The VAR Guy

Openbravo, maker of open source ERP (enterprise resource planning) and POS (point of sale) platforms, has landed $12 million in new funding. Openbravo’s new funding reinforces growing interest in open, easily customized alternatives to entrenched giants like Oracle and SAP. The VAR Guy traded email with Manel Sarasa, CEO of Openbravo, for his thoughts on the funding. Here’s a look at the email exchange.

One of our key goals with Works With U is to show readers that you can truly run your business on open source applications. Yes, operating systems (like Ubuntu Linux) and desktop applications (OpenOffice) are important. But over the next year or two, you’ll see a growing list of corporate-type applications (like enterprise resource planning and point of sale software) shifting to the open source model. The latest example involves Openbravo, which just landed an additional $12 million in funding. Our sister site, www.theVARguy.com, has all the details.