Cisco's latest acquisition is Jabber, a leading developer of enterprise-grade presence-enablement capabilities. Jabber's offerings include its Extensible Communications Platform, JabberNow (an enterprise instant messaging appliance), and instant messaging clients (a thick client for Windows, a browser-based client and mobile clients). Jabber has, for years, been a leading proponent of the XMPP protocol for presence-enabled applications.
Jabber is the latest in a series of strategic acquisitions by Cisco, including PostPath (an alternative to Microsoft Exchange that permits the use of Microsoft Outlook without a plug-in), IronPort (messaging and Web security) and WebEx (online collaboration), among many ...
By Rhonda Wickham
WirelessWeek - September 30, 2008
China Mobile plans to work with HTC Corporation to bring Android-powered mobile devices to China, according to a report in Trading Markets. Although it initially planned to offer an Android device later this year, the operator now reports it may be Q2 2009 before it has a device ready.
The cause is a delay in open mobile systems based applications development.
While the United States waits for the Android device to go on sale Oct. 20, the Android platform ...
