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Enables Firms to Gain the Full Benefits of Hub IM; Create and Join Gated Business Communities White Plains, NY - December 13, 2002 - Communicator Inc, a leading provider of secure electronic communications services to Fortune 1000 companies, today announced that its Communicator Hub IM service supports the Jabber Open Source platform. Through this support, Communicator Inc enables firms to maximize existing IM deployments and extend their current infrastructure outside the enterprise, while meeting requirements for security, audit and regulatory compliance. "Communicator Hub IM is designed to enhance and secure inter- and cross-enterprise communications and a key goal is to make that as easy as possible to implement," said Gary Reifman, product manager of messaging services for Communicator Inc. "By providing Jabber support, firms with existing solutions can now quickly and easily gain the benefits of Hub IM." The advantages of Hub IM include secure messaging with guaranteed delivery, persistent collaborative forums, federated identity management, integrated and permissioned content and the ability to comply with audit and regulatory requirements--all within gated business communities. "Interoperability and standards are essential for the broad adoption of enterprise instant messaging," said James Kobielus, senior analyst for Burton Group. "When implemented widely, IM standards will enable federated, multi-domain, multi-vendor interoperability of different IM products and services. Communicator Inc's implementation of the Jabber Open Source platform shows that it is committed to interfacing to IM standards as they emerge from open-source initiatives and industry standards groups." Communicator Hub IM features a multi-enterprise directory of more than 50,000 professionals among seven of the world's largest financial institutions and more than 2,000 institutional money management firms. Credit Suisse First Boston, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and Salomon Smith Barney are among the enterprises using Communicator Hub IM to instantly, securely and cost effectively communicate within and across their organizations as well as with their customers, partners and suppliers. About Communicator Inc
Communicator Inc connects people within and across organizations with its Communicator Hub suite of secure electronic communications services. The Communicator Hub identity management, content aggregation and messaging services help build strong relationships between companies and their core customers by improving efficiency, reducing costs and protecting client relationships, content and brands. Communicator Inc is a privately held company headquartered in White Plains, New York. For more information about Communicator Inc visit www.communicatorinc.com. # # #
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