code available to any network user.
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CPL – Free software license published by IBM. It has some similarities with LPG but differs in some key points, namely as regards to the copyleft requirements. Not
compatible with GPL.
Database Replication – The system must be able to read and write through the slaves to the master database.
Ease of Use – The system provides some tools that allow users a easy experience in editing or modifying in a way quick and simple. (Drag and Drop or Undo).
Email Verification – The system sends an activation key to users to ensure that they have introduced a valid email address.
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FTP Support – The system allows user to upload the internal content and/ or files via FTP.
GPL – GNU General Public License, GNU GPL or simply GPL is a designation of the free software license conceived by Richard Matthew Stallman in 1989, under the Free
Software Foundation GNU project. GPL is the most used license in free software projects, due to its adoption to the GNU project and to the GNU/Linux
operating system. The software used to manage Wikipedia’s content is covered by this license, in version 2.0 or superior.
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GPL v2 – The main difference between this version and the version 1 is the existence of a clause that says “if someone has imposed restrictions, that don’t allow the
distribution of software with the GPL license in a way that respect the freedom from other users to do the same, that someone may not distribute it in any
way”.
GPL v3 – Some changes regarding software patents, license compatibility, free software, definition of source code and hardware restrictions were introduced to the
license.
LGPL – A lesser general public license written in 1991 and updated in 1999. It is a free software license written as a compromise between GPL and the most permissive
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licenses (BSD, MIT). The main difference between the GPL and the LGPL is that it allows the association with programs that aren’t under the GPL or LGPL,
including proprietary software.
Load Balancing – The system allows placing a load balancer in front to separate calls for multiple servers. This requires that the user sessions can be passed between all
nodes in a transparent way.
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MIT License – It is a permissive license for free software created by Institute of Technology of Massachusetts. It is compatible with the GPL license.
Mozilla Public License – Mozilla Public License is a free software license, mainly used in Mozilla software and software related to it. Copyleft license is similar but not as
rigid as the distribution. You can create a proprietary version of a code under this license. Not compatible with GPL, ie, a module covered by the Mozilla license
and a module covered by the GPL license and can not be legally bound.
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Multilingual Content Integration – The system supports a multilingual version of each content object without the need to republish the object. For example, if yhe user
create a FAQ in english, all that is needed to display the FAQ in spanish or in another language is just to translate the content, not create another object FAQ.
Then, depending on user preferences appears one version or other.
Multi-Site Deployment – Is the system is able to join in a deploy multiple websites. This means that installing the software only once, can have the number of websites
wanted. It also means that when it comes time to upgrade this can only be done in one place and not separately for each website.
Open Source – Open Source is software that is available in source code form: the source code and other copyrights holders for copyright are provided under a free
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software license that permits users to study, change, improve and also to distribute the software.
Proprietary – Proprietary Software is a software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The license is given the right to use the software under
certain conditions preventing other uses, such as modification, distribution or re-engineering.
Session Management – System provides a tool to enable administrator only to see who is currently in the application, what are doing and whether you need to force its
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Static Content Export – System has the capacity to export content as an HTML.
Test Framework – System has a framework of automated tests that can be used to test the base code in order to ensure that this is wrong (Unit Tests ou Smoke Tests).
WAI Compliant – System follows the specification W3C to WAI.
Web Statistics – System has a statistical reports of website for things and pages with content viewed, number of users for a period of time, among others.
XHTML Compliant – System follows the specification W3C to WAI.
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DotCMS
http://dotcms.com/;
dotnetnuke
http://www.dotnetnuke.com/ ;
Ez Publish
http://ez.no/;
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Joomla
http://www.joomla.org/;
http://www.joomlapt.com/;
Liferay
http://www.liferay.com/;
http://www.liferay.com/community/user-groups/portugal/welcome;
Umbraco
http://www.microsoft.com/web/gallery/umbraco.aspx;
http://umbraco.com/.
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Open Source Tools for Document Management Systems
Evaluate transversal features belonging to document management demonstrating also a
deeply knowledge about the level of maturity and updating of databases allowing integration
and the license type used .
The features are included in the Document Management Systems.
The analysis of all these features enable an objective comparison between different
technologies and how each one can be more assertively to the Client’s requirements.
