Hi Scott, Following is my input: 1. With reference to integrating ofbiz with 3rd party application it won't be very hard as its purely and SOA architecture and provides you multiple ways of integration and in particular with Zimbra it should be pretty easy. If you use zimlets kind of integration its pretty easy. Obviously you would not like to bundle Zimbra with ofbiz otherwise it would be an overkill :) as both are 2 different beasts. Its better to keep them separate and integrate them via Zimlets. 2. The interesting thing would be to integrate ofbiz with portal server like liferay, exo or something similar as you can provide a single window for users. 3. Integrate a BI engine may be JasperSoft or Pentaho using JSR-170 with the same portal where you have ofbiz. So users just log on to a single application and can access everything they need. 4. Surely you can run an entire business from just ofbiz indeed you can even run the whole business from just one component of ofbiz e.g. CRM, Inventory management, order management, catalog management, CMS, eCommerce. There are few companies I know are only using specific modules of ofbiz indeed.
Thanks With best regards, Vikrant -----Original Message----- From: Scott A [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 2:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Questions about the future of ofbiz Hi all, I'm at the beginning stages of a long process to make ofbiz the core behind my business. I see that there is a long way for me to go before my people or I start using it in a meaningful way because of all the changes I will want. That said, I can clearly see what the future will be for my business and ofbiz. One of the things that pushes me is the thought that my employees and I will be able to use a single integrated application from front end website to the double entry accounting. What I really want to know is how far people (especially the developers) see ofbiz going? For example, would it be possible to integrate something like Zimbra email (http://www.zimbra.com) right into the core of ofbiz? I'm not sure about the license issues, etc but I would love to see it. Am I too naïve to think that my entire business could be run from one core application? Thanks in advance. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Questions-about-the-future-of-ofbiz-tf3532959.html#a9860664 Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
