It's been a long wait, but after 3 years in development, Joomla 1.6, the newest version of the open source content management system (CMS), is out. Enterprise users may well discover numerous options that come with interest within the era such as a brand new abstraction layer that further enables the CMS to operate on distinct database backends too as leaving the doorway open to future innovation.

Joomla 1.6 also improves the enterprise usability from the free project with enhanced access control. Joomla is among the 3 most well-liked open source CMS systems, such as Wordpress three and Drupal 7 and each of those recently released updates of their own.

"There wasn't a particular charge to create Joomla 1.6 enterprise ready, but there was a good knowing that there were key features under the hood that had been needed for larger scale or much more complex installations," Ryan Ozimek, president of Open Source Matters the non-profit group that runs the Joomla project told InternetNews.com. "One of the key issues is the implementation of a robust Access Control List (ACL)."

Ozimek also reported that the Joomla platform project can potentially function as the glue utilized by an enterprise to tie diverse internet services together and provide customized services. Browse the DevX story for more key information about the new release.