Pentaho Community Edition 5.0 now available

ORLANDO, USA: Delivering the future of analytics, Pentaho Corp. announced immediate availability of the Open Source Pentaho Community Edition 5.0.

Pentaho Community Edition is the newest version of Pentaho's open source data integration and business analytics platform-a powerful set of tools for developers, promoting innovation, participation and cooperation.

The launch also includes Pentaho Marketplace, where community members can explore and download all the available plugins developed by the Pentaho Community, extending the capabilities of Pentaho's open source platform, and allowing community members to collaborate, share feedback and create/submit new plug-ins to extend the functionality of Pentaho.

"Pentaho Community Edition 5.0 is a collaborative effort with the Community, which brings new tools and features. The Pentaho Marketplace is the centralized resource for finding, sharing and creating new extensions as we all collaborate to drive innovation," said Pedro Alves, SVP of Community, Pentaho.

"Pentaho's Community Edition provides a low cost point of entry for those just starting out with business analytics as they look to visualize and act upon their data. Yet it's also a robust toolset for seasoned developers, consultants and users that want an open code base to push the boundaries of what Pentaho and business analytics can do."