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LetoDMS
Logical Doc
Knowledge
Tree
OpenDocMan
OpenKm
GNU GPL v2.0
GNU Library or
LGPL Versão 2.0
GNU GPL
Versão 3.0
GNU GPL v2.0
GNU GPL
Database Supported
MySql
MySql
MySql
MySql
HSQL, MySql
Last version release
3.3.12
Jan 2013
6.6.1
Jan 2013
3.7.0.2
(N/A)
1.2.6.2
Dec 2012
6.2.2
Jan 2013
Host Environment
Javascript, PHP
Java
PHP, Java
Javascript, PHP
Java
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Features
General Characterisctics
Licencing Type
Build to Change
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LetoDMS
Logical Doc
Knowledge
Tree
OpenDocMan
OpenKm
Operating Systems
Windows, Linux,
Mac Os
Windows, Linux,
Mac Os
Windows, Linux,
Mac Os
Windows, Linux, Mac
Os
Windows, Linux,
Mac Os
Categories
Business
Management,
Desktop
Publishing, File
Management
CMS Systems,
Indexing / Search,
Content
Management
CMS Systems,
Indexing / Search,
Office / Business
CMS systems, file
sharing, content
management
Human
Resources,
Content
Management,
Workflow
Users Interface
Web-Based
Web-Based
Web-Based
Web-Based
Web-Based
Languages
Multilingual
(Portuguese
included)
Multilingual
(Portuguese
included)
Multilingual
(Portuguese
included)
Multilingual
(Portuguese
included)
Multilingual
(Portuguese
included)
Workflow
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes (jBPM)
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LetoDMS
Logical Doc
Knowledge
Tree
OpenDocMan
OpenKm
Safety
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versions control
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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Features
Indexing and recovery tools
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Knowledge Tree
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top 5
OpenDocMan
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OpenKM
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LetoDMS
Combines a range of features with an appealing graphical interface which allows access to documentation
through the intranet or internet.
Features permitting file upload through web-interface, content editing and ownership of online files, detailed
information about the documents to download, individual icons for different Mime-Types, among others. Due
to its features, this product is unique.
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Logical Doc
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Knowledge Tree
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top 5
OpenDocMan
analysis of
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OpenKM
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LetoDMS
Although it is still considered a product under development has some space for optimization, regarding file
navigation, online editing (HTML) and search engine.
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Knowledge Tree
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top 5
OpenDocMan
analysis of
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OpenKM
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LogicalDoc
Solution containing web interface which executes the following operations: sharing, creating security groups,
seeks and audit of corporate documents. Thus, a determined process workflow can be managed and
monitored from its initial creation, through sharing and collaboration, approval and also through analysis and
review.
Leto DMS
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Logical Doc
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Knowledge Tree
analysis of
top 5
top 5
OpenDocMan
analysis of
other solutions
OpenKM
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LogicalDoc
Document Management System (DMS) which can be used by small or large companies, in a flexible way with
low cost associated, having the main goal to manage effectively their records.
This tool allows companies to enjoy a limited access to resources. Like all systems of resource management,
the solution LogicalDoc fosters in the medium term an increase of organizational productivity level.
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Logical Doc
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Knowledge Tree
analysis of
top 5
top 5
OpenDocMan
analysis of
other solutions
OpenKM
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Knowledge Tree
Document Management Software which simplifies the daily user interaction with documents.
Solution composed by specific features such as version control, workflow, interactive previews and
integration with Microsoft Office allowing each user to have the latest version of a document at any time.
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Logical Doc
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Knowledge Tree
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top 5
OpenDocMan
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OpenKM
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Knowledge Tree
Compared with other document management tools, it requires an internet connection, which is a limiting
factor when compared to other competitors.
Can be considered a small and medium company, and does not providing version documentation. However,
the commercial version is widely used by reputable companies like Miramar, Alcatel-Lucent and Fujifilm.
Leto DMS
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Knowledge Tree
analysis of
top 5
top 5
OpenDocMan
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OpenKM
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OpenDocMan
Developed under the GPL Open Source license.
Allows users to enjoy the document management system in a totally free way. Unlike most DMS solutions
that require changes to business rules, the OpenDocMan enables integration with any business logic.
Through the support of various documents types OpenDocMan has the added advantage of allowing the user
to be focused only on their core business.
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Knowledge Tree
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top 5
OpenDocMan
analysis of
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OpenKM
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OpenDocMan
Although regarded by the market as a solid tool, still contains some bugs and its documentation isn’t still
extensive as expected.
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Logical Doc
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Knowledge Tree
analysis of
top 5
top 5
OpenDocMan
analysis of
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OpenKM
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OpenKM
Focused on creating an open system to document management that due to its characteristics, can be used
both for small or large companies. It is a very useful tool in knowledge management, providing a more
flexible and low cost alternative compared to other proprietary applications.
Leto DMS
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Logical Doc
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Knowledge Tree
analysis of
top 5
top 5
OpenDocMan
analysis of
other solutions
OpenKM
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OpenKM
The installation of OpenKM is quite complex, being done through command line.
It must be pointed out that the documentation of OpenKM isn’t always updated as expected, which makes it
quite difficult to take full advantage of its potential.
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Knowledge Tree
analysis of
top 5
top 5
OpenDocMan
analysis of
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OpenKM
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General Characteristics
Features
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Epiware
Xinco DMS
Licencing Type
GNU GPL
Apache License v2.0 , GNU GPL Versão 2.0
Supported Type
MySql
MySql
Last Version Release
4.8.6
Nov 2010
2.00.03
Mar 2012
Technological Base
Javascript, PHP
Java
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Epiware
Xinco DMS
Operating Systems
Linux, FreeBsd
Windows, Linux, Mac Os
Categories
Data Warehousing, File
Management, File Sharing
Archive, File Management,
Office / Business
User Interface
Web-Based
Java Swing, Web-based
Languages
Multilingual
(Portuguese included)
Multilingual
(Portuguese included)
Workflow
No
N/A
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Xinco DMS
Safety
Yes
Yes
Versions Control
Yes
Yes
Indexing and recovery tools
Yes
Yes
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Proprietary – Proprietary Software is a software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The license is given the right to use the software under
certain conditions preventing other uses, such as modification, distribution or re-engineering.
