In its unceasing effort to make its solution as efficient as possible to create maximum value for its customers, Jalios proposes with JCMS 5.7:

• major enhancements for users, in particular as regards documentary management and ease of use;

• new tools for developers, including Ajax libraries that help to generate sites providing excellent interactivity for users.

Indeed Jalios has raised its own usability standards:

Alain Risbourg, Jalios Marketing Director, explains: "JCMS 5.7 is now even easier to implement, despite the many new functions that enhance its power, especially for documentary management. And the improvements concern not only final users: we have made changes that help our integrators and developers to deliver what the customer needs faster and more easily. Implementation time is now shorter, and JCMS-based applications can be finely configured. The final user will find them easier and more intuitive to use. All this means a higher return on investment for the client."

He adds: "As well as releasing the necessary – though somewhat tedious – list of all the new features, we are presently organizing a series of public demonstrations of this new version which will be open to potential buyers on demand. We believe this is the simplest way for users to appreciate the characteristics that make JCMS not just competitive but still unique in the information management sector."

Although JCMS 5.7 is a major upgrade in terms of documentary management, remember that the earlier versions already had the following functions:

• metadata management

• WebDAV-supported document creation

• document library management

• documentary sheet, etc.

• An extension manager (Plugin Manager) enables deployment of optional or specific modules, possibly shared by the community of customers. This gives Jalios users and partners a simple and efficient means of distributing specific developments (template models, portlets, connection to the IS, etc.). Jalios is releasing a number of plug-ins:

• File indexing (MS-Office, Open Office, Open XML, HTML, Text)

• SSO (CAS, Open ID, etc.)

• Podcasting (distribution via RSS feeds)

• Google search

• Blog

• etc.

• New Ajax libraries help developers to invent more interactive applications.

• JCMS Enterprise Edition is designed for large enterprises. It can be used to create an unlimited number of websites or spaces shared by an unlimited number of users or contributors on a single server, independently of the number of processors. The production license costs €75,000 (excluding VAT).

• JCMS Workgroup Edition is designed to satisfy businesses needs. Working groups can create any number of sub-portals. The production license costs €25,000 (excluding VAT). It is free for humanitarian organizations.

• JCMS Starter Edition is intended for smaller projects or ones whose usage will increase slowly over time. This monolingual version supporting up to five users costs less than €10,000 (excluding VAT).

The development license covering all development, testing, integration and pre-production needs is free.

• Lightness: thanks to its innovative Java/XML architecture, JCMS does not require a relational database, which minimizes the hardware infrastructure and makes operation extremely simple.

• Simplicity: users need no special training; they exploit JCMS using their favorite web browser.

• Flexibility: JCMS is a powerful and totally configurable Java/XML platform with public interfaces.