Jaspersoft Unveils New Community Platform

Jaspersoft announced the open beta of its new JasperForge, a community platform that will support the open source BI community with tools for community stakeholders - from developers to business users. JasperForge uses EssentiaESP, a community engagement platform developed by Essentia. The new JasperForge uses a social networking approach to provide an intuitive experience that makes it easier 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 collaborative development, communications and social networking tools that enable discussions, tagging, surveys, wikis, news, blogs, mailing lists and more. Advanced banners, e- commerce and cataloging are also built into the new forge. New features include: Personalized experience with MyPages. Wikis, karma points, monitoring, and customizable home pages; 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 link projects, tools, or artifacts directly from the new JasperForge via a 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; Rich Content Management is now extended to every user, every tool and every page in the new JasperForge. http://www.jaspersoft.com/