jBASE, TEMENOS and Mpower1

In 2002, Mpower1 International forged a partnership with TEMENOS and attained the worldwide support, distribution and existing client rights of the full jBASE product set with the exception of TEMENOS’ own application sales. The UK-based business empowerment company embarked on a major investment program by reorganizing jBASE sales and support personnel into an independent sales, marketing and support channel for jBASE customers and partners world-wide.  The new 100% Mpower1 owned subsidiary, jBASE International, became the exclusive distributor of the jBASE software with the exception of where TEMENOS licenses jBASE in conjunction with their own application software.   

TEMENOS retained the intellectual property rights and continued their investment in the jBASE product with a dedicated jBASE development department in its own R&D organization.  Although TEMENOS remain extremely committed to the jBASE database, the diversification into the sales and marketing of database technology such as jBASE was not in line with its core business objectives in the Banking industry vertical.  This engagement enabled jBASE International to fully focus on support and continuity, while at the same time allowing TEMENOS to concentrate on delivering its jBASE developed banking solution to its own clients.   

Eight years on, the jBASE International market is strong, stable and growing, and TEMENOS’ business has grown beyond recognition.

Mpower1 have invested in multiple complementary add-on products to enhance jBASE and extend the existing functionality.  Through strategic business alliances with the Mpower1 group of companies, BlueFinity International and SC Systems, supplementary products have made their way into the jBASE International product family.  

Data at Rest Encryption
Data at Rest Encryption Module (DREM) is a powerful cross platform jEDI, which supports 128-bit encryption and decryption of data at the file system level without any changes to the application code.

.NET Integration
mv.NET provides developers with a comprehensive solution to the challenge of creating or enhancing Microsoft .NET based applications requiring access to MultiValue databases. Its unique set of features allows the developer to use the latest Microsoft technology while still leveraging all of the traditional benefits of MultiValue functionality. 

SQL Data Integration
mv.SSIS allows MultiValue users to extract data from any major MultiValue database (in both bulk and filtered export mode) to other data repositories using Microsoft's SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) product.

Microsoft Reporting Services Functionality
Reporting Services Data Connector (mv.RSDC) offers unparalleled Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services integration across a wide range of MultiValue platforms. 

Rapid Application Development
OSMOSiS is a 4GL Rapid Application Development toolkit based on MultiValue principals.  As a key feature, OSMOSiS includes a high quality conversion component for System Builder and SB+, which even converts paragraphs into usable BASIC code.    

Originally a jBASE VAR, TEMENOS acquired 100% of jBASE Software in 1999 and began to fund research and development on a scale previously unachievable in jBASE’s ten year history. When Mpower1 International forged a partnership with TEMENOS and attained the worldwide support, distribution and non banking sector rights to the full jBASE product set in 2002, jBASE core product development continued and remains today at TEMENOS where the team numbers over 30 and growing – forming the largest and best funded team dedicated to MultiValue core product development in the industry.

One of the prerequisites for TEMENOS'   T24™ banking application is the jBASE open connectivity technology integrated with the banking functionality and coupled with an open database such as Oracle, IBM’s DB2, Microsoft’s SQL Server or jBASE, which provides clients with numerous options with regard to future direction.

Since replacing UniVerse and embedding jBASE in their T24 banking application, TEMENOS has grown into its present market leadership position. In the past eleven years, TEMENOS has grown from a circa $25 million dollar company to a circa $500+ million dollar company with a present market capital value in excess of one billion dollars and is covered by all the major market analysts on a regular basis. TEMENOS has enjoyed 1st or 2nd position in the International Banking Systems sales league for the past decade and presently leads the pack by a significant margin.

Through its organization, management, partners, products and services, jBASE International is in a stronger position than ever to seize opportunities in the global market.  Collectively, Mpower1, jBASE International and TEMENOS have an experienced team of over 40 personnel addressing all aspects of the jBASE business and have ensured that product development and quality assurance through to sales and post sales support are strengthened going forward.  In addition to this, jBASE International’s distributor network spans the globe and is expanding in many areas including Australia and Europe.