Compiere announced immediate availability of Compiere Cloud Edition ERP software on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). Compiere Cloud Edition is a business application that automates processes from Accounting, to Purchasing, Order Fulfillment, Manufacturing, Warehousing and CRM. Compiere's Cloud Edition is delivered with a complete technology stack, certified by Compiere, comprised of an operating system, application server, and database that can be deployed on Amazon EC2 in a matter of minutes.

The combination of Compiere Cloud Edition and Amazon EC2 provides a virtual computing environment claimed to eliminate up-front capital costs for hardware and software, while also reducing ongoing IT infrastructure support costs.

With Compiere Cloud Edition, customers can leverage the advantages of cloud computing technology to instantly scale the application up or down, depending on their particular needs. Cloud computing allows IT departments to increase capacity or add capabilities "on the fly" without investing in new hardware, personnel or software by accessing virtual servers available over the Internet to handle computing needs. Compiere is deployed in a secure, private environment, giving customers total control of their application and computing resources.

Compiere Cloud Edition subscriptions include application support, service packs and access to Compiere automated upgrade tools. In addition, Compiere or its partners can provide additional services including implementation, customization, integration and customer-specific cloud images.