| Cost-effective, secure and reliable Open-Source | | | | One its features, i-bays, is a unique communication |
| Business Solutions for SMEs | | | | feature that enables employees to collaborate on |
| Randburg, South Africa, 7 March 2007 - Jumping Bean | | | | projects without necessarily being in the same place. |
| has introduced a suite of applications that are meant | | | | Dr Hans-Cees Speel had this to say about the SME |
| to boost the operations of Small to Medium | | | | Server, "It can be installed for multiple domains. It is |
| businesses. The company, which is dedicated to | | | | rock solid. It is my dream server". |
| providing cost-effective and reliable Open Source | | | | For those businesses that would like to maintain |
| applications that best suit the requirements of its | | | | personalised and intelligent contact with their |
| clients, offers user-friendly applications that can even | | | | customers, Jumping Bean offers a Customer |
| be operated by technical novices . | | | | Relationships Management application called vTiger. |
| Open-source applications have an edge over the | | | | Data is collected from all sources within the company |
| commercial varieties in that they are affordable, | | | | and is stored intelligently using vTiger. |
| stable and reliable. Another added advantage is that, | | | | The application to manage information on leads, |
| since the code is available, they can be customised to | | | | opportunities, accounts, contacts, activities. It enables |
| deliver the desired result. | | | | the analysis of sales per specified period and |
| The first one in the list of the full-service applications | | | | facilitates product customisation according to the |
| being offered by Jumping Bean is the SME Server. As | | | | unique requirements of each customer. |
| its name denotes, this server was designed specially | | | | KnowledgeTree is another application offered by |
| for the SMEs who can host their website and/or | | | | Jumping Bean. This application is a document |
| intranet on it. It is also a high performance email | | | | management system that promotes the effortless |
| server that can be used to send email to and from | | | | storage and retrieval of essential company stationery. |
| clients. What's more, company employees are given | | | | It can be used to store, track and monitor |
| remote access to their emails whilst on field trips and | | | | documents thus taking way the pain associated with |
| this gives them freedom to work from wherever | | | | trying to locate a particular document that is required |
| they would be. They can equally have access to their | | | | at a precise moment. |
| office PC and complete tasks away from the office. | | | | |