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A series of self-running demos are available as background on Jaspersoft solutions: Self-Service, Ad Hoc Reporting for Business Users Running time: 6:02 Dashboards for Everyone Running time: 3:59 Report Scheduling: Basics and Beyond Running time: 6:42 View the demos: http://www.jaspersoft.com/JasperSoft_Products_Demos.html

SourceForge.net is hosting the third-annual Community Choice Awards! Login to SourceForge.net and nominate your favorite open source project today! Nominations are open now. See Jasper at OSCON 2008 in Portland on July 21-25. SourceForge.net will be hosting an awards party on July 24th at the Jupiter Hotel. Thanks! Tim PS - Follow the links below to nominate your favorite Jasper projects! JasperReports http://sourceforge.net/community/cca08-nominate?group_id=36382 iReport http://sourceforge.net/community/cca08-nominate?group_id=64348 JasperServer & JasperAnalysis http://sourceforge.net/community/cca08-nominate?group_id=162962 JasperETL http://sourceforge.net/community/cca08-nominate?group_id=187887

You're invited to drop in on our FREE, weekly Jasper Expert Hour, during which technical staff select a topic and demonstrate how to implement it. Topics will vary each week, including tips and tricks for business intelligence development, deployment, and utilization best practices. Register Now: http://www.jaspersoft.com/jasper_expert.html " target="_blank">http://www.jaspersoft.com/jasper_expert.html Each one-hour session includes a brief welcome to newcomers, including a short-cut list to key resources so you can get up and running quickly. Veterans and novices alike are encouraged to attend and participate in Q&A. You will end each hour with guidelines and information that allow you to apply new techniques yourself, at your own pace, and addressing your own project needs. Take advantage of this valuable and complimentary opportunity and register for the weekly Jasper Expert Hour today. From the experts at Jaspersoft, we welcome you! Register Now: http://www.jaspersoft.com/jasper_expert.html " target="_blank">http://www.jaspersoft.com/jasper_expert.html

Learn how to leverage open-source testing tools (Selenium, soapUI, PushToTest, TestGen4Web, HTMLUnit) for functional testing, load and performance testing, and business service monitoring, with more flexibility than traditional solutions provide. Software developers, QA testers, and IT managers are challenged to rapidly test Ajax, REST, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA,) and Web applications in a time when schedules are short, budgets are tight, and much of this is new technology! Find out why Open Source Test Tools (OSTT) emerge at AMD, Ford, and The Jackson Laboratory as a more affordable and flexible option to the traditional test vendors. Register for a FREE workshop on Thursday, June 12, 2008 from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm in Cupertino, California. Register now at: http://workshop.pushtotest.com " target="_blank">http://workshop.pushtotest.com The first 10 people to register will receive a free copy of Frank Cohen's new book: FastSOA, The Way To Deliver Services With Great Performance ($50 value). Frank Cohen, the leading authority for testing and optimizing software developed with Web, SOA, AJAX and REST designs and implementations and author of Fast SOA, will lead the seminar. Agenda 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm, The why, what, and how of Open-Source Test tools vs. traditional tools 1:30 pm - 2:15 pm, Web browser application testing using record/ playback and scripting tools 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm, Identifying and solving performance bottlenecks in Rich Internet Applications (Web 2.0 and Ajax) 3:15 pm - 4:00 pm, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) testing, including test governance 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm, How to understand and analyze test results 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm, Questions and Answers Every attendee will receive a free CD with fully working copies of the Open Source Test tools, including Selenium, soapUI, PushToTest, TestGen4Web, and many others taught in this class. Guarantee Your Seat! Register now at: http://workshop.pushtotest.com " target="_blank">http://workshop.pushtotest.com

We want to learn how interested Jasper users would be in Web Based Training for Jasper products. This would be purely self-paced web-based interactive training, no live instructor nor WebEx-like delivery. This brief two-minute survey will be used for product planning purposes only and we will not contact you, unless you provide your email address in response to the last question. Thank you for participating and providing your valuable input. Thanks! Tim Take the survey -> http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/survey.zgi?p=WEB227TQJN5676

