Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Enterprise-focused Web Communication : Cisco and Jabber Inc.

Cisco is adding another company to its enterprise-focused Web communication products. Jabber Inc. (the company ) is in the process of being acquired.

Jabber (the standard) originally presented in May 2006 is a widely-accepted set of Linux-based, open source streaming XML protocols and technologies that enable any two entities on the Internet to exchange messages, presence, and other structured information in close to real time. Jingle (originally Google Talk’s effort to integrate SIP-based VoIP with the XMPP specification) is a new set of extensions to the Jabber protocols for use in VoIP, video, and other peer-to-peer multimedia sessions.

Jabber Inc. provides instant messaging software that supports different devices and applications, and allows users on different networks (Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger) to connect and communicate with each other. Their presence and messaging technologies could be integrated into Cisco's WebEx Connect and Unified Communications platforms.

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