<A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Cisco-Buys-Jabber-to-Boost-Enterprise-Instant-Messaging/?kc=EWKNLNAV09222008STR5">Cisco agrees to buy Jabber</A> for its enterprise instant messaging technology, which is based on the open-source XMPP standard. Jabber will help bolster Cisco's unified communications and collaboration software strategy versus Microsoft, IBM, Google and others.