[April 29, 2010]

Openbravo Takes Small and Mid-Sized Businesses to the Cloud with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Openbravo has announced that its flagship product, Openbravo ERP SMB Professional 2.50, is available as a native package for Ubuntu (News - Alert) 10.04 LTS Server Edition, Canonical's latest cloud-capable version of its popular Linux-based Ubuntu operating system.

Openbravo is the leading developer of web-based open source Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), while Canonical is the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, which is rapidly becoming a very popular server platform choice for businesses of all sizes across the globe.

Openbravo ERP 2.50 Professional Subscription for Ubuntu now provides support for the Amazon Cloud through Canonical's Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), delivering its web-based ERP in a form factor that is convenient and easy for SMBs to deploy and maintain. By combining the cost and scalability benefits of public cloud computing with the proven security, stability, and flexibility of Ubuntu, Openbravo and Canonical are bringing enterprise computing into the mainstream.

Paolo Juvara, CTO of Openbravo, said: "Openbravo ERP helps SMBs to simplify and maximize their business, and deploying Openbravo SMB Professional on the coud with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is a great way to do both. Openbravo's partners and customers are pleased with our tight relationship with Canonical, and I see strategic synergies between the two companies going forward--cloud computing is a natural for our SMB customers, and Canonical is demonstrating clear leadership in this space."

Steve George, VP of Corporate Services, Canonical said: "Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server Edition is not only leading the standards-based cloud revolution with its support for Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud, it is also a LTS (Long Term Support) release, which means that Canonical supports it for five full years. Mission-critical enterprise applications like Openbravo ERP need to be deployed on a robust, supported technology stack, and Canonical provides exactly that for Openbravo and its ERP customers."

Find out how to install Openbravo ERP Professional Subscription for Ubuntu by at: http://wiki.openbravo.com/wiki/ERP/2.50/Ubuntu_Installation

About Openbravo

Openbravo is the award-winning developer of Openbravo ERP, a web-based commercial open source ERP solution for SMBs-- the industry's first real alternative to proprietary software. The company's Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Point of Sale (PoS) solutions, the most popular in their market, have been downloaded more than 1.5 million times and are used in over 50 countries.

Openbravo's growth is fueled by an ever expanding international community of users, partners and developers. The company's commercial open source business model eliminates software license fees, providing support, services, and product enhancements via an annual subscription. An expanding range of free and premium solutions and extensions for Openbravo ERP is available through the company's unique marketplace, Openbravo Exchange.

Openbravo is venture backed and has received record funding in the Open Source ERP space from Amadeus Capital Partners, GIMV, Adara Venture Partners and Sodena. To find out more about Openbravo, please visit: www.openbravo.com.

About Canonical

Canonical provides engineering, online and professional services to Ubuntu partners and customers worldwide. As the company behind the Ubuntu project, Canonical is committed to the production and support of Ubuntu - an ever-popular and fast-growing open-source operating system. It aims to ensure that Ubuntu is available to every organization and individual on servers, desktops, laptops and netbooks.

Canonical partners with computer hardware manufacturers to certify Ubuntu, provides migration, deployment, support and training services to businesses, and offers online services direct to end users. Canonical also builds and maintains collaborative, open-source development tools to ensure that organizations and individuals can participate fully in innovations within the open-source community. For more information, please visit www.canonical.com.

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