<s>
JFire	B-Language
was	O
an	O
Enterprise	O
Resource	O
Planning	O
and	O
Customer	O
Relationship	O
Management	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
has	O
been	O
written	O
entirely	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
technologies	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
5	I-Language
(	O
formerly	O
J2EE	B-Language
)	O
,	O
JDO	B-Language
2	O
,	O
Eclipse	O
RCP	O
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hence	O
,	O
both	O
client	B-Protocol
and	O
server	B-Application
can	O
easily	O
be	O
extended	O
and	O
it	O
requires	O
only	O
a	O
relatively	O
low	O
effort	O
to	O
customize	O
it	O
for	O
specific	O
sectors	O
or	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
November	O
2009	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
stable	O
JFire	B-Language
release	O
containing	O
many	O
modules	B-Architecture
,	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
reporting	O
module	B-Architecture
which	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
BIRT	B-Language
allows	O
for	O
the	O
editing	O
and	O
rendering	O
of	O
reports	O
,	O
statistics	O
and	O
similar	O
documents	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
though	O
the	O
main	O
goal	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
is	O
to	O
serve	O
as	O
a	O
robust	O
and	O
flexible	O
framework	B-Architecture
and	O
thus	O
to	O
ease	O
the	O
implementation	O
of	O
sector-specific	O
applications	O
,	O
it	O
contains	O
modules	B-Architecture
for	O
the	O
out-of-the-box	B-General_Concept
usage	O
in	O
small	O
and	O
medium-sized	O
enterprises	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
JFire	B-Language
uses	O
JDO	B-Language
as	O
persistence	B-Application
layer	I-Application
,	O
it	O
is	O
independent	O
of	O
the	O
underlying	O
database	B-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
DBMS	O
)	O
and	O
spares	O
developers	O
the	O
error-prone	O
work	O
of	O
writing	O
SQL	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
JDO	B-Language
makes	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
employ	O
other	O
DBMS	O
types	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
object	B-Application
databases	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
website	O
,	O
JFire	B-Language
is	O
shipped	O
with	O
the	O
JDO2	O
reference	O
implementation	O
DataNucleus	B-Application
,	O
which	O
supports	O
many	O
relational	B-Application
databases	I-Application
and	O
db4o	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
though	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
,	O
JDO	B-Language
and	O
Eclipse	O
RCP	O
provide	O
many	O
advantages	O
,	O
they	O
have	O
the	O
disadvantage	O
that	O
they	O
require	O
a	O
longer	O
training	O
period	O
than	O
older	O
technologies	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
direct	O
SQL	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JFire	B-Language
was	O
published	O
in	O
January	O
2006	O
under	O
the	O
conditions	O
of	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Lesser	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
(	O
LGPL	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
history	O
of	O
JFire	B-Language
starts	O
in	O
2003	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
company	O
NightLabs	O
decided	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
new	O
ticket	O
sales	O
and	O
distribution	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
they	O
wanted	O
to	O
base	O
this	O
new	O
system	O
on	O
an	O
ERP	O
within	O
one	O
integrated	O
application	B-Application
suite	I-Application
(	O
rather	O
than	O
multiple	O
separate	O
programs	O
)	O
,	O
they	O
started	O
to	O
search	O
for	O
a	O
suitable	O
framework	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
some	O
research	O
and	O
evaluations	O
,	O
they	O
decided	O
to	O
launch	O
such	O
an	O
ERP	O
framework	B-Architecture
project	O
based	O
on	O
new	O
technologies	O
like	O
JDO	B-Language
and	O
Eclipse	O
RCP	O
,	O
which	O
make	O
it	O
easy	O
for	O
other	O
projects	O
to	O
build	O
upon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
January	O
2006	O
,	O
it	O
quickly	O
gained	O
attention	O
in	O
the	O
Eclipse	O
community	O
:	O
The	O
German	O
Eclipse	O
Magazine	O
published	O
an	O
article	O
in	O
May	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
invited	O
to	O
the	O
EclipseCon	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
Eclipse	O
Magazine	O
India	O
published	O
an	O
article	O
in	O
December	O
2006	O
and	O
in	O
April	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
JFire	B-Language
project	O
was	O
invited	O
to	O
the	O
Eclipse	O
Forum	O
Europe	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
impressed	O
the	O
BIRT	B-Language
team	O
with	O
its	O
graphical	O
parameter	O
workflow	O
builder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2009	O
,	O
Jfire	B-Language
had	O
been	O
absorbed	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
VIENNA	O
Advantage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JFire	B-Language
consists	O
of	O
two	O
parts	O
-	O
the	O
server	B-Application
and	O
different	O
types	O
of	O
clients	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
So	O
far	O
,	O
the	O
most	O
comprehensive	O
client	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
rich	O
client	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
there	O
exists	O
a	O
JSP	B-Language
web	O
client	B-Protocol
,	O
which	O
currently	O
supports	O
only	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
functionality	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
applications	O
built	O
on	O
JFire	B-Language
employ	O
other	O
types	O
of	O
clients	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
mobile	B-Application
devices	I-Application
used	O
in	O
Yak	O
,	O
an	O
access	O
control	O
system	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
JFire	B-Language
enables	O
different	O
companies/organizations	O
to	O
cooperate	O
directly	O
,	O
a	O
server	B-Application
acts	O
as	O
client	B-Protocol
to	O
other	O
servers	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
organization	O
has	O
its	O
own	O
JDO	B-Language
datastore	O
,	O
which	O
guarantees	O
a	O
very	O
high	O
degree	O
of	O
protection	O
of	O
privacy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
framework	B-Architecture
idea	O
,	O
JFire	B-Language
is	O
built	O
very	O
modular	B-Architecture
:	O
In	O
the	O
client	B-Protocol
,	O
it	O
consists	O
of	O
OSGi	B-Application
plug-ins	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Eclipse	O
Rich	O
Client	B-Protocol
Platform	O
(	O
RCP	O
)	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
server	B-Application
,	O
JFire	B-Language
is	O
composed	O
of	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
EAR	O
modules	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
its	O
modularity	B-Architecture
,	O
JFire	B-Language
is	O
used	O
as	O
base	O
for	O
non-ERP	O
applications	O
,	O
too	O
,	O
which	O
employ	O
a	O
smaller	O
number	O
of	O
modules	B-Architecture
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Base-Module	O
is	O
responsible	O
for	O
Authentication	O
,	O
User	O
-	O
and	O
Rightsmanagement	O
and	O
builds	O
the	O
core	O
for	O
transactions	O
between	O
different	O
organisations	O
and	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
top	O
of	O
it	O
comes	O
the	O
Trade-Module	O
which	O
includes	O
Accounting	O
,	O
Store-Management	O
,	O
Reporting	O
and	O
forms	O
the	O
base	O
for	O
a	O
general	O
distribution	O
sales	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Trade-Module	O
offers	O
many	O
interfaces	O
for	O
easy	O
integration	O
of	O
external	O
systems	O
like	O
third-party	O
payment	O
-	O
or	O
delivery-systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
it	O
provides	O
extension	O
possibilities	O
to	O
build	O
your	O
own	O
Business	O
Application	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
JFire	B-Language
.	O
</s>