Open Source – Open Source is software that is available in source code form: the source code and other copyrights holders for copyright are provided under a free
software license that permits users to study, change, improve and also to distribute the software.
GPL – GNU General Public License, GNU GPL or simply GPL is a designation of the free software license conceived by Richard Matthew Stallman in 1989, under the Free
Software Foundation GNU project. GPL is the most used license in free software projects, due to its adoption to the GNU project and to the GNU/Linux
operating system. The software used to manage Wikipedia’s content is covered by this license, in version 2.0 or superior.
LGPL – A lesser general public license written in 1991 and updated in 1999. It is a free software license written as a compromise between GPL and the most permissive
licenses (BSD, MIT). The main difference between the GPL and the LGPL is that it allows the association with programs that aren’t under the GPL or LGPL,
including proprietary software.
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Eclipse Public License (EPL) – It is an Open Source software license used by the Eclipse Foundation for its software. Replaces the CPL (Common Public License) and
removes certain types of grievances related to patents. The receivers of this license may use, modify, copy and distribute works and modified versions.
LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol is a protocol for updating and searching directories over TCP / IP. The LDAP directory usually follows the X.500 model, it is a
tree of nodes, each node consisting of a set of attributes with their values.
Network-attached Storage (NAS) – It is a type of data storage at the level of files connected to a network storage that provides data access to heterogeneous clients.
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Storage Area Network (SAN) – They are dedicated networks that provide access to a block level data storage, primarily being used to make storage devices such as disk
arrays, tape libraries and optical jukeboxes, accessible to servers in a way that the devices appear connected locally to the operating system.
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) – It is the mechanical or electronic translation of scanned images of handwritten text, typed or printed in encoded text into
machine.
Apache License – Free software license created by the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) compatible with version 3 of the GPL
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LetoDMS
http://www.letodms.com/module.php?modname=content&cid=3;
Knowledge Tree
http://document-management.findthebest.com/compare/1-48/Knowledge-Tree-vs-Alfresco-Community;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KnowledgeTree;
LogicalDOC
http://www.logicaldoc.com/;
http://wiki.logicaldoc.com/wiki/Main_Page;
http://www.logicaldoc.com/software-features.html;
OpenKM
http://www.openkm.com/pt/comunidade.html;
http://wiki.openkm.com/index.php/Browsing_embeded_database;
Epiware
http://www.epiware.com/epiware-manual/index.htm;
http://www.epiware.com/;
Xinco DMS
http://www.xinco.org/.
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Open Source Tools for Software Terminal Emulation
The evaluation will embrace a range of tools for terminal emulation in Open Source
version with support. Based on a set of user tools free or with various customizable
features with different types of licensing (Open Source, GPL, CPAL, among others).
At present the market is becoming highly competitive and with increasingly complete
solutions, the question remains: Will the best solution generate competitive advantage
in the market?
We aiming alternative to the most reputable solutions in the market (ex., IBM Client
Access, Personal Communications, Rumba Terminal Emulation, among others).
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General Characteristics
Features
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MochaSoft
Quick3270
TTWin4
z/Scope
Rocket
Licencing Type
GPL
CPAL
Proprietary, GPL
CPAL
Proprietary
Last version release
Jan 2013
Nov 2012
4.2
Dec 2012
Dec 2011
Support Type
Online
Online
Online
Online
Online
Host Environment
Web
Web
Web
Web
Web
Build to Change
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
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MochaSoft
Quick3270
TTWin4
z/Scope
Rocket
Compatibility with Mobile Devices
Yes
No
No
No
No
Terminal Emulation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-session/Multi-connection
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Screen mode 24*80 or 24*132
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Hotspots
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Hardcopy Screen
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Mail Support
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Macro Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
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MochaSoft
Quick3270
TTWin4
z/Scope
Rocket
Print Emulation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
File Transfer
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Safety
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Keyboard Customization
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Task Automation
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Desktop Remote Access
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
User-friendly Interface & Navigation
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Operating System Compatibility
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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Features
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MochaSoft
Quick3270
TTWin4
z/Scope
Rocket
Languages & Characters Support
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Integration with other applications
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Keyboard Customization
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
User defined Function Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Barcode scanner (Camera, Linea Pro 4 or
an OPTICON 2002 scanner)
Yes
No
No
No
No
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MochaSoft
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Quick3270
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TTWin4
analysis of
top 5
z/Scope
top 5
analysis of
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Rocket
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MochaSoft
The solution presented includes software oriented to terminal emulation. Appeared in the market in 1997
with the aim of developing solutions compatible with the various operating platforms. Worried for adapting
their products to market realities and today provides solutions for mobile devices.
Can be installed in mobile devices such as iPad/ iPhone, Mac OS, Blackberry, Android and Windows enabling
versions to response to the needs of software and hardware manufacturers.
