Aptean, formed in August by the merger of CDC Software and Consona, has introduced the latest edition of Compiere, an open source accounting software package. Compiere Version 3.8 includes support for high-volume order entry; an information widget, which provides key user-defined information for any screen; and customer consigned inventory. It also features automated three-way purchase order matching and scalability enhancements using multiple application servers and multi-threading.