Jaspersoft

Jaspersoft's Strong December Attests to Popularity of Open Source BI
1/14/2009
By Stephen Swoyer

It was an event-filled December for open source business intelligence (BI) specialist Jaspersoft Inc., which announced a new revision 3.1 release of its Jaspersoft Business Intelligence Suite and generated another $12.5 million in venture capital (VC) funding. The latter, of course, is no small feat in a climate in which credit markets are frozen and VC funding has tightened significantly.

The latest rev of Jaspersoft -- like its predecessors -- comes in both a Community Edition (CE) and a Professional Edition (PE). In the open source software (OSS) world, the term "Community Edition" usually describes a free version of an OSS package. CE licenses typically support a fixed number of users (e.g., developers, individual users) and don't offer much in vendor-sponsored support. Version 3.1 of the Jaspersoft Business Intelligence Suite ships with enhanced charting features and beefed up data visualization capabilities. The new features are designed to supplement the dynamic dashboarding and Web 2.0 interfaces that Jaspersoft released earlier this year.

In its latest release, Jaspersoft aims to close the gap between its still-gestating BI reporting platform and market-leading commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) entries from SAP AG's Business Objects division (Crystal Reports), Actuate Corp., and other specialty players. The revamped BI Suite ships with new built-in charts, boasts enhanced user self-serviceability (it includes a new "chart theme" feature that enables users or developers to customize the look and feel of charts) and benefits from improved integration with third-party data visualization software.

Bron: http://www.tdwi.org/News/display.aspx?ID=9277

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