CRM port to IBM DB2 completed

Representatives of Centric have announced that its port of Centric CRM to IBM DB2 data server software has been completed. Centric promises that their CRM now provides fully optimized support for the entire portfolio of DB2 data server software, including DB2 Express-C and DB2 for z/OS. Centric CRM is therefore toutable as the first open source application vendor to earn IBM’s "Ready for IBM DB2 Data Server Software" designation.

Centric CRM is an open source application with the strategy of running on theoretically any computing stack. Its Java / J2EE, web-based, and object-oriented architecture should make Centric CRM capable of running on all standards-based platforms. “In keeping with the open source spirit,” reads press material, “Centric CRM will begin distributing IBM’s DB2 Express-C data server with its core CRM offering, giving customers the option to install DB2 as their CRM database.”

Centric CRM bills itself as “the developer of the world’s most advanced open source customer relationship management system.” Indeed, the seven-year-old Centric CRM now comprises over 2 million lines of code. Centric CRM specializes in capabilities such as website authoring, enterprise content management, project and document management, customer surveys, and advanced help desk functions. The program includes all common CRM modules.