MochaSoft
benchmarking
aim
Quick3270
scope
TTWin4
analysis of
top 5
z/Scope
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Rocket
glossary
references
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MochaSoft
Web-based solution using the cross-browser to manage a terminal emulation, according to the
manufacturers' requirements, providing functionalities to: support emulation 5250, setting screen in various
sizes, scan through barcode and VGA support.
MochaSoft
benchmarking
aim
Quick3270
scope
TTWin4
analysis of
top 5
z/Scope
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Rocket
glossary
references
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Quick3270
Solution oriented to emulate terminals 3270 and 5250 for Windows environments that allows connections
through laptops to IBM's zSeries (S/390) and iSeries (AS400). The software is distributed globally by partners
under the CPAL license.
The original version appeared on the market in April 1998 and provided the link 3270. Today is in version 4.31
released in February 2012.
MochaSoft
benchmarking
aim
Quick3270
scope
TTWin4
analysis of
top 5
z/Scope
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Rocket
glossary
references
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Quick3270
Developed version of Quick3270 also to emulate sessions 3270 and 5250.
Through his connectivity, makes available Printing, File Transfer Protocol, Macro Language.
MochaSoft
benchmarking
aim
Quick3270
scope
TTWin4
analysis of
top 5
z/Scope
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Rocket
glossary
references
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TTWin4
The latest evolution of software by Turbosoft.
This was the culmination of over 20 years of experience in providing high quality solutions maintaining the
level of accuracy and reliability. Turbosoft introduced new features designed to improve the terminals
performance, as well as an updated interface and technical additions that will ensure that the software
continues to be relevant and compatible with modern desktop.
MochaSoft
benchmarking
aim
Quick3270
scope
TTWin4
analysis of
top 5
z/Scope
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Rocket
glossary
references
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TTWin4
This solution is defined as a software for terminal emulation that provides functionalities that allows the user
to remove IPv6 support, 80 types of emulation, data security (SSL2/SSL3/TLS, SSH1 & SSH2, SFTP), Full
keyboard re-mapping, Comprehensive Character Set Support, Session Panel, Tabbed Sessions, Powerful Tools
for Automation, Scripting Tools, Hotspots, OCX Interface, Advanced Printing Support e Emulation and GUI
Features.
MochaSoft
benchmarking
aim
Quick3270
scope
TTWin4
analysis of
top 5
z/Scope
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Rocket
glossary
references
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z|Scope
It is a web-based application for terminal emulation developed since 2002 by Cybele.
It offers solutions for Desktop z/Scope Classic, Express 3270, 5250 and Express VT face to IBM iSeries (AS400)
and IBM Mainframes. For environments Web the version z / Scope Anywhere.
MochaSoft
benchmarking
aim
Quick3270
scope
TTWin4
analysis of
top 5
z/Scope
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Rocket
glossary
references
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z|Scope
The solution z/Scope is a terminal emulator that provides security, providing a graphical user interface, HTML
to IBM Mainframe and iSeries in Windows environment, differentiating itself from competitors by
characteristics of stand alone and Web component with ability to establish multi connections and secure
sessions through SSL 2/3 and TLS 1.0
MochaSoft
benchmarking
aim
Quick3270
scope
TTWin4
analysis of
top 5
z/Scope
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Rocket
glossary
references
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Rocket
Solution of terminal emulation to access to legacy systems, including IBM Mainframes (3270), IBM iSeries
(5250), Unisys (T27 and UTS), VMS (ICL 7561) and many hosts ASCII (Unix, HP, VAX, AIX) .
This solution includes: emulation for desktop and web-to-host to replace existing emulators; web servers
based providing ActiveX and HTML, based on API's providing development tools, components and a safe
execution environment.
MochaSoft
benchmarking
aim
Quick3270
scope
TTWin4
analysis of
top 5
z/Scope
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Rocket
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references
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Rocket
Provides an emulator terminal named BlueZone that covers aspects of IBM Mianframe e iSeries, Unisys and
VMS. The solution integrates the Windows environment with features that allow progress to the next
generations, in particular, Macros, VB Script and Java.
MochaSoft
benchmarking
aim
Quick3270
scope
TTWin4
analysis of
top 5
z/Scope
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
Rocket
glossary
references
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TN5250J
BOSâNOVA TN5350
iSeries
x3270
Licencing Type
Free
Proprietary
GPL
Last version release
6.3
N/A
3.3.12
Support Type
Online
Online
Online
Host Environment
Web
Web
Web
Build to Change
Low
Low
Low
General Characteristics
Features
benchmarking
aim
scope
analysis of
top 5
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
glossary
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TN5250J
BOSâNOVA
TN5350 iSeries
x3270
Compatibility with Mobile Devices
No
No
No
Terminal Emulation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-session/ Multi-connection
No
No
No
Screen mode 24*80 or 24*132
No
No
No
Hotspots
Yes
No
No
Hardcopy Screen
No
No
No
Mail Support
Yes
No
No
Macro Support
Yes
No
No
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Features
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top 5
analysis of
other solutions
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TN5250J
BOSâNOVA TN5350
iSeries
x3270
Print Emulation
No
Yes
No
File Transfer
Yes
Yes
No
Safety
No
No
Yes
Keyboard Customization
No
No
No
Task Automation
No
No
No
Desktop Remote Access
No
No
No
User-friendly interface & navigation
No
Yes
No
Operating System Compatibility
No
No
No
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Features
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top 5
analysis of
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TN5250J
BOSâNOVA TN5350
iSeries
X3270
Languages & characters support
No
No
No
Integration with other applications
Yes
No
No
Keyboard Customization
No
No
No
User defined Function Keys
No
No
No
Barcode scanner
(Camera, Linea Pro 4 or an OPTICON 2002 scanner)
No
No
No
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Features
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CPAL – This license is based on the Mozilla Public License, and adds the following conditions: the original developer can include its information in certain parts of the
code, and this has to be shown on the screen of the application. Additionally, when the software is executed as a network service, is triggered by an action
name copyleft which prevents that an “ASP loophole” occurs, making the available source code available to any network user.
