<s>
SuiteCRM	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	O
open-source	B-Application
Customer	O
Relationship	O
Management	O
application	O
for	O
servers	O
that	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
software	B-Application
fork	I-Application
of	O
the	O
popular	O
customer	O
relationship	O
management	O
(	O
CRM	O
)	O
system	O
from	O
SugarCRM	B-Operating_System
and	O
its	O
base	O
is	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
last	O
open-source	B-Application
SugarCRM	B-Operating_System
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SuiteCRM	B-Application
project	O
began	O
when	O
SugarCRM	B-Operating_System
decided	O
to	O
stop	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
its	O
open-source	B-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Open-source	B-Application
CRM	O
is	O
often	O
used	O
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
proprietary	O
CRM	O
software	O
from	O
major	O
corporations	O
such	O
as	O
HubSpot	O
,	O
Salesforce	O
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
Dynamics	O
CRM	O
applications	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
21	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
as	O
version	O
7.0	O
and	O
provides	O
upgrade	O
paths	O
for	O
existing	O
SugarCRM	B-Operating_System
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
greatly	O
extended	O
version	O
of	O
SugarCRM	B-Operating_System
which	O
also	O
contains	O
many	O
additional	O
security	O
fixes	O
that	O
are	O
not	O
available	O
in	O
SugarCRM	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
adopted	O
by	O
NHS	O
(	O
National	O
Health	O
Service	O
)	O
England	O
's	O
Code4Health	O
programme	O
which	O
seeks	O
to	O
foster	O
open-source	B-Application
in	O
the	O
NHS	O
in	O
England	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SuiteCRM	B-Application
comprises	O
the	O
last	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
SugarCRM	B-Operating_System
Community	O
Edition	O
plus	O
the	O
following	O
additional	O
modules	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
SuiteCRM	B-Application
won	O
the	O
and	O
for	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
best	O
Open	O
Source	O
CRM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
the	O
curators	O
of	O
the	O
BOSSIE	O
awards	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
In	O
little	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
year	O
,	O
SuiteCRM	B-Application
has	O
inspired	O
the	O
community	O
and	O
emerged	O
as	O
a	O
new	O
leader	O
in	O
open	O
source	O
CRM.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
award	O
had	O
been	O
won	O
by	O
SugarCRM	B-Operating_System
for	O
the	O
previous	O
8	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
