Liferay
 | This article contains promotional content. (November 2009) |
| Developer(s) | Liferay, Inc |
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| Stable release | 5.2
/ February 3, 2009 |
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| Written in | Java |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | enterprise portal |
| License | MIT Licence[citation needed] |
| Website | http://www.liferay.com |
Liferay, Inc. is a professional open-source company that provides free documentation and paid professional service to users of its software. Mainly focused on enterprise portal technology, the company has its headquarters in Los Angeles, California, United States.
History
Liferay was created in 2000 by Chief Software Architect Brian Chan to provide an enterprise portal solution for non-profit organizations.[1] In 2006, the company was incorporated under the name Liferay, Inc., formalized its Germany subsidiary Liferay GmbH. In 2007, the company opened a new Asian headquarters in Dalian, China and the Spanish subsidiary Liferay SL. In March 2009, the company opened a new office in Bangalore, India.
The company's enterprise portal product has been acknowledged by several notable organizations. It was recognized by EContent magazine in its "EContent 100" list of industry leaders [2][3] and in 2007, InfoWorld named it a "Technology of the Year."[4] In July 2007, they announced a partnership with ICEsoft Technologies for developing AJAX technology for their enterprise portal software [5]. In January 2008, the company hired the lead engineer for jQuery UI, to exclusively work full-time on the JavaScript library.[6] Gartner recognised Liferay as visonary leader in a September 2008 Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portal Products.[7]
Sun Microsystems and Liferay signed a technology sharing agreement during May 2008. [8]. Sun Microsystems has rebranded the offering GlassFish Web Space Server. ZDNET.UK further describes the relationship in May 2008 article Sun and Liferay launch web-presentation platform. [9]
In October 2009 Liferay announced a technology partnership with IT Mill Ltd., provider of the Vaadin user interface library, to bundle it with with future Liferay releases. [10]
Products
Liferay Inc. develops mainly one product: Liferay Portal. This portal is divided into three main products:
- Liferay Portal - JSR-286 enterprise portal platform
- Liferay CMS - Content Management System (Changed to 'Liferay Web Content' after version 5.2)
- Liferay Collaboration Suite - Collaboration software (blogs, instant messaging, message boards, etc.)
Liferay Portal is available in two versions:
- Liferay Portal Enterprise Edition - the commercial offering that includes full support. Whilst more stable than SE it is generally a release or so behind
- Liferay Portal Standard Edition - the free version with the latest features and support through the active community
Consultancy and training is available for both versions of the product.
Technical specifications
Liferay portal supports all major Java application servers, databases, and operating systems with over 700 deployment configurations. Liferay portal supports internationalization (I18N) for any language out-of-the-box and ships with default translations for 22 languages.
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References
- ^ Howard, Phil (October 18, 2005). "Liferay after Plumtree: Pure play portals alive and kicking". Reg Developer.
- ^ "Liferay Breaks Into EContent Magazine's "EContent 100" Of Industry Leaders". November 20, 2006.
- ^ "2006 EContent 100 List". EContent Magazine. December 2006.
- ^ "2007 Technology of the Year Awards: Applications". InfoWorld. January 1, 2007.
- ^ "Liferay and ICEfaces Announce Ajax Portal Technology Partnership". August 3, 2007.
- ^ Bakaus, Paul (January 23, 2008). "jQuery UI and beyond: The jQuery-Liferay partnership".
- ^ "Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portal Products(broken/expired link)". September 2008.
- ^ "Press Release: Sun Joins Liferay Open Source Community". May 2008.
- ^ "Sun and Liferay launch web-presentation platform". May 2008.
- ^ "Press Release: Liferay and Vaadin Announce New Partnership". October 2009.
Further reading
- Sarang, Poornachandra (April 30, 2009), Practical Liferay: Java–based Portal Applications Development (1st ed.), Apress, p. 384, ISBN 1430218479
- X. Yuan, Jonas (May 26, 2009), Liferay Portal 5.2 Systems Development (1st ed.), Packt Publishing, p. 420, ISBN 1847194702
- X. Yuan, Jonas (April 28, 2008), Liferay Portal Enterprise Intranets (1st ed.), Packt Publishing, p. 408, ISBN 1847192726
- Sezov, Richard (September 9, 2008), Liferay Administrator's Guide (2nd ed.), Liferay Press, p. 276, ISBN 0615247334
External links
- Liferay home page
- Gasperson, Tina (September 13, 2006). "Goodwill is good with open source portal Liferay". Linux.com.
- Heck, Mike (May 05, 2006). "Jboss and Liferay provide open portals to SOA". InfoWorld.
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- Sun Microsystems GlassFish Web Space Server Home page