Magnolia Organization  released Magnolia 3.0 Beta 1, the next generation of its leading open-source Enterprise Content Management System (ECM). Magnolia 3.0 is the first commercial open-source Enterprise Content Management System that seamlessly integrates web content management and document management through one intuitive, web-based, AJAX-powered user interface.

Magnolia's main new features include workflow, versioning, JSR-168 support, single-sign-on, scheduling (time-based content publishing), a new meta-template (simply create your custom layout directly in the browser) and a new, improved user interface. Magnolia makes Enterprise Content Management simple by being user-friendly, battle-tested, enterprise-ready and open-source. Magnolia is available in more than 15 languages including Russian, Chinese, English, French, German and Spanish.

Three Magnolia editions are available:

MAGNOLIA COMMUNITY EDITION is a free, easy-to-use yet powerful enterprise content management system based on JSR-170.

MAGNOLIA ENTERPRISE EDITION offers additional features, availability of professional support and an upgrade path to new versions for mission critical enterprise content management.

MAGNOLIA BUSINESS PROCESS EDITION lets you draw and document business processes directly in the browser without the need of additional client software.