Webb Interactive Services

About Webb Interactive Services

Webb Interactive Services, Inc., based in Denver, Colorado, functioned primarily as an investor and marketer in the real-time communications software sector. The company's main strategic involvement was with Jabber, Inc., a developer of an open platform for extensible Instant Messaging (IM) and presence management applications. Webb Interactive Services founded and provided the initial financing for Jabber, Inc.

The company's business model centered on its investment in Jabber, Inc. As of 2003, following a significant financing transaction involving Intel Capital and France Telecom Technology Investissements, Webb's ownership in Jabber was adjusted to a 43% minority stake. Consequently, Webb reported its investment in Jabber using the equity method of accounting rather than consolidating Jabber's financial results. The company's operations focused on the development and marketing of real-time communications and IM solutions through its subsidiary, Jabber.

Jabber, Inc. developed the Jabber XCP, a commercial software platform based on the XMPP protocol, designed for creating enterprise and carrier-grade presence-enabled services and instant messaging systems. This platform was utilized by hundreds of organizations globally, with over four million licensed users. The underlying XMPP protocol facilitates the exchange of streaming XML data between people, devices, and applications, based on dynamic presence and availability information. At its peak, the Jabber Software Foundation estimated a global user base of ten million for XMPP, operating on over 260,000 servers.