GPL – GNU General Public License, GNU GPL or simply GPL is a designation of the free software license conceived by Richard Matthew Stallman in 1989, under the Free
Software Foundation GNU project. GPL is the most used license in free software projects, due to its adoption to the GNU project and to the GNU/Linux
operating system. The software used to manage Wikipedia’s content is covered by this license, in version 2.0 or superior.
Online Collaboration Tool – Online collaboration, or online collaboration on a massive scale, is a form of collaboration in which large groups of people usually work
independently on the same project. These projects typically take place on the Internet using social software, which primarily produce relations, eg social
networking service and support tools for collaboration, producing a collaborative product, eg wiki platforms, which provide a potentially source of
collaboration and knowledge sharing..
Open Source – Open Source is software that is available in source code form: the source code and other copyrights holders for copyright are provided under a free
software license that permits users to study, change, improve and also to distribute the software.
Proprietary – Proprietary Software is a software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The license is given the right to use the software under
certain conditions preventing other uses, such as modification, distribution or re-engineering.
benchmarking
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scope
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top 5
analysis of
other solutions
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references
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Mochasoft
http://mochasoft.com;
Quick3270
http://www.dn-computing.com/Quick3270.htm;
TTWin4
http://www.ttwin.com/products_ttwin.php;
z/Scope
http://www.cybelesoft.com/zscope/;
Rocket
http://www.rocketsoftware.com/category/terminal-emulation;
BOSâNOVA TN5350 iSeries
http://www.bosanova.net/about.html;
TN5250J
http://tn5250j.sourceforge.net/;
X3270
http://x3270.bgp.nu/;
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top 5
analysis of
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Open Source Tools for IT Development
Will evaluate relevant characteristics by groups of: Collaborative Portals, Mobile, SQL
and Reports. It will include versions, license type and the level of maturity.
The information will consider, most relevant and used allowing an assertive evaluation
about the capacity of each technologies.
Will allow an objective comparison between different technologies, thus focusing on
which one answer the Clients’ expectations.
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scope
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top 5
analysis of
other solutions
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references
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benchmarking
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scope
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top 5
analysis of
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references
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TOP 5 | Collaborative Portals
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scope
analysis of
top 5
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
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references
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Alfresco
DotNetNuke
Kentico CMS
Sitefinity
CMS
Drupal
Licencing Type
LGPL
MIT
Proprietary,
Free Edition
Proprietary
GPL
Last version release
4.2.C
7.0
6.0
5.0
7.19
Support Type
Comercial,
Online
Comercial,
Online
Comercial,
Online
Comercial,
Online
Comercial,
Online
Host Environment
Local
Local
Local
Local
Local
Build to Change
High
High
High
High
High
General Characteristics
Features
benchmarking
aim
scope
analysis of
top 5
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
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Alfresco
DotNetNuke
Kentico CMS
Sitefinity
CMS
Drupal
Web Content Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Group Web Content Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Enterprise Content Management
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
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Features
benchmarking
aim
scope
analysis of
top 5
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
glossary
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references
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>
TOP 5 | Mobile
benchmarking
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scope
analysis of
top 5
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
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references
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General Characteristics
Features
benchmarking
aim
iUI
Rhodes
PhoneGap
Titanium
RubyMotion
Licencing Type
MIT License
MIT License
APL v2
APL v2, Proprietary
Comercial
Last version release
0.4
3.4.2
2.3.0
2.1.3
1.0
Support Type
Online
Comercial
Comercial
Comercial
Comercial
Host Environment
Local
Local
Local
Local
Local
Build to Change
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
scope
analysis of
top 5
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
glossary
>
references
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Other Characteristics
<
benchmarking
aim
Features
iUI
Rhodes
PhoneGap
Titanium
RubyMotion
Native
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Web Base
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
scope
analysis of
top 5
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
glossary
>
references
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>
TOP 5 | SQL
benchmarking
aim
scope
analysis of
top 5
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
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references
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MariaDB
SQLite
MongoDB
Apache
CouchDB
PostgreSQL
Licencing Type
GPL v2
Public domain
AGPL v3.0
Apache License 2.0
PostgreSQL
Last version release
5.5.29
3.7.15.2
2.2.2
1.2
9.2.2
Support Type
Online
Online
Comercial
Online
Online
Host Environment
Local
Local
Local
Local
Local
Build to Change
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
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General Characteristics
Features
benchmarking
aim
scope
analysis of
top 5
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
glossary
>
references
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>
TOP 5 | Reports
benchmarking
aim
scope
analysis of
top 5
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
glossary
references
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General Characteristcs
Features
benchmarking
aim
Eclipse BIRT Project
Jasper Reports
Pentaho
Licencing Type
Eclipse Public License
LGPL
GPL e LGP v2, MPL 1.1
Last version release
4.2.0
5.0.0
4.8.0
Support Type
Online
Online
Online
Host Environment
Local
Local
Local
Build to Change
Medium
Medium
Low
scope
analysis of
top 5
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
>
glossary
references
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<
Other Characteristics
Features
benchmarking
aim
Eclipse BIRT Project
Jasper Reports
Pentaho
BI
Yes
Yes
Yes
Reporting
Yes
Yes
Yes
scope
analysis of
top 5
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
glossary
references
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DotNetNuke
benchmarking
aim
Titanium
scope
analysis of
top 5
MariaDB
top 5
BIRT Project
analysis of
other solutions
glossary
references
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Collaborative Portals | DotNetNuke
CMS based on Asp.Net. Provided as Open Source software, in the Community Edition version, under the MIT
license or proprietary commercial license in cases of Professional and Enterprise versions.
