Jadu (company)

Jadu
Private limited company by shares
Industry Software
Founded 26th November 2000
Headquarters Leicester, United Kingdom
Key people
 Suraj Kika (CEO), Andy Perkins (Director, Engineering), Lee Pilmore (Head of Brand)
Products Web Experience Platform (Web Content Management, eForms, CRM)
Website jadu.net

Jadu is a software company based in the United Kingdom, United States and Australia and also a proprietary web experience management platform of the same name, used for non-technical management of web-based content, data and electronic documents.

Jadu also develops other web applications related to document management, search and publishing. The company's global business is based in the UK, with Jadu, Inc. (a sister company) based in Chicago, USA[1] and a business based in Australia servicing the Asia Pacific region.

Company history

The company was founded by Suraj Kika and Richard Chamberlain in 1999. The system was first developed for the Department of Trade and Industry (now Department of Energy and Climate Change) for the UK consultation portal for Oil and Gas and Renewable Energy.

The software developed for the Offshore-SEA website, an environmental portal managed by geological and oceanographic specialists Geotek, then became Jadu Content Management Engine Version 1 — and was implemented for scientific organisations in the UK as a means to publish complex electronic documents generated in MS Word and PDF formats.

In 2001 the system was redeveloped in PHP and MySQL and a Version 2 was deployed for UK Government and Local Authorities. Based on the e-GIF standards, and using XForms, the system was deployed at the beginning of the first acceptance and adoption of open source platforms within Government. Jadu as a company has a cross platform approach, preferring to develop its software to be agnostic in terms of operating platform and development framework.

In 2008, Jadu launched a .NET compliant binary of the Jadu CMS supporting IIS, MS SQL and the .NET 2.0 framework using the Phalanger which compiles PHP to CLR (Microsoft's Common Language Runtime) effectively enabling any PHP application to run natively under the .NET framework.[2]

Jadu have funded and are supporting the development of Phalanger, including leading the development of VisualStudio.NET support as well as other upgrades to PHP support in .NET.[3] With this new framework under .NET 2.0 and .NET 3.0, Jadu CMS can be extended in C# or any other .NET compiled language using Visual Studio.

Using the Phalanger compiler, Jadu CMS (or any other PHP based applications) and the front end web templates are compiled down to two DLLs.[4] - bringing together two fiercely competitive programming disciplines together - making PHP interoperable with the .NET framework.

Jadu's Head of Design and User Interface Lee Pilmore was the designer responsible for Lichfield District Council[5] becoming the first UK Local Authority to win a Webby Award Official Honoree status[6] and The City of Edinburgh Council website, which was awarded a top 4-star rating for three years running, as "the best Local Government Website in Scotland"[7] by SOCITM.

In 2007, Jadu's design for Kettering Borough Council (designed by Lee Pilmore) was nominated a finalist for the CSS category in the SXSW (South by South West) awards - for "pushing the boundaries of CSS coding technology, bringing together top-notch design and content with standards compliant and accessible code"[8]

In 2008, Jadu launched Manchester City Council's website using the Jadu CMS, which won the BT Online Excellence award as the Best Local Government website in Britain.[9]

In January 2011, executives from Jadu were invited to a private round table discussion with UK Prime Minister, David Cameron[10] to consult with Jadu over barriers to business growth in the UK[11]

In October 2011, the company announced the 'Weejot' Mobile web app publishing service. Described as a network for easily developing and publishing mobile web apps to handheld mobile and tablet devices in real-time using HTML5, CSS3 and JQuery Mobile.[12]

In February 2012, Jadu announced that their 'Jadu Universe Cloud' service, a platform for SaaS CMS, forms, search and mobile products was selected as a preferred supplier into the UK Government CloudStore.[13][14] On its website, Jadu stated that Jadu Universe Cloud services can be purchased by public sector organisations directly from Cloudstore without an Official Journal of the European Union tender process, which represents a significant step change in UK Government procurement. Chris Chant, the Cabinet Office Executive Director confirmed that the Government was "making it easy for the public sector to buy a vast range of services – and so easy that they can try things out at nominal cost before taking it on for a whole organisation."[15]

In the Spring of 2013, the Government announced that the G-Cloud has sold over £18.2m in products and services through the Cloudstore.[16] Jadu were listed as 13th most purchased services with sales approaching £250,000 in just three months.[17]

In March 2013, Jadu announced a partnership with PayPal to deliver mobile payments using the Weejot.com service, starting with mobile donations. Jadu, PayPal and The Alzheimer's Society co-launched 'Weejot Donate' a weejot.com template that enabled fundraising teams inside any charity to use the weejot.com mobile service to deploy mobile donations apps.[18][19]

Jadu launched a re-designed Manchester City Council website using its Jadu Universe Platform on May 1, 2013 as a result of a collaboration between the council's web team and Jadu.[20] The site was designed by Jadu's in-house 'Spacecraft' design agency using Responsive Web Design, reflecting Jadu's 'mobile first' vision for delivering web content to all devices.