Hyperic HyperCAST Customizing Hyperic Enterprise Reports The Hyperic HyperCAST series of screencasts is designed to deliver up-close and personal information on Hyperic HQ, from the latest features in HQ 3.2, to best practices with Hyperic HQ. Each HyperCAST will feature 30 minutes of instruction from a Hyperic expert followed by an interactive, live Q & A session. When: May 20th, 2008 11:00 PDT / 18:00 UTC Who: Marty Messer, Hyperic Register: http://www.hyperic.com/community/hyperCAST_rsvp.html?date=May%2020th,%202008%2011:00%20PDT%20/%2018:00%20UTC

Here is the March event update: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 2:00 PM, CET & 10:00 AM, PDT Taking JasperReports to the Next Level with Report Server Capabilities Most developers recognize JasperReports as the world's most widely embedded Java reporting library. JasperServer builds on the capability of JasperReports to perform managed and interactive reporting. This means significantly less code development, maintenance, and project management for developers that embed JasperReports in their applications! With JasperServer, companies realize superior web-based reporting at a lower cost of development. Register now to learn: - Why applications need superior managed reporting to maintain a competitive edge. - When to select a report server vs. a report library. - How to evaluate report servers. - How to integrate a report server into any application. - The pros and cons of buying vs. building report server capabilities. Register Now March 19, 2008 2:00 PM, CET: https://jaspersoftevents.webex.com/jaspersoftevents/onstage/g.php?d=661950141&t=a Register Now March 19, 2008 10:00 AM, PDT: https://jaspersoftevents.webex.com/jaspersoftevents/onstage/g.php?d=669566168&t=a ________________________________ Wednesday, March 26, 2008 8:00 AM PDT Going Pro with JasperSoft - The Benefits of the Jaspersoft Business Intelligence Suite Professional Edition Developers that are considering adding advanced reporting functionality to their applications have a variety of options; build the code in-house from the ground-up, embed a popular open source library into a commercial or IT application, or license a commercial solution. The correct approach varies by type of application, application license, and product requirements. There is no one size fits all solution. JasperSoft invites you to join us as we walk through seven considerations to help decide which edition is right for you: Open Source, Professional, or Professional OEM. We'll also explain why our commercial open source business model is good for your business. You won't want to miss this webinar. Register Now: https://jaspersoftevents.webex.com/jaspersoftevents/onstage/g.php?d=660550210&t=a

JasperSoft, the market leader in open source Business Intelligence (BI), has been deployed more than any other BI solution to help organizations meet their BI and reporting needs. On March 19, 2008, we invite you to find out why at Jasper Directions 2008. Join JasperSoft founders Teodor Danciu and Giulio Toffoli for an informative discussion of the latest trends and directions in BI and reporting. Plus, join JasperSoft senior management for a preview of the JasperSoft roadmap. Jasper Directions 2008, our new series of regional technical meet-ups, is ideal for both current JasperSoft users as well as potential new JasperSoft customers looking to embed a differentiating advantage into their business application or software product. Join us on March 19, 2008 at JasperSoft headquarters in San Francisco from 5:30pm - 8:00pm. The following topics will be covered: JasperSoft Business Intelligence Suite Roadmap Preview & Discussion, including demos of some of the cool new features coming in 2008. Presentation by Ian Fyfe, Sr. Director of Product Management. Introducing iReport for NetBeans, the next generation IDE for JasperSoft. Presentation & demonstration, by Giulio Toffoli, Founder, iReport. JasperReports Flash Exporter Preview – Supporting Rich Internet Applications, Presentation & Demonstration, Teodor Danciu, Founder, JasperReports. JasperSoft Corporate Headquarters 303 Second Street Suite 450 North San Francisco, CA 415-348-2300 Space is limited, reserve your spot today. Register now: http://www.jaspersoft.com/landing/jasperdirections/jasperdirection08.html

iReport for NetBeans: Efficiently Build, Test, and Run Complex Reports Replay Information Presented by: Giulio Toffoli, iReport Architect for JasperSoft and Brian Leonard, NetBeans Technology Evangelist for Sun Microsystems Duration: 25 mins Description: Join NetBeans and JasperSoft technology experts for an on-demand Webinar on how NetBeans and iReport, the world's most popular open source graphical report and dashboard design tool, enable developers to build and edit complex reports for rich-client and web applications in a native development environment. * See a demo of how iReport and NetBeans provide a more efficient framework for building and editing reports in just under 15 minutes. * Hear first-hand the details of the forthcoming iReport for NetBeans * Get insight into the iReport roadmap for 2008 View Replay

