Archive for July, 2007

JumpBox 1.0 is here!

Published by Kimbro Staken on July 24, 2007 under Announcements

We’re happy to announce the availability of the JumpBox 1.0 platform and updates to our library of server applications.

The JumpBox Library has grown to include the following applications: Trac/Subversion, vTiger CRM, SugarCRM, Joomla! CMS, Drupal CMS, Wordpress, MediaWiki, DokuWiki, and PunBB. All JumpBoxes have been updated to the 1.0 platform and are available from http://www.jumpbox.com/jumpbox-applications

With this release there are now two JumpBox Assurance options available for registered users.

Both options include the following features:

  • Easy local backup/restore
  • Access for full application customization
  • SFTP access to upload and edit files
  • Installation support
  • Access to the JumpBox Assurance forums
  • Ability to remove the JumpBox navigation

JumpBox Assurance Basic provides the features above plus a license for a single instance. Price for this plan is $39.99.

JumpBox Assurance Silver provides the same capabilities, plus adds the ability to register updated JumpBoxes for 12 months, register 5 instances and includes two support incidents. Price for this plan is $149.99.

JumpBox Assurance plans can be purchased by clicking the register link in the administration interface or directly from our website. http://www.jumpbox.com/

More applications are coming too, so keep an eye on the site and if you have a favorite application you’d like to see please drop us a line.

JumpBox in MacWorld Parallels 3.0 Review

Published by Kimbro Staken on July 17, 2007 under Press

MacWorld just posted a review of Parallels 3.0 where they used the JumpBox for Drupal to test out the Virtual Appliance concept.

Like its competition, VMware Fusion (currently in public beta), Parallels 3 offers a selection of downloadable virtual appliances, which are pre-configured systems ready to be used with only a few mouse clicks. For example, I downloaded and installed a JumpBox virtual appliance set up with the Drupal content management system. Parallels recognized the virtual machine. All I had to do was answer a few Drupal configuration questions, and the system was up and running. I could then load the Drupal system from any browser on any machine in my home—in OS X or Windows. Using virtual appliances is an easy way to install and test complex software: there’s no configuration required, and if you don’t like what you’re testing, you can just throw it away when you’re done.