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This week the annual Apple Technology love-in known as Macworld is going on in San Francisco.  In these days of diminishing Trade Shows, this show not only survives, it thrives.  This is a show for all enthusiasts, fans and users of Apple technology.  Walking through the the set up today, I observed row after row of booths that will be selling products to users of iPhones and iPads, and iPods, and of course Macs.  There are many consumer-oriented users of all of this technology, and at xTuple, we continue to see these consumers dragging their Apple passion back into the workplace.  Apple technology in business, like Apple's stock price, is on the rise. Read more »

If you follow technology at all, every day you hear about Apple's undeniable impact in the consumer market.  Their impressive consumer run, outside of personal computers, started with the first iPod back in 2001.  The iPhone has been a continued, evolving success since 2007, and the iPad is all set up to be "THE" gift for this years' holiday season.  Apple is clearly rocking in the consumer space, but what about the Enterprise?  What about business?

Here at xTuple I feel like we are on the front lines of Apple in business.  We talk to companies every day that are looking for real Enterprise applications on the Mac.  Every day they are frustrated that that there aren't more business solutions for them on the Mac.  They always ask the same question: why isn't anyone speaking to the Mac business user???

Last week I went to a trade show/expo that was doing just that - speaking to Business users. Read more »

Macworld is the annual get together for the Apple and Mac faithful held every year in San Francisco. More than your typical technology conference, it has a long history of being THE event for Apple users (and fans), who come in from literally every corner world.  It is traditionally an Apple/Steve Jobs love show.  This year, there was a cloud hanging over the show as Apple announced last year that they would not be participating in 2010. The show has never been run by Apple, and the all-things i-Maker decided that they were no longer interested being the largest paying sponsor of the Fan-Fest.  Since the announcement, fear had gripped the Macworld regulars that if Apple bailed on the show, then the community wouldn't come out.  There was much anticipation as to how Macworld 2010 would really do. Read more »

My favorite time to do a technology market survey is when we have training class here at corporate headquarters. At xTuple, our target market is the Small and Medium sized businesses. The students that come to our classes are users of the the software and partners mastering the software to help support our customers throughout the world. We get exceptions, but generally the class is full of small business owners and employees.

The students bring their own laptops and I am always excited to see what they bring. Read more »

Now that the weather's warming up, we're looking forward to a return to the American Rover tall ship - always a highlight of the xTuple training classes.

Mark your calendar for the week of June 15 - it's our most popular class, the xTuple ERP 101 survey course. You'll build your own xTuple database from scratch, and run full business cycles with the data you've created. Network and share best practices with a diverse group of other users, xTuple partners, and staff. 

There'll also be a sneak preview of version 3.3 (currently in alpha), 3.4 (due later this year), and some early thoughts on our big plans for the "xTuple 4 series" in 2010.

It's a full week in our spacious Norfolk, Virginia training facility; lunch is provided each day, and of course, enjoy the sunset cruise with cocktails and hors d'oeuvre with our compliments.

Contact us to find out more or to reserve your spot. Read more »