Please join us for the following February events:[/ul] Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:00 AM PT - Embedding BI into your Applications: JasperSoft Makes it Easy JasperSoft’s modern architecture provides open and easily programmable BI capabilities for any Web, Java, or other application. With JasperSoft, it’s easy to deliver BI functionality that looks, feels, and behaves like an intuitive and seamless part of the every application. Attend this one-hour webinar and learn how the components of the JasperSoft Business Intelligence Suite make it easy to integrate JasperSoft into commercial or in-house applications. Register Now: https://jaspersoft.webex.com/jaspersoft/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=332843553 ________________________________ Wednesday, February 27, 2008 10:00 AM PT - Case Study: How Cincom Embeds High-Performance, Low-Cost Business Intelligence in its Software Solutions To be competitive, software solution providers must include powerful, easy-to-use reporting and analytics within their products—but developing these extensive technologies in-house is costly and may distract from the provider’s core competence. Instead, software developers typically choose to integrate third-party business intelligence (BI) software. This Webinar shows how and why highly respected software provider, Cincom Systems chose and implemented the JasperSoft Business Intelligence Suite for the Synchrony call center management solution. Register Now: https://jaspersoft.webex.com/jaspersoft/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=335906635

Source and binaries are located at: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=187887&package_id=219523&release_id=567760 And can be linked to from this page: http://www.jasperforge.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=16&Itemid=277

Please join us for the following January events: Thursday, January 17, 2008 10:00 AM Pacific Time - JasperSoft Profession Edition - Commercial Open Source BI for the Enterprise Learn how your company can take advantage of the benefits of JasperSoft Professional edition products in this one-hour webinar, including: - The ins and outs of commercial embedding and distribution rights - Extended certified platform support details - Professionally managed release cycles - The ability to influence the roadmap and extend the products - Technical support guarantees - Legal indemnification Register Now: https://jaspersoft.webex.com/jaspersoft/onstage/g.php?d=337823360&t=a ________________________________ Wednesday, January 23, 2008 8:00 AM PT - iReport - Building Powerful Reports in Minutes iReport, or JasperStudio in the Professional edition of the JasperSoft Business Intelligence Suite, is the graphical report designer included with JasperReports and JasperServer. iReport is a mature and full featured visual report designer that has been continuously enhanced since early 2001. Recently, iReport exceeded 1,000,000 open source downloads, clearly making it the most popular report designer for JasperReports. This one-hour webinar, featuring iReport author Giulio Toffoli, provides a fast-paced overview of the capabilities of iReport, a review of recent feature enhancements, and outlines plans for future development. Register Now: https://jaspersoft.webex.com/jaspersoft/onstage/g.php?d=338787376&t=a

Public documentation for JasperServer and JasperAnalysis v 3.5 is here: http://jasperforge.org/espdocs/espbrowse.php?id=74&type=folder&group_id=112&parent=74 This includes a technical reference guide to the Mondrian OLAP engine used by JasperAnalysis. You can also purchase comprehensive documentation of JasperAnalysis and JasperServer. The JasperAnalysis Ultimate Guide is a comprehensive resource for many users, including technical business analysts, DBAs, system administrators, and system developers. It includes an end-to-end overview of multidimensional modeling, in depth details about analysis operations, design concepts for cubes, dimensions, and measures, performance considerations, and error messages and their meanings. The JasperServer Ultimate Guide is a comprehensive resource for many users, including technical business analysts, DBAs, system administrators, report developers, and system developers. It describes the Ad Hoc Editor (including its HTTP API), repository management, development and administrative features for users of the JasperServer plugin for iReport, access control/authorization recommendations and examples, tips on working with Acegi, and an example of customizing the JasperServer web application interface. http://www.jaspersoft.com/ultimate-guides Post Edited by swood at 06/02/2009 03:10