Products

Jadu Universe CMS

The company's core product, Jadu Universe CMS, is a suite of non-technical web-based content management application which covers publishing, directories, search, productivity and workflow, HR, e-payments, retail store management and e-forms.

In December 2008, Jadu launched the 1.8 version upgrade to the Jadu CMS (named 'Clearwater' by the company), which includes Semantic Web frameworks and a public API called 'MyJadu API'. The new version upgrade also introduced the concept of social 'directories' enabling structured data records to be either mass imported into the system and/or submitted by users of sites run by the Jadu CMS.[21]

In April 2009, Jadu announced a social media module for the Jadu CMS which provides integration to the Twitter micro-blogging social network. The Jadu Twitter client provides content management with drafts and workflow approval for corporate tweets.[22][23]

In April 2010, Jadu in collaboration with some of its customers, released an Election Results plugin for the Jadu CMS to its government user base to promote the use of Opendata in government. The plugin makes election result data available as RDFa.[24]

Jadu Content Management itself is a proprietary system. Its architecture is cross platform and runs in Windows and the .NET Framework, Linux and Solaris.

Jadu Rupa Portal for Google Search Appliance (Enterprise Search)

In 2005, Jadu joined Google Inc. as a GEP partner and delivered Google Search Appliance systems into various UK Government organisations.[25][26]

Jadu also developed a web portal system for the Google Search Appliance, called Jadu 'Rupa' Universe Portal[27] which integrates with Active Directory and LDAP. Jadu Rupa provides a management user interface within the Jadu Universe framework.

The Google Mini and Google Search Appliance are the default search products integrated with the Jadu Universe CMS.

Jadu Galaxies (CMS deployment system)

In 2006, Jadu developed the Jadu Galaxies content management system.[28] Galaxies (now a standard feature in the Jadu Universe Platform), provides the ability to clone CMS systems in real-time, creating a multi-tenant Software as a Service architecture and allowing customers to deploy their own CMS cloud services.

Jadu 'XFP' Universe Forms (Forms deployment system)

Jadu XForms Professional (or XFP) provides a non-technical framework for complex forms development. XForms Professional connects to back office systems (such as CRM) and e-payments systems to enable accessible transactional forms.

Weejot (Mobile App Delivery Network)

Jadu launched the weejot.com software as a service mobile app delivery network in October 2011. Described as a 'mobile app creation and publishing network', Weejot enables both developers and business user to create and deploy mobile apps in real-time using HTML5, JQuery Mobile and CSS3.[29] Weejot's first customer was South Lanarkshire Council, who implemented the service successfully following several trials of cloud services.[30]

Notable users

Jadu's customers tend to be substantially sized organisations. Recently, Jadu announced the University of Leeds (one of the largest universities in the United Kingdom), who have signed a 5-year agreement with Jadu to deliver the Jadu CMS and Galaxies deployment system as well as the Jadu.NET system across the University, starting with the Leeds University Library.[31] Also notable are The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, who are also implementing the Jadu.NET product across their organisations global websites.[32] Other users of note include The Alzheimer's Society,[33] Manchester City Council[34] and the Edinburgh City Council.[35]

Socitm (Society of Information Technology Management), an organisation which tests and benchmarks Local Government websites for usability, accessibility and functionality, selected Jadu to implement their website, online forms system, online product management and integration to back office systems.[36]

Directgov, UK government's digital service for people in England and Wales announced that it was using the Jadu XFP online forms system to implement accessible online forms within the Directgov website.[37] The UK Ministry of Justice also used Jadu software and services to deploy one of the Government's 25 Digital 'exemplar' transactions after purchasing Jadu XFP online forms from the Government's G-Cloud.[38]

