DENVER, COLO. - May 27, 2003 - Jabber, Inc., the leading developer
of
open architecture for enterprise-and carrier-class presence-enabled communications,
including instant messaging (IM), today announced that HP is now a worldwide
distribution and development partner for Jabber, Inc. According to terms of the
agreement, HP, already a Jabber, Inc. customer, recently completed the co-development
of Jabber for the Microsoft Windows® 2000 and 2003 Enterprise Servers and HP-UX
platforms, and will be jointly selling Jabber on these platforms as well as the
existing Linux-based platform to HP’s worldwide customer base beginning in Q2
of this year. Along with joint development and resale of the Jabber, Inc. commercial
server, HP will be offering end-to-end service to businesses for implementation
and customization of Jabber, Inc.’s open and extensible XML-based enterprise
messaging architecture.
According to the Gartner Group, instant messaging is increasingly driving
enterprise communications. Beyond chat, businesses are integrating instant
messaging into their enterprise applications such as enterprise directories
and ERP systems.
"Industry drive toward adoption of a common IM and presence protocol is being fueled through vendor alliances," said Maurene Caplan Grey, Research Director Gartner. "The
accruing value of IM and presence is at the platform layer - supporting line-of-business
and collaborative applications across multiple devices and networks."
HP’s move to utilize Jabber within its services organization follows closely on the heels of Jabber, Inc.’s
own announcement that it has sold and installed more than 3 million commercial
seat licenses to enterprises and service providers.
The Jabber, Inc. commercial product and its open source counterpart, Jabber.org,
are based on the eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP), which ensures
that all XMPP-compliant solutions can interoperate. XMPP achieved IETF (Internet
Engineering Task Force) Working Group status in October 2002 and is quickly
moving towards full ratification. More information on XMPP is available at: http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/xmpp-charter.html.
“HP’s agreement to co-develop, sell, and service the Jabber platform within global accounts speaks to the gathering momentum behind Jabber and XMPP as the underlying architectures that will drive the adoption of a broad range of presence-enabled applications, beginning –not ending- with IM.” said Rob Balgley, Jabber, Inc.’s
President and CEO.
For sales information contact: info@jabber.com.
About Jabber, Inc.
Jabber, Inc. is the developer of the world's most widely used open platform
for extensible instant messaging and other presence-enabled communications.
Jabber
Inc.’s commercial software has been sold and deployed to more than 3 million users. The Jabber Open Source project now has more than 160,000 servers in operation worldwide, and an estimated 7-10 million users. Jabber has been adopted in the telecommunications, enterprise and software development markets by customers that include France Telecom, Earthlink, Hewlett-Packard, BellSouth, webMethods, AT&T, Landmark Graphics, and Juniper Networks. Jabber, Inc.’s investors include France Telecom (NYSE: FTE), Intel Capital, Intel’s
strategic investing arm, and Webb Interactive Services, Inc. (OTCBB: WEBB).
Please see www.jabber.com for
more information.
About Webb Interactive Services, Inc.
Webb Interactive Services (OTCBB: WEBB), located in Denver, Colorado is an
investor in Jabber, Inc., a developer of the world's most widely used open
platform for
extensible Instant Messaging and presence management applications. Founded
by and initially financed by Webb, Jabber's investors also include France
Telecom Technology Investissements and Intel Capital. For more information
on the Company,
please visit www.webb.net.