Diamond Technology Partners to Standardize On Jabber Internal Instant Messaging Communications Platform.DENVER, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Jabber An open standard for instant messaging (IM). There are tens of thousands of Jabber servers on the Internet, most of which are privately run within a company or college campus. There are also hundreds of public Jabber servers that any user can register with, Google Talk being the largest. .com, Inc., a subsidiary of Webb Interactive Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: WEBB), today announced that Diamond Technology Partners (Nasdaq: DTPI) will standardize on the Jabber instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or platform. As part of the agreement, Diamond will become an early adopter of Jabber.com's enterprise server, and will look to fully deploy the Jabber platform in the future to enable integrated instant messaging (IM) among its employees worldwide as the foundation for all future corporate-wide instant messaging solutions. Diamond, a leading digital strategy and solutions delivery firm, typically helps large global clients transform their business models and create new e-businesses. That work requires that a large percentage of Diamond's workforce be located at client facilities around the world. Mike Connolly Mike Connolly (1914 - November 18, 1966) was an American magazine reporter and primarily a Hollywood columnist. A Chicago native, Connolly attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and was the Daily Illini's city editor in 1937 and 1938. , Diamond's chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , said that while a large part of Diamond's internal communication is accommodated via e-mail and telephone, a growing number of conversations and real-time collaborations are being conducted via instant messaging. "Many of our consultants find instant messaging an invaluable means of communicating internally with various project groups and staying in touch with their clients during intense strategic project phases," said Connolly. The instant messaging platform decision stemmed stemmed adj. 1. Having the stems removed. 2. Provided with a stem or a specific type of stem. Often used in combination: stemmed goblets; long-stemmed roses. in part from Diamond's work in helping Jabber.com to accelerate its own commercial plans, product development and business relationships. "Because Diamond's project teams were already heavy users of instant messaging, we knew of the absolute requirements for security, control, stability and flexibility in instant messaging products, and are pleased with how well the Jabber solution has performed," said Diamond partner Tim Rohner. "In working with Jabber.com over the past several months, we have witnessed first hand the product development successes, enthusiastic customer response and rapid commercial adoption of Jabber across the enterprise market." "Diamond provides us with an excellent early case study of IM adoption within a demanding multinational enterprise," said Andre Durand André Durand (born Canada 1947) is a painter working in the European tradition. He is heir to such painters as Rubens, Titian and Velasquez. Although Durand is perhaps best known for his allegorical portraits, such as Princess Diana as Fortuna, he achieved international , founder and general manager Jabber.com, Inc. "We are extremely pleased that Diamond is among the rapidly growing number of enterprises expressing their intent to license Jabber.com's enterprise server and development services. Large scale enterprise deployment validates one of the key foundations of our commercialization strategy for Jabber." About Jabber.com Jabber.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Webb Interactive Services (Nasdaq: WEBB), is the premiere provider of commercial enterprise Jabber solutions, products and services. Jabber is the only open source instant messaging (IM) platform which leverages XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. and a distributed architecture designed to extend and bridge IM applications while providing a foundation for any application requiring real-time messaging. Jabber's web site can be found at www.jabber.com. About Diamond Technology Partners Diamond Technology Partners Incorporated is an e-business service firm that helps clients develop and implement digital strategy -- a business strategy for the digital age. These digital strategies typically transform client business models and create dramatically different e-businesses that deliver sustained market leadership. Headquartered in Chicago, the company serves clients worldwide across a range of industries including financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , consumer and industrial products and services, telecommunications and energy, healthcare and insurance. Diamond's web site can be found at www.diamtech.com. About Webb Interactive Webb Interactive Services, Inc. provides innovative online commerce communication solutions that help small businesses generate leads, increase buyer-seller interaction and strengthen customer relationships. Webb has pioneered an advanced XML-based technology platform, upon which application modules that lead the convergence of instant messaging and commerce are built. Webb's web site can be found at www.webb.net. All brand and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. Information and statements in this report, other than historical information, should be considered forward-looking and reflect management's current views of future events and financial performance that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, the following: general economic conditions and developments within the Internet and Intranet industries; product development and technology changes; competition and pricing pressures; length of the sales cycle; variability of sale order flow and management growth. |
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