Consulting Firm Partners with Leader in Open Source Accounting and ERP to Provide Green IT Solutions

Sept. 29, 2010 - PRLog -- MBCSolutions, a leader in Green Information Technology (IT) in London Ontario; today announced it has partnered with xTuple Corporation of Norfolk Virginia, to sell, deliver and support the award winning xTuple product line.  MBCSolutions will use xTuple products to help Ontario business compete in a post-recession economy.

In 2009 MBCSolutions shifted from a traditional approach for the delivery of IT to one that reflects the needs of all businesses in the new, post-recession, green economy.  This Green IT Strategy reduces the cost of software, equipment and power, reduces downtime, and empowers business to react to change quickly.  

Green IT Strategies make Ontario businesses more competitive. They enable business to do more work with less effort, spend less on IT; access more information and enable fast change.

“We were looking for an Open Source ERP solution that supported our Green IT Strategy,” says John McDonald, President of MBCSolutions.  “To meet our strategy a new product had to be cost effective,  be customizable, deployed on Linux, Mac or PC, use an Open Source database and be optimized for Cloud Computing.”

“We started to review the xTuple product in September of 2009 and were astonished to find that even the free version of xTuple, called PostBooks, was fully functional with a complete finance, inventory, shipping, and sales system,”.  “We took the software through it's paces, wrote customizations for it and found a client that we could use as a test bed”.  McDonald says, “We have found that the software fits very well into the small/medium business and small manufacturing environment.”  “In fact, we now know that we can deploy xTuple and achieve our Green IT initiative.”

Bob Keats, General Manager of London Mat Industries says, “We were using an outdated accounting package that was customized to our business model.  MBCSolutions helped us switch over to PostBooks and we haven’t  skipped a beat.  In fact, multi-currency and  financial reporting have reduced our administrative work load dramatically”  MBCSolutions did this for a fraction of the price of mainstream systems.

On August 1, MBCSolutions signed a partnership agreement with xTuple and attended training at xTuple headquarters in Norfolk Virginia.  On September 26, 2010 MBCSolutions started advanced registration for the GREEN IT STRATEGIES seminar being held on the 27th of October from 1pm till 5pm at the London Chamber of Commerce.

At the seminar MBCSolutions will be demonstrating how using PostBooks with Cloud Computing will  help business go green, save money, and compete in a global economy.  Additionally there will be discussions on the features and benefits of PostBooks, Cloud Computing, and an evaluation of a number of deployment strategies.  “We are excited,” says McDonald. “PostBooks is really ahead of the curve when it comes to great, quick, easy to deploy and functional software.” He continues saying,  “It's fully functional and provides more features than Simply Accounting, QuickBooks and Business Vision.  In my opinion it even gives ACCPAC ERP a good run for the money.”

For more information about the seminar go to the MBCSolutions website at www.mbcsolutions.net or register on line at www.mbcsolutions.net/register.

About xTuple Corporation

xTuple is a global leader in the emerging field of open source accounting, customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) software.  xTuple business software runs on any combination of Windows, Mac and Linux computers – and it can be run entirely in a company's offices, hosted off-site, or in any number of “cloud” environments.

The core PostBooks Edition of xTuple has been downloaded over 350,000 times, in every country in the world.  The commercially-licensed editions of xTuple contain additional functionality for larger enterprises, and are available on either a perpetual or annual subscription license.

Open source software like PostBooks may be downloaded free of charge, and its source code is available to anyone who wishes to get involved in improving the product.  xTuple (the company) manages the product development process, and oversees a strict QA/QC and documentation regimen for each release cycle.

xTuple ERP includes all standard accounting functionality, including a robust general ledger, accounts receivable and payable, budgeting, bank reconciliation, and a powerful financial reporting tool.  But it also includes fully-integrated CRM, sales and purchasing, product definition, inventory control, manufacturing, distribution, and a powerful ad hoc reporting tool.

xTuple works with qualified consultants worldwide to provide users with expert local support. MBC Solutions, an authorized xTuple partner located in London,Ontario is a specialized consultancy dedicated to solving the unique strategic, management and systems problems of the small and midsize business (SMB). For more information, please visit the company websites at www.xTuple.com and www.xTuple.org  or call 757-461-3022.

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Since 1993 MBCSolutions has been a Value Added Reseller with current products including: xTuple, Sage ACCPAC, MISys Manufacturing, AutoSimply, ACDEV POS, HP, and Nod32 by ESET.

Specialties include the development of software to extend the functionality and conversion of legacy systems over to ACCPAC ERP and xTuple. MBCSolutions provides better control over operations, increased productivity, and measurable growth across all areas of business at a lower cost of ownership. For more information, please visit the company web site at www.mbcsolutions.net.