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We're excited to announce the general availability of Jitterbit 3.0 Enterprise and Enterprise MX, the latest release of our award-winning solution for application and data integration. Jitterbit Enterprise includes new management tools specifically designed for large enterprise use.

Jitterbit 3.0 was released in beta at the end of spring. The GA release includes expanded connectivity options, including full JDBC support and HTTP Endpoints that allow for real-time Web Services based integrations. The new integration server was rewritten to accomodate high volume transactions, with users reporting up to 20x performance gains over Jitterbit 2.0.... read more

For the second consecutive year, Jitterbit ( http://www.jitterbit.com ), the provider of open source application and data integration software, has been recognized as a winner of InfoWorld’s Best of Open Source Software Awards in the “Best of Open Source Middleware and Platforms” category.

Known as the “Bossies,” the annual awards recognize the best open source software for business. Selected by InfoWorld Test Center editors and reviewers, the 2009 Bossies celebrate the top 40 open source products for business and IT pros that offer the most promising and cost-effective products available to IT organizations.... read more

We're excited to announce the availability of Jitterbit 3.0 Beta Jitterbit 3.0 is a major milestone that features powerful new management tools, "out-of-the-box" connectivity for hundreds of systems, and up to a 20x performance boost over previous releases.

Jitterbit’s open source integration solution addresses the cost and complexity typically associated with integration, reducing project delivery time by up to 80 percent over alternative options. Its unique “no-coding” approach allows business analysts to graphically configure and manage their cloud computing integration and on-premise application and data integration projects. ... read more

We're excited to announce the availability of Jitterbit 2.0, a major release that includes new capabilities, scalability and management tools. With this new release, organizations from the mid-market to large Fortune 1000 enterprises have the ability to quickly and cost-effectively solve their most complex integration challenges between legacy, enterprise, and on-demand applications and data.

Several new features are available in Jitterbit 2.0, including an advanced user interface and integration server enhancements, such as: pipeline insertions and scripting, synchronous/asynchronous operations, and parallel processing with data chunking. The new features are designed to empower the business user, providing dramatic increases in flexibility and ease of use. Enterprise-focused upgrades to the server allow organizations to significantly increase scalability and performance by intelligently and dynamically maximizing hardware utilization. ... read more

Jitterbit has been recognized as a winner of InfoWorld’s Best of Open Source Software Awards in the “Best of Open Source Middleware and Platforms: Data Migration” category. Known as the “Bossies,” the annual awards recognize the best free and open source software the world has to offer to businesses, IT professionals and productive individuals who rely on computers to get work done.

Selected by InfoWorld Test Center editors and reviewers, the 2008 Bossies celebrate software products and companies that demonstrate innovation, functionality, ease-of-use, implementation and a proven track record in serving the needs of today’s businesses.
"The breadth and quality of open source software continues to amaze us," notes Doug Dineley, executive editor of the InfoWorld Test Center. "We've singled out 60 products for Bossies -- developer tools, middleware, firewalls and routers, productivity apps, CRM and ERP, etc. -- and we're only scratching the surface. When you look at all that's available, and how good it is, you start to think that someday all software will be free.”... read more

This is a bug-fix release for the 1.3.x branch but it also adds some new features, see the Change Log.

This is a bug-fix release for the 1.3.x branch but it also adds some new features, see the Change Log.
In addition, some Windows Vista specific issues have been fixed.

Jitterbit is an open source integration tool that delivers a quick and simple way to design, configure, test, and deploy integration solutions. It supports many document types and protocols: XML, web services, database, LDAP, text, FTP, HTTP(S), file.

We are excited to announce the newest version of our Open Source integration platform is now available in general release. Jitterbit 1.3 is a major release that significantly improves the overall architecture for enterprise companies and the overall user experience. Highlights include:... read more

Jitterbit is an open source integration tool that delivers a quick and simple way to design, configure, test, and deploy integration solutions. It supports many document types and protocols: XML, web services, database, LDAP, text, FTP, HTTP(S), file.

Jitterbit 1.3 Beta 6 is now available for download on SourceForge.net. This is the sixth beta of Jitterbit 1.3, which is a major new release of Jitterbit. There are many enhancements (see the full change log in the release notes). ... read more

Jitterbit 1.3 Beta 1 is now available for download on SourceForge. This is the first beta of Jitterbit 1.3, which is a major new release of Jitterbit. There are many enhancements (see the full change log in the release notes).

Some highlights:

* LDAP as target
* Enhanced performance
* Transformations are completely editable (including source and target structures)
* Many new scripting functions: CallStoredProcedure(), ReadFile(), WriteFile(), RegExReplace(), While(), Logging functions, and more
* Productivity enhancements in the user interface... read more

Jitterbit 1.2.4 is now available. This is a bug fix release. Please see the change log for full details.