With more than 6,000,000 downloads and a community over 800,000 users is considered the leading CMS
Asp.Net platform.
The first releases of DotNetNuke were developed by company Perpetual Motion Inc, namely by Shaun Walker
who was responsible for its development. However, its further development was performed by the Open
Source community. In 2006 was founded the DotNetNuke Corporation which replaced Perpetual Motion Inc
as the entity responsible for the project.
DotNetNuke
Titanium
MariaDB
BIRT Project
The platform receives regular updates given to its vast community, existing also a portuguese community
(http://www.dotnetnuke.com.pt/). The community edition is not tested even their quality is certified by
DotNetNuke Corporation. This CMS is composed of nuclear modules maintained by a team of volunteers
belonging to community.
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top 5
analysis of
other solutions
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Collaborative Portals | DotNetNuke
The solution presents a good level of maturity and is very complete. Besides having a solid community and
always active. Designed to be user friendly is also very flexible and easy to learn even for those who don’t
program. With many modules and templates available. The multimedia edition is quite simple.
Community leader in CMS. Net.
DotNetNuke
benchmarking
aim
Titanium
scope
analysis of
top 5
MariaDB
top 5
BIRT Project
analysis of
other solutions
glossary
references
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Mobile | Titanium
Allows the creation of applications for mobile devices in which it is possible to use the same controls. The
solution has shown its strength in creating applications, starting with the world of iOS and now opening its
spectrum to the Android environment.
DotNetNuke
benchmarking
aim
Titanium
scope
analysis of
top 5
MariaDB
top 5
BIRT Project
analysis of
other solutions
glossary
references
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Mobile | Titanium
Allows development of several applications with the added value of its easily interactivity with components
of mobile devices. This versatility makes the interaction very easy with physical devices, such as video, GPS
and Book Contacts, among others.
DotNetNuke
benchmarking
aim
Titanium
scope
analysis of
top 5
MariaDB
top 5
BIRT Project
analysis of
other solutions
glossary
references
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SQL | MariaDB
Replaces MySQL when it was acquired by a large corporate company, becoming the most widely used SGBD
to Open Source or small projects.
DotNetNuke
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aim
Titanium
scope
analysis of
top 5
MariaDB
top 5
analysis of
other solutions
BIRT Project
glossary
references
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SQL | MariaDB
Good level of maturity and it is fairly complete, in addition counts with a solid and active community.
It has all the basic and advanced features to be a reference in the world of Managers Database Systems.
DotNetNuke
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aim
Titanium
scope
analysis of
top 5
MariaDB
top 5
BIRT Project
analysis of
other solutions
glossary
references
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Reports | BIRT Project
Open Source Report Builder. It is provided as Open Source software, being an extension of Eclipse IDE,
widely used and adopted by JAVA community.
DotNetNuke
benchmarking
aim
Titanium
scope
analysis of
top 5
MariaDB
top 5
BIRT Project
analysis of
other solutions
glossary
references
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Reports | BIRT Project
Provides a higher level of maturity, in addition to having the support of a solid and active community.
Designed to be user friendly, is also very flexible and easy to learn even for those who don’t program.
The multimedia edition is quite simple.
DotNetNuke
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aim
Titanium
scope
analysis of
top 5
MariaDB
top 5
BIRT Project
analysis of
other solutions
glossary
references
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Composite C1
dotCMS
Django-cms
Appspresso
Apache
Derby
Licencing Type
Mozilla Public License
GNU GPL v2
BSD
Close Source
Freeware
Apache License
Last version release
3.2
2.2
2.3.4
1.1.2
10.9.1.0
Support Type
Online
Comercial
Online
Online
Online
Online
Host Environment
Local
Cloud
Local
Local
Local
Local
Build to Change
High
High
High
Low
Medium
General Characteristics
Features
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scope
analysis of
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top 5
analysis of
other solutions
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AGPL – Affero General Public License, free software license that added to GPL clauses about the use of software through networks. These clauses require that the
source code is completely made available to any user of the network, normally a web application.
