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Jabber to roll out IM appliance next week
SMBs looking for an easy solution for instant messaging will get
access next week to a new secure business-grade IM appliance from
Jabber. On Tuesday, Jabber will ship its JabberNow appliance, which
the company says can allow SMBs and enterprise workgroups to set up
secure IM in about 15 minutes.
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Google Talk gives boost to XMPP
Google's entry this week into the IM space gave a high-profile
shot in the arm to the open IM protocol XMPP (Extensible Messaging
and Presence Protocol). The decision to base Google Talk on the
XML-based XMPP framework -- combined with Google's considerable
market clout -- could shake up stalled IM interoperability efforts,
or at the very least gives a big lift to a grassroots Internet
standard.
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IM giants told to work it out
As Wall Street begins to embrace instant messaging, some financial
giants are putting a squeeze on the technology's famously fractious
service providers... For the Wall Street firms, a lack of IM
interoperability has been a source of increasing frustration and a
possible pinch on profits.
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