Cisco buys instant message company Jabber, to make money from IM
Network giant Cisco has bought instant message technology company Jabber for an undisclosed amount. Sure, Cisco has also been buying up consumer-facing web companies in a move to become directly relevant to consumers. But that’s not what this purchase is about. Jabber, instead, is a back door for Cisco to reach both consumers and its traditional enterprise clients.
Jabber offers software and services based on the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP), a protocol used by… Continue Reading