MicroPlanet Technologies launched to offer SaaS to the Microfinance sector

Launched www.microplanettech.org ... to offer Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) an affordable way, using Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), to gain access to robust, scalable core banking (MIS) software.

Interesting and useful tech websites

Idealware - a candid review of nonprofit software ... http://www.idealware.org/

LINGOS - Learning website for NGOs ... http://ngolearning.org/default.aspx

Place to find free open source software ... http://sourceforge.net/

Techsoup ... http://home.techsoup.org/pages/default.aspx

The following offers impact & investment reporting frameworks, one covers the nonprofit sector whilst the other focuses on the microfinance sector ...

IRIS - Impact Reporting and Investment Standards ... http://iris-standards.org/

Mix Market - the source for data on the global microfinance sector ... http://www.mixmarket.org/

More to follow.

Open Source - Content Managment solutions

Here are three that I am aware of, and have a good reputation ...

Joomla ... http://www.joomla.org/

Drupal ... http://drupal.org/

Plone ... http://plone.org/

I am sure there are other vendors who offer just as good a solution. If you know who they are then post your comment.