Great question. Unfortunately, the reporting in SFEE is pretty limited and does not support JasperSoft reporting. I'll bring this up with our contacts there, however. Note that there is JasperServer support for Bugzilla, details at the project home: http://jasperforge.org/sf/projects/bugzilla_reports_olap Thanks! Tim

JasperSoft has just announced a must-attend webinar series for planning a competitive BI strategy for ISV’s and the enterprise. Organizations that have successfully deployed business intelligence are able to optimize business processes, gain actionable insight from data, save time and money, and gain competitive advantage. Attend the November Webinar series and you’ll learn: • The key elements of a comprehensive business intelligence solution • How to easily embed Business Intelligence into software solutions and operational business applications • How OLAP analysis can empower your organization to make better-informed business decisions Please join us for the following November events: Thursday, November 1 - Reporting, Analysis, and Data Integration with the New JasperSoft Business Intelligence Suite 2.1 The new JasperSoft Business Intelligence Suite Release 2.1 delivers a number of exciting enhancements that extend the range of JasperSoft BI capabilities. Attend this 60-minute webinar to learn how The JasperSoft Business Intelligence Suite 2.1 provides powerful Web 2.0 self-service reporting for business users, an extended set of public Java APIs and Web services for seamless embedding into other applications, full portal support, and an improved out-of-the-box experience for end-users and developers. Register Now: https://jaspersoft.webex.com/jaspersoft/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=338834166 Wednesday, November 14 - Quality Ingredients: The Recipe for Effective Management and Measurement of Salesforce.com To obtain effective results from a saleforce.com implementation the key ingredients are the right configuration for your business processes and the ability to quickly and easily report on your data. Learn how your company can drive more value from your salesforce.com implementation by combining Echo Lane’s implementation experience with Jasper4Salesforce, the leading advanced reporting solution on the AppExchange. Register Now: https://jaspersoft.webex.com/jaspersoft/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=338454271 Thursday, November 15 - Slicing and Dicing your way to Better Business Performance with JasperAnalysis JasperAnalysis enables companies to put the power of OLAP into the hands of everyone, including non-technical business users. Attend this 60-minute webinar to learn how open source OLAP products can provide users with powerful capabilities to analyze business performance across different dimensions such as time, geography, products, and customers. Register Now: https://jaspersoft.webex.com/jaspersoft/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=334480183 Tuesday, November 27 - Evaluating Business Intelligence Products for Embedding Into Applications Embedding Business Intelligence into your application can help boost the appeal of your application and empower users of any application. This 60-minute webinar will discuss how JasperSoft solutions allow you to deliver BI capabilities that look, feel, and behave like an intuitive and seamless part of your application. Register Now: https://jaspersoft.webex.com/jaspersoft/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=333839207 Post edited by: tcloonan, at: 2007/10/31 17:18

Hi, I just posted some information about the new Definitive Guides, recently published by Apress, here, http://www.jasperforge.org/index.php?option=com_joomlaboard&Itemid=215&func=view&id=31838&catid=8 . Also, we sent some updated information on the new books to customers that had purchased earlier versions. That email went out yesterday, please let me know if you did not receive it and I'll make sure that we get another copy out to you. Best way to reach me is by selecting My Community under the User menu on the left, search for tcloonan and then select Send Email. I'll make sure we connect with you. Regards, Tim

