xTuple has released the latest version of xTuple’s flagship product and expanded the xTuple Cloud Service, which enables users across xTuple PostBooks, Standard, and Manufacturing editions of the software to run their database in the cloud via Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2).

According to xTuple, open source ERP software features a QuickStart Wizard for easy system set up and an xTuple Desktop interface with sample graphical workflows for sales, CRM, accounting, purchasing, and manufacturing.

The company said that Xtuple’s enhancements include xTuple Desktop, which allows users to create their own favorite places in the application, and even customised workflows for defined business processes and summary dashboards of key business metrics.

xTuple Manufacturing is ideal for manufacturing companies in both discrete and batch process production; xTuple PostBooks is the free open source offering, which is suitable for small businesses; and xTuple Standard is a midrange commercial offering, which adds advanced inventory control, warehousing, and other features to the core package, according to the company.

Ned Lilly, CEO of xTuple, said: "Today’s release makes our solution significantly more accessible to small to midsized businesses without major internal IT resources. The software is easier to use, less intimidating and more accessible for the average user. Life beyond QuickBooks doesn’t have to be hard."