Jahia launched version 6 of its open source enterprise content management system a couple of weeks ago, adding some slick new features to the content creation tools, and adding a number of improvements to its document management functionality.On the front end, the Jahia 6 user interface has been overhauled and now incorporates Ajax throughout. Everything from workflows to toolbars can be customized to a team's specific needs, making the content management process much more flexible and efficient.

Jahia 6 also makes significant improvements to document management and broadens support for portal development and deployment, both of which promise to be welcome enhancements for IT teams.

As a for-profit company offering an open source content management solution, Jahia has both a free Community Edition and a subscription-based Enterprise Edition. The Community Edition was launched at the tail end of January under a GPL License, and the Enterprise Edition should be released fairly soon.

Although the Community Edition doesn't include professional support, answers to many of your questions can be provided by a community itself. The Enterprise Edition, on the other hand, offers a number of levels of professional support, as well as adding features not included in the free version.

Jahia has quietly built an impressive roster of international customers over the past few years, including Virgin America, the United Nations, and more than 300 others. You can get more information about the newly released Community Edition on Jahia.org, and information on the Enterprise Edition and the company in general on Jahia.com.