Public JasperReports documentation is here. You can also purchase comprehensive documentation of iReport and JasperReports. Recently, JasperSoft announced that Apress, the leading publishing company for programmers and IT professionals, will publish two new authoritative guides to help developers maximize value from JasperSoft open source BI technology: The Definitive Guide to JasperReports, by JasperReports founder and architect, Teodor Danciu, and Lucian Chirita, also The Definitive Guide to iReport by iReport founder Guilio Toffoli. The guides provide comprehensive user-based focus on JasperReports, an open source Java pixel-perfect reporting system, and iReport, a Java rich-client production report designer. The Definitive Guide to JasperReports: * Shows the power this open source Java reporting tool has and the ability to deliver rich content onto the screen, to the printer, or into PDF, HTML, XLS, CSV and XML files * Demonstrates how JasperReports can be used in a variety of Java-enabled applications, including Java EE or web applications, to generate dynamic content * Teaches you how to create page-oriented, ready-to-print documents in a simple and flexible manner The Definitive Guide to iReport: * Covers iReport as an intuitive and easy-to-use visual report builder/designer for JasperReports, written in 100% pure Java * Shows how users can visually edit complex reports with charts, images, and subreports, as iReport is integrated with leading open source chart libraries for Java * Demonstrates how the data to print can be retrieved through several methods including multiple JDBC connections, TableModels, JavaBeans, XML, MDX, EJBQL, Hibernate, and so forth Jaspersoft Business Intelligence Suite Documentation Pack, including JasperAnalysis, JasperServer, JasperReports, and iReport Current version http://www.jaspersoft.com/documentation14.html JasperReports & iReport Documentation Pack Current version http://www.jaspersoft.com/documentation2.html JasperReports Current version http://www.jaspersoft.com/documentation5.html iReport Current version http://www.jaspersoft.com/documentation6.html Post Edited by def_admin at 06/29/2009 21:58

Public iReport documentation is here. You can also purchase comprehensive documentation of iReport and JasperReports. JasperSoft announced that Apress, the leading publishing company for programmers and IT professionals, will publish two new authoritative guides to help developers maximize value from JasperSoft open source BI technology: The Definitive Guide to JasperReports, by JasperReports founder and architect, Teodor Danciu, and Lucian Chirita, also The Definitive Guide to iReport by iReport founder Guilio Toffoli. The guides provide comprehensive user-based focus on JasperReports, an open source Java pixel-perfect reporting system, and iReport, a Java rich-client production report designer. The Definitive Guide to iReport: * Covers iReport as an intuitive and easy-to-use visual report builder/designer for JasperReports, written in 100% pure Java * Shows how users can visually edit complex reports with charts, images, and subreports, as iReport is integrated with leading open source chart libraries for Java * Demonstrates how the data to print can be retrieved through several methods including multiple JDBC connections, TableModels, JavaBeans, XML, MDX, EJBQL, Hibernate, and so forth The Definitive Guide to JasperReports: * Shows the power this open source Java reporting tool has and the ability to deliver rich content onto the screen, to the printer, or into PDF, HTML, XLS, CSV and XML files * Demonstrates how JasperReports can be used in a variety of Java-enabled applications, including Java EE or web applications, to generate dynamic content * Teaches you how to create page-oriented, ready-to-print documents in a simple and flexible manner You can purchase the current version of the new Definitive Guides or an annual subscription to get all updates for a year. JasperSoft Business Intelligence Suite Documentation Pack, including JasperAnalysis, JasperServer, JasperReports, and iReport Annual Subscription http://www.jaspersoft.com/documentation1.html Current version http://www.jaspersoft.com/documentation14.html JasperReports & iReport Documentation Pack Annual Subscription http://www.jaspersoft.com/documentation8.html Current version http://www.jaspersoft.com/documentation2.html JasperReports only Annual Subscription http://www.jaspersoft.com/documentation3.html Current version http://www.jaspersoft.com/documentation5.html iReport only Annual Subscription http://www.jaspersoft.com/documentation4.html Current version http://www.jaspersoft.com/documentation6.html Post Edited by Jasper Admin at 09/08/08 11:17

Webinar Discover Self-Service BI: Managed Reporting Delivered by JasperSoft JasperSoft's reporting products are helping thousands of organizations world-wide implement affordable reporting to help turn their data into actionable information. Timely and accurate reporting is critical to driving more effective operational, tactical, and strategic decision making. Mark your calendar: Date: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 Time: 10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET Duration: 60-minutes Register now. http://www.jaspersoft.com/nw_webinars.html#discover " target="_blank">http://www.jaspersoft.com/nw_webinars.html#discover JasperSoft reporting products are being widely used by independent software vendors (ISVs) and enterprises worldwide. ISV’s select JasperSoft to add modern Web 2.0 self-service reporting capabilities to their applications, and to reduce costs by replacing homegrown or traditional commercial reporting solutions. Enterprises turn to JasperSoft to add self-service reporting capabilities to operational business applications, as well as to implement standalone BI solutions against data warehouses and data marts. Who Should Attend: Independent software vendors looking to business intelligence to new or existing applications. Anyone looking to deploy affordable business intelligence to a wider audience within the organization. Register now. http://www.jaspersoft.com/nw_webinars.html#discover " target="_blank">http://www.jaspersoft.com/nw_webinars.html#discover Post edited by: tcloonan, at: 2007/09/18 19:11