Apache License – Free software license created by the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) compatible with version 3 of the GPL
BSD – BSD or Berkeley Software Distribution is a family of free software permissive licenses, whose original owners were regents from the California University
(Berkeley), because this license was first written in this university. Being a permissive free software license, it places minimal restrictions to the way software
may be redistributed, in contrast with the copyleft licenses that have reciprocity and similarity requirements.
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Buil-in Applications – The applications system has built-in such as blog, chat, Weather, Wiki, among others.
CGI-mode Support – The system can run in CGI mode for development purposes or in low-end systems.
Commerce – The system provides built-in applications or add-ons of commerce type (such as: shopping cart, PayPal, iTransact, among others).
Commercial Support – The support can be purchased to a commercial organization with trained professionals.
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CPAL - This license is based on the Mozilla Public License, and adds the following conditions: the original developer can include its information in certain parts of the
code, and this has to be shown on the screen of the application. Additionally, when the software is executed as a network service, is triggered by an action
name copyleft which prevents that an “ASP loophole” occurs, making the available source code available to any network user.
CPL – Free software license published by IBM. It has some similarities with LPG but differs in some key points, namely as regards to the copyleft requirements. Not
compatible with GPL.
Email Verification – The system sends an activation key to users to ensure that they have introduced a valid email address.
<
FTP Support – The system allows user to upload the internal content and/ or files via FTP.
GPL – GNU General Public License, GNU GPL or simply GPL is a designation of the free software license conceived by Richard Matthew Stallman in 1989, under the Free
Software Foundation GNU project. GPL is the most used license in free software projects, due to its adoption to the GNU project and to the GNU/Linux
operating system. The software used to manage Wikipedia’s content is covered by this license, in version 2.0 or superior.
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scope
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analysis of
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GPL v2 – The main difference between this version and the version 1 is the existence of a clause that says “if someone has imposed restrictions, that don’t allow the
distribution of software with the GPL license in a way that respect the freedom from other users to do the same, that someone may not distribute it in any
way”.
GPL v3 – Some changes regarding software patents, license compatibility, free software, definition of source code and hardware restrictions were introduced to the
license.
LGPL – A lesser general public license written in 1991 and updated in 1999. It is a free software license written as a compromise between GPL and the most permissive
<
licenses (BSD, MIT). The main difference between the GPL and the LGPL is that it allows the association with programs that aren’t under the GPL or LGPL,
including proprietary software.
Load Balancing – The system allows placing a load balancer in front to separate calls for multiple servers. This requires that the user sessions can be passed between all
nodes in a transparent way.
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MIT License – It is a permissive license for free software created by Institute of Technology of Massachusetts. It is compatible with the GPL license.
Mozilla Public License – Mozilla Public License is a free software license, mainly used in Mozilla software and software related to it. Copyleft license is similar but not as
rigid as the distribution. You can create a proprietary version of a code under this license. Not compatible with GPL, ie, a module covered by the Mozilla license
and a module covered by the GPL license and can not be legally bound.
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Multilingual Content Integration – The system supports a multilingual version of each content object without the need to republish the object. For example, if yhe user
create a FAQ in english, all that is needed to display the FAQ in spanish or in another language is just to translate the content, not create another object FAQ.
Then, depending on user preferences appears one version or other.
Multi-Site Deployment – Is the system is able to join in a deploy multiple websites. This means that installing the software only once, can have the number of websites
wanted. It also means that when it comes time to upgrade this can only be done in one place and not separately for each website.
Open Source – Open Source is software that is available in source code form: the source code and other copyrights holders for copyright are provided under a free
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Proprietary – Proprietary Software is a software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The license is given the right to use the software under
certain conditions preventing other uses, such as modification, distribution or re-engineering.
Session Management – System provides a tool to enable administrator only to see who is currently in the application, what are doing and whether you need to force its
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Static Content Export – System has the capacity to export content as a HTML.
Test Framework – System has a framework of automated tests that can be used to test the base code in order to ensure that this is wrong (Unit Tests ou Smoke Tests).
WAI Compliant – System follows the specification W3C to WAI.
Web Statistics – System has a statistical reports of website for things and pages with content viewed, number of users for a period of time, among others.
XHTML Compliant – System follows the specification W3C to WAI.
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http://mariadb.org/;
SQLite
http://www.dn-computing.com/Quick3270.htm;
MongoDB
http://www.mongodb.org/;
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http://couchdb.apache.org/;
http://db.apache.org/derby/;
Postgre SQL
http://www.postgresql.org/;
Appspresso
http://appspresso.com/ ;
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http://www.composite.net/;
Django -CMS
https://www.django-cms.org/;
dotCMS
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Open Source Tools for Systems & Infrastructures
The study includes Open Source Operating Systems products that are often used and
include support. We addressed the features that are considered most relevant
comparing with the level of Operating Systems and, therefore, allow a more complete
evaluation about the capacity of each technology analyzed.
