Softweb Solutions Inc. 2531 Technology Drive, Suite 312, Elgin, Illinois 60124 Toll-Free Number: 1-866-345-7638 Fax: 866-345-7638 Article Title: Joomla Heads Straight for the Enterprises Keywords: Joomla web designing, custom Joomla design, content management system Content Joomla is a popularly used platform for designing web content and websites. It is one of the best content management systems for controlling and organizing all web related content. Reports show that 2.7% of the sites is developed and designed using the Joomla platform. Joomla is offered under the General Public Lincense (GPL) version 2.0. It is stronger and stable platform compared to WordPress or Drupal. Joomla bridges the gap between WordPress and Drupal. The Joomla team is working towards providing the Joomla platform for lay people and administrators maintaining websites; at the same time developing it as a strong tool for Joomla developers to enable them to create complex custom Joomla designs for websites. Joomla- Journey into the Enterprise Market The Joomla platform now makes its way into the enterprise section. With Joomla it is now possible to create a social network site suitable for the enterprise. Let’s take a look at how Joomla has evolved over the years Joomla for Small and Medium Sized Businesses Joomla is the best platform for Content Management System (CMS) used successfully for small businesses. Joomla platform provides hundreds of add-ons that make website functionality easily accessible. This feature attracts small businesses to prefer Joomla for web designing. It’s practically easy to create a Joomla website. The platform provides a five step tutorial to launch a Joomla website for small business. It’s quick and easy to design and launch a professional business site with Joomla. With all these features Joomla now extends itself for the enterprise sector. Joomla for Enterprise Joomla is most popular for small and medium sized businesses; but with Enterprise, Joomla will enter a new realm of web designing. It will remain to be a strong CMS tool and it will open immense possibilities for Joomla developers to create attractive web applications for Joomla websites.
Open source software for enterprise is useful as it can be downloaded directly and checked for its functionality. It doesn’t have to come through a vendor which accounts for easy accessibility. The Joomla open source CMS software for enterprise is easily visible in the market. Companies like Microsoft and eBay have helped Joomla to come out of the small-medium sized business reputation and make its mark in the Enterprise market.
The Technology for Joomla Enterprise The latest Joomla version includes the Multi-database support which makes Joomla function like “enterprise glue.” It acts as a glue to “connect proprietary systems data stores and allow companies to internally display the data.” The latest version of Joomla facilitates the use of Azure cloud services, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle or PostgreSQL. This multi-database support saves the time and money spent on getting additional software to integrate Joomla with the enterprise databases. Joomla is considered to have two important parts now: 1) CMS for websites, 2) Joomla platform for CMS which is kind of an operating system for CMS. This new system helps Joomla developers to use their Joomla skillset to create attractive things with Joomla. For developers it is the same Joomla language and the same way of functionality. But now they can do new and different things and go beyond the CMS. Developers can exploit the Joomla platform for designing innovative Joomla applications. Joomla Ecosystem Joomla ecosystem has a huge Joomla community of users, developers and businesses providing Joomla based services. There is more than sufficient information on all Joomla platforms. There are ample Joomla developers who provide great Joomla web designing and Joomla development services. Softweb Solutions is a leading company in Joomla web designing and web development. We at Softweb have a team of expert Joomla web developers who can develop customized Joomla websites. For more information contact us at info@softwebsolutions.com Summary Joomla platform is no longer meant for small and medium-sized businesses only. The latest version of Joomla is made Enterprise-friendly and the platform can now be easily and innovatively used for Enterprise requirements. It opens new possibilities for the developer community as well, wherein they can design attractive apps with Joomla and do things they have never done before with Joomla.