Tempe, Arizona, June 16th, 2009 -- JumpBox, publisher of virtual appliances that provide the easiest way to trial, develop, and deploy Open Source applications, today announced the availability of the JumpBox for DSpace. This addition marks the fiftieth JumpBox in its growing catalogue of time-saving virtual appliances for Open Source software.

DSpace is an open source application that enables organizations to manage, share and
preserve their research output. The software is primarily used by academia and cultural heritage institutions that want to share their research output and ensure the content persists over time. The DSpace application was created through a collaboration between M.I.T and HP Labs, and is now used by over 500 organizations around the world. DSpace supports all forms of digital media including, images, audio, movies, text and other rich media.

"We know of many organizations that would like to get started with DSpace but do not have the technical support or know how" says Michele Kimpton, Executive Director of the DSpace Foundation. "JumpBox allows them to deploy DSpace in a self-contained fashion in minutes minimizing the effort necessary to get up and running. This translates to a simplified evaluation process for schools and reduced installation cost and headache." "Consistent with our goal of helping people be more productive with Open Source software, we're thrilled to be able to make this JumpBox available as a free resource for the DSpace community and to support the DSpace project and its principles." says Kimbro Staken, CEO of JumpBox Inc.

The JumpBox for DSpace runs under virtualization on every major operating system and is available for immediate download via the DSpace website. http://www.dspace.org/
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About DSpace
DSpace is the software of choice for academic, non-profit, and commercial organizations building open digital repositories. It is free and easy to install "out of the box" and completely customizable to fit the needs of any organization. DSpace preserves and enables easy and open access to all types of digital content including text, images, moving images, mpegs and data sets. And with an ever-growing community of developers committed to continuously expanding and improving the software, each DSpace installation benefits from the next. DSpace was initially developed through a collaboration between M.I.T. and Hewlett Packard Labs. For more information visit http://www.dspace.org.

About JumpBox
JumpBox simplifies server software deployment, publishing pre-built, pre-configured virtual appliances that deploy in minutes. More than 30,000 JumpBoxes are in use worldwide. JumpBox Open is a subscription suite of productivity enhancing virtual computing applications for IT infrastructure, content management, collaboration, project management, and more. For more information, visit JumpBox on the web
athttp://www.jumpbox.com.

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JumpBox Media Contact:
Sean Tierney
info@jumpbox.com
JumpBox, Inc.
http://www.jumpbox.com
480.967.5897

DSpace Media Contact:
Michele Kimpton
michele@dspace.org
http:www.dspace.org
617.253.8296