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OpenFire

 

 

 

OpenFire (previously called Wildfire) has been a leader in the Jabber/XMPP server landscape for many years and boasts an impressive feature set along with ease of installation, maintenance and usability.

 

OpenFire is ideal for single domain environments where ease of deployment and low costs are paramount, typically small to medium business (SMB) or department level use.

Business-class chat software and server platform

  • Public IM Gateways - Allows users to maintain contact with usrs of public IM networks like MSN, AIM, GTalk, ICQ etc
  • Presence - OpenFire supports XMPP presence by resource name allowing users to be logged in from many locations or devices
  • Security - Application security such as SSL and privacy functionality is built in
  • Scalability - OpenFire can run in clustered mode and with front end connection managers support 1000's of users
  • Standards based (XMPP) - Built on industry standards to RFC's 3920 and 3921 ensures compatibility with other XMPP/Jabber clients, servers and services like GTalk.
  • File Transfers - Reduce email traffic and storage by streaming files directly from user to user
  • Group Chat - Run multi-user chat sessions on your own private OpenFire server
  • Web Administration - Easy to use web based administration with user, traffic, security and plugin configuration
  • Client Options (Java, Flash, Web) - Use a platform independent (Spark) or web based chat client or choose one of many thirdt party Jabber clients.

Architecture

Open
  • Standards - Openfire and Spark use the open XMPP protocol ("Jabber"), the only broadly-adopted instant messaging protocol and an approved standard by the IETF.
  • Community - Supported by a vibrant online community at http://www.igniterealtime.org/

Pluggable

  • Plugin system - allows you to install plugins to add functionality that you need.
  • Plugin Library - A library of plugins is available can be installed with the click of a button.
  • Customisation - Create your own plugins for Openfire to customize the server to your needs.

OpenFire Architecture

Cross Platform

  • Java - Openfire and Spark use an industry-standard Java architecture supported by millions of developers
  • OS Independent - Openfire works on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Free BSD, Solaris, and other Unix variants.
  • Jave Client - Spark is supported on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.

Database Agnostic

  • Open Schema - Openfire stores all data using an open database schema.
  • Works with your chosen database - Use the embedded database for quick setup or connect Openfire to MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, Postgres, DB2, or Sybase.

Integrated

  • Directory - Connect Openfire to your LDAP or Active Directory server or use native Windows or Unix PAM authentication.
  • Authentication - Pluggable authentication, user, and group systems make it easy to pull data from wherever it lives.
  • Integration - Plug Openfire into your own custom authentication, user, and group systems by implementing simple Java interfaces

Contact us if you'd like to discuss the benefits of enterprise IM for your business and how Cleartext can provide support for this platform.