Jitterbit 1.2.2 is now available. This is a bug fix release. Please see the change log for full details.

Jitterbit 1.2.1 RC1 is now available. This is a bug fix release. Please see the change log for full details.

Jitterbit 1.2 is now available in general availability after an important run in beta. Jitterbit open source integration allows users and developers to connect customer data from a variety of sources and formats, such as local and hosted ERP and CRM applications, legacy systems, data warehouses and online marketplaces.

Jitterbit 1.2 is a major release that includes powerful new features, including:... read more

Jitterbit 1.2 Beta is now available on our SourceForge Download page. This is a stable beta version that will be going through testing over the next few weeks before the official release.

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=155858&package_id=209475

This is a Beta release, and as such, we recommend that users do not upgrade any versions of Jitterbit they have running in production. Also, please note that while Jitterpaks created in version 1.1 will work in 1.2, any Jitterpaks created in version 1.2 are not backwards compatible.... read more

Jitterbit 1.1 is a major release for the Jitterbit open source integration product.
Jitterbit is an open source integration tool that delivers a quick and simple way to design, configure, test, and deploy integration solutions. It supports many document types and protocols: XML, web services, database, LDAP, text, FTP, HTTP(S), file.

Additions to 1.1 include:

Support for LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) - Using Jitterbit you can now integrate enterprise systems with corporate directory services.... read more

This is a small bug fix release for the 1.0.x branch. The major fix is transformation compatibility for all Oracle version 8-10 drivers as well as Visual Fox Pro.

Changes:

Server

* Setting SQL_ATTR_METADATA_ID=SQL_FALSE when looking up database objects since this seems to be needed for some Oracle drivers and works for all others as well.

* Fixed small problem in deploy: Warnings about missing drivers were not communicated to the client.... read more

This is a maintenance release that fixes various bugs, including some Jitterpak functionality and Fixed Field complex text documents. A full list of changes is included below.

Changes:
Server

* Fixed a bug which rendered floating point constant values to be incorrect. This bug was introduced when we changed the data type from float to double for constants.
* Fixed potential synchronization problem when setting global operation variables.
* Fixed bug 1495330: XML: Required attributes flagged as optional.
* Fixed bug 1495053: Fixed field complex text documents broken. Fixed a problem with the flat fixed field text document as the source for a transformation.
* Implement the add and substract operations for data elements of date and integer. The integer data element represent the number of seconds to shift for the date data element.
* Implement the following functions for transformation:
o Now_(), return the current date and time including fraction of the seconds whereas Now() return the same date and time but truncates the fraction of the seconds.
* Fixed some problems with the operation queue: Operations inserted by the Operation Engine was not visible in the queue and data elements were not removed together with the incoming message when items in the queue were deleted. Deletion of incoming messages are now done in a transaction.... read more

After a successful Beta period, we’re excited to announce the first stable release of Jitterbit with version 1.0. This release is a major milestone in the development of the Jitterbit open source integration project and is a production-ready end-user version.

The major addition to Jitterbit 1.0 is the inclusion of new functionality that will allow the open source community to build and share Jitterbit integrations. These pre-defined integrations, called Jitterpaks, are XML documents that encapsulate all the parts of an integration operation, including the source, target, document definitions, and data transformations. ... read more

Jitterbit 9.10 Beta is a maintenance update that includes bug fixes and a streamlined server installation that includes PostgreSQL and a standalone Jitterbit Apache Server.

Changes include:

Server

*Fixed problem in deploy. A web service request/response could not be used in more than one transformation.
*Fixed potential buffer overrun problem in string formatting.
*When a database target is updated and no rows are affected it is no longer treated as an error.
*Win32 Installer: Added "Visit Jitterbit support forums" buttons to the dialogs that are displayed when the installation ends in error or was cancelled.
*Win32 Installer: The Apache HTTPd is now installed as part of the Jitterbit server installation. It will show up as "Jitterbit Apache Server" among the Windows services.
*Fixed a problem with character encoding that lead to this error from the client: "java.io.UTFDataFormatException: Invalid byte 2 of 3-byte UTF-8 sequence.". The server claimed to return UTF-8 encoded text, but was returning ISO-8859-1 encoded text.
*Fixed the problems associated with XSD datatype of date, time and dateTime.
*Fixed bug 1474364: Incorrect deploy warnings for renamed items.
*The server now handles webservice responses using derived types correctly.
* Change in User Administration: The Admin user and group can not be deleted anymore (but their names can be changed).... read more

This release includes a revamped installation for the server. "Core" installation is aimed at users with Postgres already installed. "Complete" includes Postgres and has been streamlined for a much quicker and easier installation.

