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SplendidCRM Announces Release of Version 1.4
 TMCnet Contributing Editor
SplendidCRM, which sells Microsoft (News - Alert)-centric Customer Relationship Management (CRM) products for open-source use, has announced the launch of Version 1.4 of its flagship platform SplendidCRM.
The new version, incorporating key .NET 2.0 technologies, allows system integrators to add user-customizable features to applications. The features include .Net 2.0's Master Pages, Themes, Web Parts and AJAX.
Paul Rony, president of SplendidCRM, said the company's "free runtime and free hosting license makes us the most cost-effective platform for the system integrator… the big advantage to incorporating these key .NET 2.0 technologies is that it actually reduces our codebase and simplifies our design."
SplendidCRM, unveiled in 2005, is an open-source CRM application that builds on the design of SugarCRM, the number one open-source product in the field. Splendid CRM sees its added value as being its Microsoft-centric design philosophy -- the product uses pure Microsoft technology stack: Windows, IIS, SQL Server, C# and ASP.NET.
The incorporation of .NET 2.0 technologies allows integrators to add user-customizable features to SplendidCRM using Master Pages, Themes, WebParts and AJAX technologies. Master Pages and Themes are billed as simplifying application development and allowing for an unlimited number of page layouts to be predefined, allowing CRM users to select from a list of layouts.
WebParts makes it easy to define regions that end-users can control, especially on the SplendidCRM home page, where users can hide or move content according to their needs.
The most recently-added technology, .NET 2.0 AJAX, is a technique for updating Web pages without having to refresh the entire page. SplendidCRM relies heavily upon AJAX technologies in its new Order Management system.
Last month SplendidCRM announced it is making its flagship platform available to enterprise software system integrators under a "highly affordable" licensing arrangement.
The plan computes fees based only on those persons using and/or developing the application at the integration company. It's called their "Free-Runtime and Free-Hosting License."
The license to system integrators includes two distribution methods -- a runtime license enabling integrators to sell the application via CD or download, and a hosted, on-demand license for the Software as a Service (SaaS (News - Alert)) model.
David Sims is a contributing editor for TMC (News - Alert) Net. For more articles please visit David Sims' columnist page.
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