Jabber experiences

[klussier at comcast.net]

I have set up several Jabber servers for internal corporate use (I'll probably be setting one up for my new company, too). I have personally grown fond of EJabberd ( http://ejabberd.jabber.ru/) for the simple face that it has a really good web interface for administration. Oh, and it has good features, too :-) 

The reasons that I have used Jabber are:

1) Internal IM servers are inherently more secure then having everyone use AIM/MSN/Yahoo etc. because it is inside the company. 

2) It is far less costly then the proprietary "secure instant messaging" solutions from Zone Labs, etc. And even more so then outsourced solutions on an ASP model.

3) Managing shared rosters, etc. is very difficult when you don't control the server. 

4) There are XMPP clients for almost any platform 

Just my $0.02,
Kenny


> Has anyone here setup a Jabber server as a company's internal IM 
> solution? It seems from what I can learn to be an ideal solution, 
> particulary for businesses whose primary servers are Linux rather than 
> Windows.
> 
> Are there pros, cons, or other tidbits that people can share on the matter?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dan
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