The Defense Department next month will conduct interoperability tests on instant messaging and chat technology that supports the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol, representatives from the ...

The Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) is a near realtime instant messaging protocol, and is used in instant messaging like Jabber. XMPP is extremely flexible and extensible protocol.

With the lure of presence-aware applications and systems dangling before them, competitors are warming up for a heated race to establish an industry standard protocol for presence awareness and ...

This week’s Technology Update takes a look at one of those technologies that’s garnering attention: the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP), an XML-based protocol for server-to-server ...

Though many Internet standards make IM and presence technology possible, there aren’t yet any definitive standards across the industry. However, the incompatibility of current IM products, which has ...

Instant messaging (IM) has taken a step forward with the industry’s standards body approving an open source-developed protocol, and a New Zealand firm is already using a related technology to offer IM ...

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The Internet's governing technical body quietly gave its stamp of approval Thursday to a group intent on creating an open standard for instant messaging. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), ...

There’s a race on for the future of the enterprise messaging system. The contestants are backing competing protocols for IM and presence awareness. Which standard takes home the prize may depend less ...

VANCOUVER, Aug. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – For many business users and consumers, having access to instant messaging (IM) is as important as access to voice services or email. As communications ...