- What is a JumpBox?
- Who uses them?
- What are the benefits?
- What do customers say?
- Which plan is right for me?
It's a ready-to-deploy virtual computer that contains a pre-configured instance of an application. Self-contained, secure and optimized - it gives you the value of Open Source software without the headaches. A JumpBox has the following qualities:
- Easy to deploy on Mac, Windows or Linux.
- Portable across operating systems and cloud environments.
- Simple to manage with a web-based administration interface.
- Protected by a built-in, automated backup system.
- Isolated from interfering with existing software.
- Flexible to allow you to move between virtual and cloud systems.
- Proven through collective usage of thousands of people
IT administrators, software developers, educators, technology consultants and even hobbyists find JumpBoxes to be great tools. Over 250,000 JumpBoxes have been distributed globally and thousands of people rely on them each day. Below is a sample list of clients:
| Business | Education | Government | Healthcare |
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| Autodesk Oracle Siemens Samba Consulting VMware |
USC Yale School of Architecture Los Angeles Unified School District UC Davis UCSD Medical Center |
U.S. Marshals Service U.S. Bankruptcy Court U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Florida Department of Health U.S. Defense Logistics Agency |
HealthMedia, Inc Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network Greenway Medical Technologies TechHealth, Inc. Landmark Healthcare, Inc. |
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Leverage thousands of person-hours of collective IT experience. Start solving challenges quickly without investing huge amounts of time and hardware. Make your applications portable across operating systems and computing environments. Spend less time on maintenance and more time on the activities that advance your cause. |
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94% of our customers surveyed say they would recommend the service to a friend. Below are a few testimonials:
"JumpBox allowed SimulTrans to quickly implement Bugzilla for bug tracking. The ease of installation combined with the low hardware overhead required has opened up the ability to use applications that our customers appreciate and require without a significant investment of time and expense."
Adam Jones, COO, SimulTrans
Even open source has a cost and it's time. JumpBox is the only mechanism out there to truly reduce the time committment to running open source software and does so with a very effective cost.
Kent Maxwell - Fabio Perini North America, Inc.
We have a plan to accommodate your IT needs no matter how large or small. Get a free account to access any of the free JumpBoxes in the library. Purchase an entry-level subscription to gain full access to the rest of the library and the right to run one instance in production. Join at the middle-tier to boost the number of production instances and gain features like the ability to deploy into the Amazon EC2 cloud computing system. Subscribe at the highest level for simplified deployment on VMware's ESX system, direct access to support and a larger number of production instances.
Plans can be upgraded at any time to evolve with you as your IT needs grow. For more information on which plan is right for you watch this 90-second introductory video and review our plans to see pricing.
