January 16, 2008 – Denver, Colo. – Jabber, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Marine Corps has selected the Jabber Extensible Communications Platform™ (Jabber XCP™) as a comprehensive communication and collaboration solution to include instant messaging (IM), persistent group chat, presence capabilities, gateways for federation with Session Initiation Protocol/Session Initiation Protocol for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions (SIP/SIMPLE) and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) messaging services, and software development kits (SDKs) for custom development. As part of the agreement, Jabber will also provide professional services to include virtualization integration consultation, custom training, and architecture and engineering support.
The Marine Corps has procured a total of 283,000 licenses of Jabber XCP supporting active duty and reserve Marines, civilian employees, and contractors. The enterprise licensing agreement (ELA), valued at more than $3.4 million, will enable the Marine Corps to integrate Jabber XCP with new and legacy information systems over the next three years. Execution of this ELA will enable members of the Marine Corps to use Jabber XCP on tactical systems while deployed in support of military operations, or in garrison. The Marine Corps will also leverage Jabber Messenger™ for the Web, an ultra thin, zero-footprint web-client that is easily administered and uses minimal bandwidth. Jabber Messenger for the Web will enable alternative work arrangements and other work activities where a client-side application cannot, or should not, be installed on the user desktop.
“Jabber XCP’s secure, extensible, and interoperable presence and messaging platform delivers mission-critical communications regardless of protocol, device, or location,” said Paul Guerin, chief executive officer of Jabber. “Jabber’s ability to scale and incorporate with legacy architectures will allow the Marine Corps to successfully navigate the communications landscape today, tomorrow, and for years to come.”
To learn more about Jabber’s government solutions, visit http://www.jabber.com/CE/Government, send an email to info@jabber.com, or call +1-303-308-3231, ext. 2.
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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, Bank of Ireland, California ISO, CapWIN, Earthlink, FedEx, HP, Lehman Brothers, McKesson, Portugal Telecom, Qualcom, Wells Fargo, and Vicious Cycle Software. For more information, visit http://www.jabber.com or send an email to info@jabber.com.
