Pentaho Spreadsheet Services is now available. This offering makes it easy to put the power of open source OLAP analysis in the hands of your business users in Microsoft Excel. Pentaho Spreadsheet Services works with both the open source and Professional editions of the Pentaho BI Suite as well as Mondrian. Additional details including system requirements and pricing are available here.

Pentaho Spreadsheet Services requires Pentaho build 1.2RC1 or later, or Mondrian 2.1.1 or later. Download the latest release and test out the new docs today at http://www.pentaho.org/download/latest.php.

Join Pentaho at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco, California USA on August 14 -17, 2006.

This year's conference shines a spotlight on five key technology themes - enterprise applications, virtualization, SOA, mobile and embedded Linux, and open source development - making it a “must-attend” event for anyone involved in the Linux and open source community.LinuxWorld is all about exploring real-world solutions in real-world environments using Linux and open source products like Pentaho.

Register today at http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO06A - early bird registration has been extended until July 21,2006.

Thanks to Stephane Paquet of France, we now have the setup for Pentaho on Glassfish, the open source development project for building a Java EE 5 application server. Whether you are already a part of the Glassfish community, or were looking for a reason to download the new app server and try it out, here is a chance to dabble in a whole new realm. We have also heard a rumor that Stephane may introduce the LifeRay portal into the mix very soon!

Check out Stef's blog about Pentaho on Glassfish at http://spaquet.blogspot.com/2006/07/pentaho-qd-install.html.