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Jaspersoft Unveils New Community Platform

Published: July 23, 2008

New, advanced JasperForge will support the accelerated growth of the largest, most vibrant ecosystem in the business intelligence industry.

JasperSoft Corporation, the market leader in open source business intelligence (BI), today announced the open beta of its new JasperForge, a next-generation community platform that will support the open source BI community with tools that meet the evolving needs of all community stakeholders – from developers to business users.

Open source communities are changing and the Forges that support them need to evolve as well. No longer are Forges simply platforms for collaborating on software development. Evolving patterns of open source adoption have brought a new class of users to these platforms, representing diverse needs that reflect their disparate backgrounds.

With millions of downloads, tens of thousands of registered members and hundreds of JasperForge projects, the Jaspersoft open source community is one of the largest in the world and has been on the front lines as requirements have changed. Jaspersoft’s original Forge was announced two years ago this month, over which time its community has grown more than tenfold.

The new JasperForge uses a social networking approach to provide an intuitive experience that makes it easier than ever for users to join or start a project, interact with the community around it, and move that project forward. By working with Essentia, Jaspersoft is able to take advantage of distinct collaborative development, communications and social networking tools that enable discussions, tagging, surveys, wikis, news, blogs, mailing lists and more. Advanced banners, e-commerce and dynamic cataloging are also built into the new forge.

• Personalized experience with enhanced MyPages. Wikis, karma points, monitoring, and customizable home pages are just handful of the new features and options from which users can pick and choose to build their own projects.
• Ecosystem Enablement. To enhance the network effect of the new Jaspersoft community, including customers and partners, members can use built-in tools and project space, or easily link projects, tools, or artifacts directly from the new JasperForge via an exclusive new Ecosystem Enablement feature. With Ecosystem Enablement, users can loosely couple internal projects with outside partners, the open source community of contributors and reviewers, business partners, and suppliers – all within the same community and ecosystem. 
• Rich Content Management is now extended to every user, every tool and every page in the new JasperForge. This capability ensures that Jaspersoft delivers a consistent, sophisticated and modern user experience to all community members and visitors.