Thus, the analysis of all these features allow an objective comparison between
different Operating Systems and which one can adapt better to the customer needs.
During its preparation were evaluated several parameters, such as:
 Alternatives without costs;
 Packet format;
 Which distribution is based;
 Last version of the kernel;
 Frequency with new versions are available;
 Duration of the support;
 Lowest annual price.
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General Characteristics
Features
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Suse
Ubuntu
Licencing Type
GPL
GPL
red hat subscription
Novell subscription
GPL + others
Last version release
May 2012
Jan 2013
Jan 2013
Feb 2012
Oct 2012
Support Type
Comercial
Comercial
Comercial
Comercial
Comercial
Host Environment
Local
Local
Local
Local
Local
Build to Change
Low
Medium
Hight
Hight
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Features
Caixa Mágica
Oracle
red hat
Suse
Ubuntu
N/A
N/A
CentOS, Fedora
openSUSE
N/A
Package format
deb
rpm
rpm
rpm
deb
Based on
<2011 Mandriva
>2011 Ubuntu
red hat
N/A
openSUSE
Debian
Last version kernel
3.2
3.1
2.6.32
3.1
3.2
Release frequency
variable
variable
variable
12-18 month
6 month 24 month
LTS
Support
5 years
10 years
13 years
general 7 y
extended 10 y
desktop LTS 3 y
server LTS 5 y
Lowest price/ year
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$349
$349
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Free alternatives
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Caixa Mágica
Linux Caixa Mágica was born in October 2000 with the award from the Millennium Express 2000. Developed
by three investigators of ADETTI (Daniel Neves, Paulo José Guimarães and three hundred). Is the Open
Source Linux with portuguese distribution.
The Caixa Mágica mission is to contribute to the country's development by producing innovative solutions
focused on people and organizations, investing in I&D and creating portuguese centers of excellence in Open
Source.
Its mission is to be the main portuguese distribution of Linux and make it accessible to everyone.
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Caixa Mágica
The fact of being a portuguese solution makes the contact easier between the portuguese companies and
the team supporting.
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Oracle Linux
In 1976, Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates founded a consultancy named Software Development
Laboratories (SDL) and won a contract with CIA to build a special database whose code name was Oracle. In
2006 Oracle began to support Linux for the enterprise environment, based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Oracle develops hardware and software solutions for cloud or data center, from servers and storage to
operating systems, databases or applications.
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Oracle Linux
The advantage of Oracle Linux solution is the integration with the Oracle database.
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Red Hat
Red Hat company was founded in 1993. It is the largest provider of Open Source solutions and ranks as one
S&P 500 company. It was the first company to have an Open Source revenue of a billion dollars a year.
Its mission is to be a catalyser in a community that includes customers, contributors and partners in order to
create the best technology following the Open Source perspective. It has over 4500 employees worldwide.
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Red Hat
The visibility that Red Hat has in the market promotes a growing stability and recurrence of testing Red Hat
tool.
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SUSE Linux
SUSE Linux born in Germany and their development was conducted, mostly in Europe. The first version
appeared in early 1994. In April 2011, Novell and SUSE were acquired by The Attachmate Group. The
Attachmate Group has made SUSE an independent business unit;
In November 2006 (renewed in July 2011), Novell signed an agreement with Microsoft which has improved
the interoperability of SUSE products with Microsoft Windows products, doing cross promotion and
marketing between two companies.
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SUSE Linux
It is currently in second place in the ranking of the most commonly used solutions in the market.
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Ubuntu
The origin of the word 'Ubuntu' is african and means “humanity to others". It also means "I am what I am
because of who we all are." The Ubuntu Linux spirit brings the word 'Ubuntu' to the world of computers.
The Ubuntu Linux is based on the Debian distribution with frequent and regular versions and with a
consistent interface. It is commercially supported by Canonical company, either on the desktop or in the
server version. The first official version was lauched in October 2004.
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Ubuntu
This solution is the most used in desktop environment.
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Open Source – Open Source is software that is available in source code form: the source code and other copyrights holders for copyright are provided under a free
software license that permits users to study, change, improve and also to distribute the software.
GPL – GNU General Public License, GNU GPL or simply GPL is a designation of the free software license conceived by Richard Matthew Stallman in 1989, under the Free
Software Foundation GNU project. GPL is the most used license in free software projects, due to its adoption to the GNU project and to the GNU/Linux
operating system. The software used to manage Wikipedia’s content is covered by this license, in version 2.0 or superior.
GPL v2 – The main difference between this version and the version 1 is the existence of a clause that says “if someone has imposed restrictions, that don’t allow the
distribution of software with the GPL license in a way that respect the freedom from other users to do the same, that someone may not distribute it in any
way”.
GPL v3 – Some changes regarding software patents, license compatibility, free software, definition of source code and hardware restrictions were introduced to the
license.
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Caixa Mágica
http://www.caixamagica.pt;
Oracle
http://www.oracle.com;
Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com;
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http://www.suse.com;
Ubuntu
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