Change include:

Server

* Include schema as part of table naming (tested on Oracle, PostgreSQL and SQL Server).
* Fixed the bug for generating unnecessary empty xml node when "No source" was selected for transformation.
* Finished implementing the XML Schema extension type support for XML transformation.
* Fixed bug in treating DATE and TIMESTAMP data type of Oracle database. The TIMESTAMP was treated as string, and there was a problem inserting date field into Oracle database
* Fixed problem with PostgreSQL int2 type support.
* Fixed problem with lost precision when getting double precision floating point data from a database.
* Win32 Installer: If postgresql-8.0-int.msi is present in the directory from which setup.exe is run, and the user selects to install PostgreSQL, then the installer will prompt for the PostgreSQL Windows Service user, and run the PostgreSQL installer in non-interactive mode. This cuts down on the information the user needs to provide and makes the installation process more streamlined.
* Win32 Installer: Many changes were made to make the installer follow Windows Installer component rules. The effect is that upgrades will work as they should.
* Linux Installer: Recognizes that SELinux is active and in that case issues a warning. ... read more

Changes in 0.9.8:

Server

* Fixed problem in deploy. If transformations were deleted and created in the same deploy, in some cases the new structure file was deleted and not the old one since the new transformation got the same identifier in the database. This was fixed by adding new transformations first and then deleting the old ones.
* Process names now start with "Jitterbit" on both Windows and Linux.
The Jitterbit Process Engine now uses the JitterbitOperationEngineProc (.exe on windows) by default.
The command to use can be changed in konga.conf.
* Fixed bug 1439838, "ignore history" feature not working.
* A new internal function MD5() has been added for transformation.
* "" can be used as path separator for ftp. It will be converted to "/" by the operation engine
when constructing the ftp URL.
* A new features has been added to the Operation, which allows the operation to pass a set of
global data elements to successive Operations (success/failure operations).
* Added support, in WSDL files, for import/include statements that use URLs.
* Changed transformation log file name generation to use GUID instead of time stamp,
since time stamp is not unique enough.
* Fixed bug 1440680: Parsing WSDL.
* Win32 Installer:Now we check if we already have valid database credentials available.
(If so, then the installer will not prompt the user for them.)... read more

The latest release of Jitterbit is available on both Windows and Linux.

Changes from 0.9.6 include:

Server

* The ScheduleTab now represents dates and times using a string formatted as YYYY-MM-DD and HH:MM respectively (ISO 8601). Note that this will invalidate any schedules already defined. (See bug 1431890.)
* Fixed bug 1435588: ProcessEngine crashes without KONGA_HOME set.
* Fixed problems in the XSD parser: Anonymous group nodes must have an internal, unique name.
* Win32 Server installer: Now stops the Apache service before running and starts it again when done.
* Win32 Server installer: Now checking for previous installed version, using db admin user instead of Jitterbit user, which means the installer will find old versions even when the user specifies a new password for the Jitterbit database user.
* The Scheduler will now wait for the database system to respond, for up to 400 seconds. It emits a warning every 20 seconds.
* Win32: Changed names of processes from Konga.exe to Jitterbit.exe.
* Win32: httpd.conf was not cleaned up on uninstall, but now it is.... read more

The latest release includes the UI for Linux. Changes from 0.9.5 are below.

0.9.6
Server

* Fixed bug 1433912: Test Transformation with a filter on a DB source fails.
* Fixed bug 1433915: Flat -> Hierarchy type transformations may fail.
* This current version removes the restriction for disallowing mapping a flat source to single instance target as long as user does not change the value of the fields which mapped to those single instance target nodes.
* Fixed bug 1433922: WSDL files with Arrays not handled correctly.
* The Process Engine will now wait for the database system to respond, for up to 400 seconds. It emits a warning every 20 seconds.
* Fixed a bug regarding the way Any attributes are handled in XML transformations.
* Fixed bug in the XML schema parser: we now correctly pick up the cardinality for choice-groups.
* Fixed bug 1433974: HTTP as Source fails on Windows.
* Improved stability when running transformations with hierarchical data. ... read more

Jitterbit 0.9.5 Beta is the first release to include an installer for Linux. Please try it out.
Here are the changes since 0.9.4:

Server

* The Process Engine has improved error logging on startup.
* The Process Engine will try to reconnect if PostgreSQL reports that is not ready to accept connections. It waits for 2 seconds, for up to 20 times, before giving up.
* Fixed bug that resulted in an "Unknown exception" message, when loading a text source in order to test a transformation.... read more