Nuvoiz Softphone Incorporates Jabber XCP.Powerful New Softphone System Uses 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. XCP XCP Extensible Communications Platform (Jabber) XCP eXtended Copy Protection (First 4 Internet; UK) XCP Explicit Control Protocol XCP Expendable Current Profiler for Chat and Presence Capabilities MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & DENVER -- Nuvoiz, a start-up developing open standards-based mobile Voice over Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. (VoIP) applications, today announced that the Nuvoiz SoftPhone[TM] and Nuvoiz VoIP Network Controller[TM] include 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 (IM), persistent group chat, and presence capabilities provided through a strategic original equipment manufacturer (OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and ) relationship with Jabber, Inc. Launched last month at the Demo '07 (http://www.demo.com/) technology showcase, the Nuvoiz SoftPhone for PCs and personal digital assistants (PDAs) is an advanced mobile Voice over Instant Messaging (VoIM) solution that is a natural Internet Protocol (IP) telephony enhancement for small and medium businesses and mid-enterprise customers using Session Initiation Protocol (protocol) Session Initiation Protocol - (SIP) A very simple text-based application-layer control protocol. It creates, modifies, and terminates sessions with one or more participants. Such sessions include Internet telephony and multimedia conferences. It is described in RFC 2543. (SIP)-based IP private branch exchange (PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). ) or IP Centrex A telephone service in which an IP-based PBX is located in the telephone company's facilities. It connects to the customer via the LAN rather than by telephone wires. IP CENTREX offers voice over IP and other IP-based services as well as connectivity to the regular telephone system (PSTN). . The Nuvoiz SoftPhone combined with the messaging and presence capabilities of the Jabber Extensible Communication Platform (Jabber XCP) promises high-fidelity voice with a massively scalable and extensible platform for unified communications The real time redirection of a voice, text or e-mail message to the device closest to the intended recipient at any given time. For example, voice calls to desk phones could be routed to the user's cellphone when required. . "Presence and multi-protocol interoperability are two of the most important and challenging requirements in unified communications," said Dave Uhlir, vice president of marketing and product management at Jabber, Inc. "Launching with Nuvoiz speaks to both of these points. Presence is highlighted within their softphone client; additionally, this demonstrates Jabber XCP's ability to integrate seamlessly across the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) is an open, XML-inspired protocol for near-real-time, extensible instant messaging (IM) and presence information (a.k.a. buddy lists). It is the core protocol of the Jabber Instant Messaging and Presence technology. , SIP, and many other popular communications Popular Communications is a magazine with content relating to the radio hobby, including scanners, shortwave radio, CB, and amateur radio. The magazine includes articles, schedules of shortwave stations, and logs of pirate radio communications sent in by readers. protocols in a highly scalable and programmable way." Available immediately to IP telephony service providers and network operators, the Nuvoiz SoftPhone has been designed to work with any existing deployment of Jabber XCP, which Jabber, Inc. points out may appeal to existing telecom, service provider, or enterprise customers. Alternatively, a packaged solution that includes Jabber XCP's IM, persistent group chat, and extended presence capabilities is available directly from Nuvoiz. "After evaluating several competing platforms, we selected Jabber XCP because of its proven scalability, reliability, availability of mature software development kits, and our experience with the company's customer support team," said Chong-Jin Koh, chief executive officer of Nuvoiz. View a demo (http://www.demo.com/demonstrators/demo2007/91339.php) of the Nuvoiz Softphone with Jabber XCP messaging and presence capabilities. Nuvoiz is offering a free evaluation of the new softphone to qualified users. For more information, please go to http://www.nuvoiz.com/en/products/nuvoiz-softphone.php. Jabber, Inc. will be participating on the following panels: * "The Role of Open Source in Converged Networks" at VoiceCon Spring (http://www.voicecon.com/) on March 8 at the Gaylord Palms Convention Center in Kissimmee, Fla. * "If Presence is Key to Customer Ownership, then Who Owns Presence and in Which Application(s) Does It Live?" at Voice Peering Forum Spring 2007 (http://www.thevpf.com) on March 9 at the Miami Beach Resort and Spa in Miami Beach, Fla. * "To Use Standards or Not Use Standards?" panel at Spring 2007 VON (http://www.von.com/) on March 22 at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, Calif. ABOUT NUVOIZ Founded in 2006, Nuvoiz is a privately held independent software developer in the mobile VoIP over Wi-Fi market headquartered in Mountain View, Calif. with a subsidiary in Tokyo, Japan. Nuvoiz develops enabling software technology and products designed to significantly expand market penetration and acceptance of mobile VoIP over Wi-Fi. The company's solutions are designed around industry standards, with mobile workers in mind, and delivered to industry leading customers with superior development assistance. For more background information, go to: www.nuvoiz.com. 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 BellSouth, California ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. , CapWIN, EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. , FedEx, HP, Lehman Brothers, McKesson, Portugal Telecom, and Vicious Cycle Software Vicious Cycle Software is a video game development company based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. History Vicious Cycle was founded in 2000 by Eric Peterson, Dave Ellis, Marc Racine and Wayne Harvey after layoffs at the local MicroProse development studio , Inc. For more information, visit http://www.jabber.com/, send an email to info@jabber.com, or call 303-308-3231. |
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