References

  1. ↑ "Jadu Heads to the US With Its Transactional Web CMS". CMS Wire. 2010-07-30.
  2. ↑ Har-Even, Benny (2008) "Jadu gets PHP and .NET talking", ITPRO, 2 December 2008, retrieved 7 December 2009
  3. ↑ Muncaster, Phil (2008-11-28). "Jadu brings PHP and .NET closer together". VNU. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04.
  4. ↑ Muncaster, Phil (2008-12-14). "PHP and .Net - a third way?". Information World Review.
  5. ↑ Lichfield District Council
  6. ↑ "Lichfield District Council wins Webby Awards Official Honoree status". PublicTechnology.net. 2006-05-02.
  7. ↑ "Edinburgh ranked best in Scotland for Council website". City of Edinburgh Council. 2011-03-01.
  8. ↑ "SXSW Web Awards Finalists". sxsw.com. 2007-03-30.
  9. ↑ "Manchester City Council: Delivering 'best local council web site in Britain'". PublicTechnology.net. 2008-03-07.
  10. ↑ "Cameron seated at table speaking to Jadu executives". ITN News. 2011-01-05.
  11. ↑ "Prime Minister consults with Jadu over barriers to business growth in the UK". 2011-01-07.
  12. ↑ "Jadu Unveils Mobile App Creation, Publishing Service". CMS Wire. 2011-10-12.
  13. ↑ "Cloudstore: Government launches public sector app store". BBC News. 2012-02-20.
  14. ↑ "G-Cloud CloudStore Launches With 1,700+ Services for UK Government". CMS Wire. 2012-02-21.
  15. ↑ "Stand (Up) And Deliver – Can SMEs Handle It". HM Government G-Cloud Blog. 2012-02-12.
  16. ↑ "G-Cloud celebrates three major milestones". HM Government G-Cloud Blog. 2013-05-04.
  17. ↑ "Sales Information". HM Government G-Cloud Website. 2013-05-01.
  18. ↑ "Alzheimer's Society involved in launch of mobile donations app template". Jenna Pudelek, Third Sector Online. 2013-03-26.
  19. ↑ "Weejot Donate: giving charities the chance to set up their own donation apps in less than an hour". PayPal Blog. 2013-03-27.
  20. ↑ "Manchester City Council launches new website following consumer research". The Drum. 2013-05-01.
  21. ↑ Harris, Jason (2008-12-16). "Jadu Updates Web CMS with Social Computing". CMS Wire.
  22. ↑ Muncaster, Phil (2009-04-15). "Jadu rolls out Twitter module". VNU. Archived from the original on 2009-04-18.
  23. ↑ Spick, Geoff (2009-04-16). "Jadu CMS Gets More Social With Twitter Integration". CMS Wire.
  24. ↑ "Local authorities adopt 'open data' standards for election result data". Information World Review. 2010-04-29.
  25. ↑ Thomas, Kim (2006-03-10). "Councils roll out Google Mini on back of Jadu CMS". Information World Review.
  26. ↑ "Google enterprise search installed for 12 councils in under 4 months". PublicTechnology.net. 2006-02-07.
  27. ↑ Jadu Rupa for Google Search Appliance
  28. ↑ Jadu Galaxies
  29. ↑ Sechrist, Steve (2011-10-12). "Jadu Unveils Mobile App Creation, Publishing Service". CMS Wire.
  30. ↑ Laja, Sade (2012-02-16). "'Cloud? It's not always a way to save money'". The Guardian.
  31. ↑ Best, Jo (2009-01-19). "New CMS Leeds to uni's grassroots takeover". Silicon.com.
  32. ↑ Ashford, Warwick (2008-01-29). "Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors deploys content management system". Computer Weekly.
  33. ↑ "Charity launches new and improved dementia website". Alzheimers' Society. 2007-11-13.
  34. ↑ Savvas, Antony (2007-09-20). "Manchester council launches 'high accessibility' Web 2.0 website". Computer Weekly.
  35. ↑ "City of Edinburgh Council partners with Jadu for 'world class' customer experience delivery". PublicTechnology.Net. 2009-10-14.
  36. ↑ "SOCITM selects Jadu as web transformation partner". IT Analysis. 2008-09-17.
  37. ↑ "Directgov website to use web form solutions to boost online services". Information World Review. 2011-02-18.
  38. ↑ "Ministry of Justice spends £1.5m on cloud-based Jadu system for tribunals". ComputerWorldUK. 2013-08-14.
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