Joomla takes on the enterprise

February 6, 2009: Brisbane Internet-based software design company, Zac-Ware is launching a new enterprise grade content management system for Joomla Web developers.

Zac-Ware CEO Damien Hickey said the launch of Jentla, the Joomla Enterprise Layer, provides a suite of extensions for Web developers that would enable them hugely increase the number of websites they could manage.

Prime TV’s online site, iPrime.com.au has been the first customer to take the system to market, starting with 35 sites and soon to expand further.

“Jentla can support up to 1000 sites and allows content to be customised to suit the different target markets at which the sites are directed,” Hickey said.

Zac-Ware operates from Queensland Government owned i.lab incubator at Toowong. It aims to make Joomla more accessible for enterprises and developers that need to run a large number of sites.

“For iPrime, the system allows them to easily customise news content for specific markets so they can deliver local, state and national news which can be customised at a local level.”

iPrime CEO Tony Surtees said when developing their hyperlocal web platform they wanted an open source system that different community organisations to be able to easily and effectively integrate with.

“Zac-Ware had a great reputation and clearly developed expertise in the area and were able to give us the guidance and practical support needed to bring the project together,” Mr Surtess said.

Jentla, which took six-months to develop, is based on a manager and node model systemthat can manage up to 1000 related or separate Joomla sites.

“Combined with our Cloud-based Hosting solution for Joomla, Jentla enables enterprises with multiple website and those pursuing a hyperlocal strategy to radically improve the efficiency of their site build and update processes while reducing their support costs for both systems admin and content management,” Hickey said.

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