Secure Your Code: Enterprise Best Security Practices for Open Source Use This OSA InterOpen Forum is sponsored by JasperSoft and Palamida. The Forum is August 23, 2007 in San Francisco and will cover what you need to know about using open source software in the enterprise. Specifically: * What open source code are you using? * Where and how, are you using it? * Does it meet your intellectual property and security criteria? If you're interested in attending, visit http://www.jaspersoft.com/nw_osa.html Regards, Tim

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The Open Solutions Alliance is hosting an SSO hack-a-thon at OSCON in Portland this July. Here are the details: OSCON Open Solutions Alliance SSO Hack-a-thon July 24 - 26 Oregon Convention Center Portland, Oregon Thanks! Tim

JasperSoft Business Intelligence Suite: Reporting, OLAP, and ETL with Release 2 Registration: https://jaspersoft.webex.com/jaspersoft/onstage/g.php?d=339104169&t=a " target="_blank">https://jaspersoft.webex.com/jaspersoft/onstage/g.php?d=339104169&t=a The JasperSoft Business Intelligence Suite is the world's most popular open source Business Intelligence (BI) solution, based on the world's most popular open source reporting, OLAP, and ETL engines. JasperSoft meets the complete range of BI requirements, including production reporting, interactive reporting, slice & dice data analysis, and integration of data from multiple sources into operational data stores, data marts, and data warehouses for reporting and analysis. Release 2 of the suite extends the reach even further with new products, new features, support for new platforms, and new localized versions. Learn about the end-to-end capabilities of the suite, and what's new in release 2. This webinar is for IT and software professionals that need to embed BI capabilities into existing applications, and for enterprise users that need to deploy stand-alone self-service BI capabilities using an affordable, subscription based alternative to traditional high-priced BI products. Date: Thursday, June 28, 2007 Time: 10:00 AM PDT (GMT -07:00, San Francisco) Duration: 1 hour Registration: https://jaspersoft.webex.com/jaspersoft/onstage/g.php?d=339104169&t=a " target="_blank">https://jaspersoft.webex.com/jaspersoft/onstage/g.php?d=339104169&t=a

Great pictures of the Duke, Teodor, Barry, and James Gosling, http://www.jaspersoft.com/nw_awards_dukeschoiceaward.html . Congratulations to Teodor, Barry, and the entire community on this well-deserved recognition! Tim PS - JasperSoft, JasperReports, and the JasperSoft Suite have also been nominated for a number of other awards. The JasperSoft Business Intelligence Suite has been nominated for the JDJ Reader’s Choice Awards as the “Best Java Business Intelligence Toolâ€. JasperReports has been nominated for the JDJ Reader’s Choice Award as the “Best Java Reporting Toolâ€. Voting closes 5/31, vote at http://java.sys-con.com/general/readerschoice.htm . The JasperSoft Business Intelligence Suite has been nominated for the Enterprise Open Source Magazine Reader’s Choice Awards as the “Best Open Source Productâ€. Voting closes 5/31, vote at http://linux.sys-con.com/general/readerschoice.htm

Great news, JasperSoft has been nominated for a number of recent awards. The JasperSoft Business Intelligence Suite has been nominated for the Java Developer’s Journal Reader’s Choice Awards as the “Best Java Business Intelligence Tool†and JasperReports has been nominated for the Java Developer’s Journal Reader’s Choice Award as the “Best Java Reporting Toolâ€. Voting closes 5/31, vote at http://java.sys-con.com/general/readerschoice.htm . The JasperSoft Business Intelligence Suite has been nominated for the Enterprise Open Source Magazine Reader’s Choice Awards as the “Best Open Source Productâ€! Voting closes 5/31, vote at http://linux.sys-con.com/general/readerschoice.htm Thanks! Tim