safeTspace, Inc. and Jabber, Inc. Create Predator-Free Chat and IM Environment for Schoolchildren.On- and Offline Screening Process Ensures the Safety of all Participating Children DENVER & BETHESDA, Md. -- safeTspace, a company founded by experienced government- and financial-security consultants, has teamed with 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. , Inc. to create an online environment in which schoolchildren schoolchildren school npl → écoliers mpl; (at secondary school) → collégiens mpl; lycéens mpl schoolchildren school can safely socialize so·cial·ize v. so·cial·ized, so·cial·iz·ing, so·cial·iz·es v.tr. 1. To place under government or group ownership or control. 2. To make fit for companionship with others; make sociable. without the threat of Internet predators. The group chat/text conferencing forums and one-to-one 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) system provided by Jabber, Inc., is coupled with safeTspace's on- and offline screening and authentication process to ensure that all participants are, in fact, school-age children. According to safeTspace, one in every five children aged 10-17 has received an unwanted online sexual solicitation. Moreover, 89% of these solicitations are made in chat rooms or over IM, and 75% of the children contacted by an online predator did not tell a parent. "We have created our patent pending screening process and secure IM and chat environment because like many parents we felt stuck. On the one hand, we want our children to experience the Internet and have access to the advantages of social networking and online collaboration. On the other, we are very concerned that we may be exposing them to significant danger," said John J. McDonough “John J. McDonough” redirects here. For the Mayor of Savannah, Georgia from 1891 to 1895, see John McDonough. John J. McDonough was an Irish Catholic mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota, 1940 – 1948. , director of business development at safeTspace. "Our experience in securing the IM and chat environments in government and on Wall Street led us to the conclusion that Jabber, Inc. offers the most rigorous security and extensible platform for creating the type of community in which children can safely communicate." safeTspace uses the Jabber Extensible Communications Platform (Jabber XCP XCP Extensible Communications Platform (Jabber) XCP eXtended Copy Protection (First 4 Internet; UK) XCP Explicit Control Protocol XCP Expendable Current Profiler ), the world's most widely deployed messaging and presence platform based on 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. (XMPP (EXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol) An XML-based protocol for real time communications, originally developed by Jeremie Miller in 1998 for the Jabber instant messaging system. ). According to Jabber, Inc. there are nearly 50 million worldwide users of the protocol for presence-enabled services including IM. Those numbers count more than 12 million Jabber XCP subscribers, 10 million LiveJournal users, 10 million Internet Service Provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. ) subscribers, nearly 10 million open source users, and an unpublished number of Google[TM] Talk subscribers. "Working with safeTspace has been very rewarding for Jabber, Inc. as it provides us another opportunity to demonstrate the capabilities, security, and extensibility of our platform, while at the same time helping to create an online environment that tangibly benefits children," said Paul Guerin, chief executive officer of Jabber, Inc. "We are excited to continue working with safeTspace as their online community is expanded and becomes available to kids nationwide." Jabber, Inc. will be a featured speaker at VON Enterprise 2006, December 4-6 at the Cobb Galleria in Atlanta, Ga. Jabber, Inc. will also be presenting a webinar entitled "Adding Presence to Business Processes: Trends in Messaging and Presence Technology" on December 12, 2006 from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. EST. To learn more about Jabber XCP, send an email to info@jabber.com or call 303-308-3231. ABOUT JABBER, INC. Jabber, Inc. is a leading provider of real-time presence and messaging solutions. More than ten million usersCorepresenting hundreds of telecommunications carriers/operators, financial institutions, government agencies, higher education institutions, logistics companies, and other organizationsCohave 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 50Coan 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, France Telecom, HP, Lehman Brothers, McKesson, Orange, 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 send an email to info@jabber.com. ABOUT safeTspace, Inc. Maryland-based safeTspace, Inc. is an online community developed exclusively for children by an experienced team of government and financial security technology consultants. The service allows children to experience the power of safe communication on the Internet and offers both children and their parents the security that all communication conducted through the service is free of the risk of solicitation by sexual predators. Through the use of proven technology and a patent-pending process, parents can establish a secure account for their children, which includes fingerprinting and a rigorous verification process. Verification is accomplished through a network of screened background checking agents. Following registration, all future communication through safeTspace is safeguarded from the dangers of the World Wide Web. |
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