Jabber Awarded Five-Year GSA Schedule Contract

Presence and Messaging Solutions Now Widely Available to Government Customers

Jabber, Inc. (http://www.jabber.com/?GSAPR) today announced that it was awarded a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) contract for its presence and messaging solutions. The five-year GSA Schedule contract (GS-35F-0239U), effective from February 7, 2008 through February 6, 2013, makes Jabber’s real-time presence and messaging applications widely available to federal, state, and local governments.

As a vendor on the GSA Schedule Group 70 contract program, Jabber has been approved to provide the Jabber Extensible Communications Platform™ (Jabber XCP™), optional client software, a full range of interoperability gateways, and additional services to all government entities. Jabber is the leading provider of secure, always-on, low bandwidth, Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) chat. Jabber’s open, standards-based platform delivers the interoperability, scalability, and security capabilities that enable government and civilian agencies to eliminate information silos, create a shared information space, promote synchronous collaboration, increase decision velocity, and improve situational awareness.

“The GSA Schedule simplifies and shortens the procurement process for government agencies to purchase Jabber’s presence and messaging solutions,” said Harry B. Heisler, general manager of Jabber Government. “Being on the GSA Schedule is an important part of our government sales efforts and improves our ability to quickly and easily serve current government customers across the Department of Defense, Directorate of National Intelligence, and Department of Homeland Security as well as new customers within the entire federal and public-sector marketplace.”

Jabber’s GSA Schedule pricelist and terms and conditions are available at http://www.gsaweblink.com/jabber. For more information on Jabber’s GSA Schedule contract and presence and messaging solutions for government, contact Harry B. Heisler, general manager, Jabber Government, at 703-817-1617 or hheisler {at} jabber(.)com.

Jabber will be exhibiting at the following government conferences:
2008 DoDIIS Worldwide Conference (http://www.ncsi.com/dodiis08/index.shtml) at the San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina in San Diego, CA, March 16-20, booth 745.
AFCEA Belvoir’s Industry Days featuring PEO EIS (http://www.fbcinc.com/event.aspx?eventid=Q6UJ9A00EB8A) at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel and Convention Center in National Harbor, MD, April 17-18, booth 25.
Joint Warfighting Conference 2008 (formerly East/Transformation Warfare) (http://www.afcea.org/events/west/eastlandingpage.asp) at the Virginia Beach Convention Center in Virginia Beach, VA, June 17-19, booth 801.
LandWarNet 2008 (http://www.afcea.org/events/landwarnet/landing.asp) at the Broward County Convention Center in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, August 19-21, booth 941.
TechNet Asia-Pacific 2008 (http://www.afcea.org/events/asiapacific/landing.asp) at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel in Honolulu, HI, November 3-6, booth 219.

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 instant messaging (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. Among the company’s customers are AT&T, Bank of Ireland, California ISO, CapWIN, Earthlink, FedEx, HP, Lehman Brothers, McKesson, Qualcom, and Wells Fargo. For more information, visit http://www.jabber.com/?GSAPR or send an email to info {at} jabber(.)com.

Jabber, the Jabber logo, The Power of Presence, the Jabber Extensible Communications Platform, Jabber XCP, and JabberNow, are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Jabber, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Contacts

Jabber, Inc.
Johanna Erickson, +1-720-341-4618
johanna {at} jabber(.)com