JasperServer (JS) builds on JasperReports (JR) as a comprehensive family of Business Intelligence (BI) products, providing robust static and interactive reporting, report server, and data analysis capabilities. For business intelligence users, Jaspersoft offers JasperAnalysis, which runs seamlessly on JasperServer.

Note: This blog is updated based on JS-3.5 GA release
Last updated: 2009-05-08 16.00 GMT+8

What's New in JasperServer 3.5

JasperServer now includes these features:

• Upgrade Mondrian to 3.0
• Dimension sharing within a cube
• Support for dozens of new scalar functions in MDX
• New JasperAnalysis UI
• Improved look and feel as well as an improved tool bar within analysis views.
• Encrypt JDBC password
• Export/Import now supports encryption of JDBC passwords

This documents updated for JasperServer version 3.0.0

What is JasperServer

JasperServer is an open source business intelligence suite, built by the developers of JasperReports. It providing common services like security and metadata management, and the capability to easily add additional functionality.It also provides a Web and Web services based environment for reporting, data analysis (OLAP), and data integration.

What is JasperReports

JasperReports is a powerful open source Java reporting tool that has the ability to deliver rich content onto the screen, to the printer or into PDF, HTML, XLS, CSV and XML files. It is entirely written in Java and can be used in a variety of Java enabled applications, including J2EE or Web applications, to generate dynamic content. Its main purpose is to help creating page oriented, ready to print documents in a simple and flexible manner.

Xirrus Wi-Fi Monitor Detects Wireless Networks

Xirrus Wi-Fi Monitor is a cross-platform Wi-Fi tool that displays available networks on a very cool radar map. More specifically, the application searches for Wi-Fi networks, displays strength, detects rogue access points, and helps you tweak your network for the best signal. The downside: Xirrus Wi-Fi monitor is only available in widget/gadget/desklet form. That means that in order to use it, on XP and OS X you have to install the Yahoo Widget framework, on Linux you have to install the Desklet framework, and on Vista you'll need to re-enable the sidebar gadgets. That's all somewhat of a bummer considering the whole widget craze generally went out the door circa-2006. However, Xirrus remains a worthwhile application with an unquestionably fun execution.

I have been searching for a full-featured and platform independent HylaFAX client and finally i found YajHFC (Yet another Java HylaFAX Client). This application is written completely in Java, therefore it can be use for both Linux and Windows environment. YajHFC has the following features:

• Faxing documents in PostScript, PDF, JPEG, PNG and GIF format
• Polling faxes
• Support for generating cover pages from templates
• Viewing sent and received faxes
• Phone book
• Visible table columns may be selected in a dialog
• Runs under Windows, Linux and Mac OS X (and probably other platforms if a suitable JRE is available)
• Supports four languages: English, French, German and Spanish

This is a guide line to install Perle Multimodem Fax board driver (PCI-RAS V.92) on Ubuntu / Debian. For more information about this product, please visit at http://www.perle.com.

Become super user and install build-essential, linux-headers packages

user@server:~# sudo su -
Password:

root@server:~# apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`

What is HylaFAX?

HylaFAX is an enterprise-class system for sending and receiving facsimiles as well as for sending alpha-numeric pages.

The software is designed around a client-server architecture. Fax modems may reside on a single machine on a network and clients can submit an outbound job from any other machine on the network. Client software is designed to be lightweight and easy to port.

HylaFAX is designed to be very robust and reliable. The fax server is designed to guard against unexpected failures in the software, in the configuration, in the hardware and in general use. HylaFAX can support multiple modems and a heavy traffic load.

If you expect to send more than a few facsimiles a day, then HylaFAX is the fax package for you!

What is Nagios?

Nagios® is a system and network monitoring application. It watches hosts and services that you specify, alerting you when things go bad and when they get better. Nagios was originally designed to run under Linux, although it should work under most other unices as well.

Some of the many features of Nagios® include:

• Monitoring of network services (SMTP, POP3, HTTP, NNTP, PING, etc.).
• Monitoring of host resources (processor load, disk usage, etc.).
• Simple plugin design that allows users to easily develop their own service checks.
• Parallelized service checks.
• Ability to define network host hierarchy using "parent" hosts, allowing detection of and distinction between hosts that are down and those that are unreachable.
• Contact notifications when service or host problems occur and get resolved (via email, pager, or user-defined method).