June 27, 2007 – Denver, CO. – Jabber, Inc., today announced that the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), a Department of Defense (DoD) combat support agency, has selected the Jabber Extensible Communications Platform™ (Jabber XCP™) for instant messaging (IM), low-bandwidth text chat, and persistent multi-user chat rooms for personnel across the DoD. The one year contract with two optional years was awarded to Carahsoft Technology Corp., a government IT solutions provider, and is valued at $22M. Carahsoft will work with Jabber, Adobe Systems, Inc., Science Applications International Corporation, and SRA International, Inc. for this contract.
DISA is responsible for the information technology capabilities of the DoD, including communications networks, hardware, software, and applications to serve the needs of the Secretary of Defense, Combatant Commanders, and other DoD components. This contract is a key part of DISA’s Net-Centric Enterprise Services (NCES) project to provide consistent collaboration and enterprise services throughout the DoD.
“In the DoD, presence-based, real-time information sharing is a critical component of net-centric collaboration,” said Craig P. Abod, president of Carahsoft. “We chose Jabber XCP because of its proven track record within the DoD combined with its fully compliant, XMPP-based, standardized approach to collaboration in distributed environments.”
Jabber XCP supports the open XMPP standard, which is mandated by the DoD for IM. With strengths in scalability, security, persistent multi-user chat, and the ability to federate with other XMPP services, Jabber XCP is an industry-leading solution for net-centric collaboration and other programs with real-time messaging and presence requirements.
“Jabber is pleased to expand our relationship with the DoD via this award for DISA’s NCES program,” said Paul Guerin, chief executive officer of Jabber. “With this deployment, the total number of concurrent users could exceed hundreds of thousands. This will further demonstrate Jabber XCP’s market leadership position as the platform of choice for highly secure, scalable, interoperable, and extensible presence and messaging applications.”
Jabber XCP is widely deployed throughout the Federal Government, including the DoD, Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Intelligence Community, and leading defense systems government contractors.
To learn more about Jabber XCP, visit www.jabber.com/CE/JabberXCP, send an email to info@jabber.com or call 303-308-3231, ext. 2. Visit Jabber in booth 205 at the USJFCOM/NDIA Industry Symposium 2007 on July 31-August 1 at the Hampton Roads Convention Center in Hampton, VA. Jabber will also be exhibiting in booth 119 at AFCEA TechNet Asia-Pacific 2007 on November 5-8 at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii.
ABOUT JABBER, INC.
Jabber, Inc. is a leading provider of real-time presence and messaging solutions. More than ten million users—representing hundreds of telecommunications carriers/operators, financial institutions, government agencies, higher education institutions, logistics companies, and other organizations—have licensed the Jabber XCP commercial server to underpin carrier-class real-time, presence-powered applications including desktop and wireless IM for enterprises and consumers, real-time trading systems, and government intelligence systems. The JabberNow IM appliance is targeted to small and medium businesses that require secure, interoperable, and compliant business-class IM. Jabber Inc. is a 2006 Information Today People’s Choice Award winner, a 2006 EContent 100 Award winner, and is ranked fifth on the 2006 SecuritiesTech 50—an international annual listing of the top 50 technology providers for financial institutions as determined by Securities Industry News and the research firm Financial Insights. Among the company’s customers are AT&T, California ISO, CapWIN, EDS, FedEx, HP, Lehman Brothers, McKesson, Portugal Telecom, and Vicious Cycle Software, Inc. For more information, visit http://www.jabber.com or send an email to info@jabber.com.
