IM Upstarts Vie for Interoperability

摘要

Although microsoft and IBM offer IM products for the enterprise, smaller challengers are staking out valuable territory with a commitment to interoperability. This week both Antepo and Jabber will unveil new IM offerings that bolster standards support and security. Antepo this week plans to introduce Version 4.5 of its enterprise IM product dubbed OPN (Open Presence Network) System, which offers native support for both IETF IM standards XMPP (Extensible Message and Presence Protocol) and SIMPLE (SIP for IM and Presence Leveraging Extensions). XMPP earlier this year achieved IETF approval, whereas SIMPLE is still in development.