WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA and GENEVA, SWITZERLAND -- (Marketwire) -- 03/05/13 -- Jahia, provider of Java-based open source next generation CMS solutions, today announced the opening of a new office in Toronto, Canada as a response to increasingly sophisticated demand in the Americas.

Already staffed with senior Jahia team members, the Toronto-based office will be focusing on both serving North America customers and on the development of modules and extensions that will further enrich the Jahia CMS platform.

The team

Stephanie Rouaud, Director of Software Development and QA at Jahia and Cedric Mailleux, Senior Architect and major contributor to the core of Jahia will lead the development of the Toronto Office.

North America market

This new office will support the development of Jahia in the region, working locally with international partners such as CGI and existing customers such as the financial group La Capitale, the Desjardins bank, Laval University or the Montreal University but also all of Jahia's U.S. customers.

"In addition to growing our Washington office, driven by the growth of our customers and partners base in the Americas, we've felt the need to have a fully fledged R&D and support team in North America that could match the expectations of larger and sophisticated customers.

"Thanks to the transfer of two of our most senior resources from Europe to Canada, in addition of recent hires, the team is already up-to-speed and provides the best possible assistance to our customers and partners.

"We are now looking for additional passionate talents to join us, and we are anticipating many more hires for our Toronto office this year," says Emmanuel Garcin, Vice President of Jahia and GM for the Americas.

"We are excited to expand our Canadian team, and especially in the vibrant Toronto technology hub. We are now focusing of hiring A-players to expand our next-generation platform with cutting edge solutions," stated Stephanie Rouaud, Director of Software Development and QA.

About Jahia

Jahia's next-generation, open source CMS stems from a widely acknowledged vision of enterprise application convergence where web, document, social, collaborative and portal content are unified. Structured around Jahia Extended Content Management (xCM), Jahia Wise, the Jahia Studio IDE and based on a powerful Content platform, Jahia brings a unique modularity to the Java development arena. With its hundreds of available JahiApps and modules, the Jahia software is the tool of choice for building business driven user experiences for innovative web and mobile applications at a fraction of the cost of competing solutions. Founded in 2002 in Switzerland, Jahia has its North American headquarters in Washington DC, and offices in Canada and throughout Europe. Jahia counts hundreds of global brands and governmental organizations among its loyal customers, in more than 20 countries across the globe. For more information, please visit www.jahia.com.