<s>
EPESI	B-Application
BIM	O
(	O
Business	O
Information	O
Manager	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
web	B-Application
based	I-Application
,	O
cloud-native	O
CRM/ERP	O
application	O
to	O
store	O
,	O
organize	O
,	O
access	O
and	O
share	O
business	O
records	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Epesi	B-Application
has	O
been	O
designed	O
as	O
a	O
Kickstarter	O
project	O
and	O
provides	O
"	O
no	O
code	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
low	O
code	O
"	O
environment	O
for	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Epesi	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
,	O
PHP/Ajax	O
framework	O
for	O
rapid	O
development	O
of	O
web-based	B-Application
,	O
database-driven	O
single	O
page	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
framework	O
includes	O
the	O
Epesi	B-Application
CRM	I-Application
(	O
customer	O
relationship	O
management	O
)	O
multi-user	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
requires	O
PHP	B-Application
7.x	O
and	O
MySQL	B-Application
or	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
database	O
server	O
on	O
the	O
server-side	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
using	O
any	O
modern	O
browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Epesi	B-Application
framework	O
and	O
Epesi	B-Application
CRM	I-Application
application	O
are	O
released	O
under	O
MIT	B-License
license	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
period	O
,	O
Internet	O
connection	O
became	O
a	O
norm	O
and	O
mature	O
,	O
free	O
and	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
like	O
Apache	O
,	O
MySQL	B-Application
and	O
PHP	B-Application
became	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Teknaspan	O
started	O
offering	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
solutions	O
to	O
its	O
customers	O
,	O
among	O
them	O
SugarCRM	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
experimenting	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
other	O
solutions	O
like	O
dotproject	O
,	O
mantis	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
other	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
solutions	O
,	O
it	O
became	O
clear	O
that	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
need	O
for	O
a	O
modern	O
framework	O
with	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
reusable	O
components	O
upon	O
which	O
an	O
application	O
can	O
be	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Janusz	O
Tylek	O
left	O
Teknaspan	O
and	O
formed	O
Telaxus	O
LLC	O
,	O
a	O
small	O
software	O
startup	O
company	O
focusing	O
on	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
web-based	B-Application
applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
core	O
of	O
Epesi	B-Application
framework	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
and	O
published	O
on	O
SourceForge	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
included	O
Record	O
Browser	O
CRUD	B-General_Concept
engine	O
,	O
designed	O
by	O
Arkadiusz	O
Bisaga	O
(	O
ethnar	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
high-level	O
database	O
abstraction	O
layer	O
,	O
handling	O
not	O
only	O
Create/Read/Update/Delete	O
operations	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
automatic	O
pagination	O
,	O
lazy	O
delete	O
,	O
full	O
record	O
history	O
,	O
sorting	O
,	O
filtering	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
next	O
twelve	O
months	O
,	O
the	O
application	O
was	O
expanded	O
with	O
customer	O
relationship	O
management	O
(	O
CRM	O
)	O
functionality	O
and	O
this	O
package	O
is	O
now	O
available	O
as	O
EPESI	B-Application
,	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
products	O
like	O
SugarCRM	B-Operating_System
or	O
vtiger	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2013	O
EPESI	B-Application
was	O
added	O
to	O
Enterprise-Ready	O
Open	B-Application
Source	I-Application
Projects	O
on	O
Source	B-Application
Forge	I-Application
and	O
ranks	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
top	O
CRM	O
and	O
ERP	O
applications	O
with	O
5	O
star	O
rating	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EPESI	B-Application
framework	O
takes	O
advantage	O
of	O
some	O
third-party	O
libraries	O
like	O
database	O
driver	O
ADOdb	O
or	O
jQuery	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
EPESI	B-Application
incorporates	O
Roundcube	B-Language
IMAP	O
e-mail	O
client	O
and	O
provides	O
single	O
instance	O
message	O
archiving	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
user	O
receives	O
an	O
e-mail	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
archived	O
into	O
epesi	B-Application
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EPESI	B-Application
is	O
available	O
as	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
application	I-Application
and	O
distributed	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
base	O
version	O
includes	O
the	O
Epesi	B-Application
framework	O
and	O
set	O
of	O
modules	O
providing	O
CRM	O
functionality	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
functionality	O
of	O
Epesi	B-Application
can	O
be	O
extended	O
with	O
Custom	O
modules	O
(	O
created	O
by	O
end-users	O
for	O
example	O
)	O
or	O
by	O
installing	O
additional	O
Premium	O
modules	O
.	O
</s>
