Brosix Wins in Best IM Contest

About.com recently announced the results of their 2009 Best IM Client Competition which generated thousands of nominations and votes. Brosix Enterprise Messaging was a surprise victor in two categories and placed in the top three in three other categories. Brosix was going up against companies such as Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo. 

Brosix won “Best Instant Messaging Feature” for their Whiteboard feature. About.com’s Instant Messaging Editor Brandon De Hoyos had this to say in the results page, “This exciting feature allows Brosix users to draw diagrams, images and other visuals to help Brosix’s largely business-based user illustrate their points. Paired with other low-cost conferencing tools, Whiteboard can help make business communications easier and more affordable over similar web-conferencing tools available on the Internet.” 

Brosix also emerged victorious in the “Developers of the Year” contest which lead to Brandon writing, “Founded in 2006, Brosix’s developers at software creator D-Bross, of Bulgaria, worked to build one of the most versatile, efficient and cost-effective IM clients for business. Today, their client is becoming more and more popular in businesses across North America and around the globe. 

Offering businesses and organizations the opportunity to operate their own, private, secure IM network while also saving them time and money with their easy-to-use client, Brosix has built a niche for itself where fewer clients are able to tread.” 

Brosix also placed in the top three for the “2009 Best IM Client” and “Best Independent IM Client”. The other result for Brosix was 2nd in “Most Improved Instant Messaging Clients”. 

“These results are a credit to the entire Brosix team. We’ve been working extremely hard to build the best enterprise messaging client that we can. We are proud of what we have accomplished thus far and look forward to continuing to work on Brosix for years to come as we build the best enterprise messaging client for businesses the world over,” remarked Stefan Chekanov, one of the founders of Brosix. 

Founded in 2006, Brosix offers both a secure enterprise messaging client and a free instant messaging version for Windows-based computers, with a Mac version on the way. For more information visit http://www.brosix.com. 

For further details on the contest go to: http://im.about.com/od/imreviews/ss/bestimclients09.htm

JBuddy Messenger

JBuddy Messenger is a multi-protocol, cross-platform instant messaging desktop client. JBuddy Messenger supports popular public instant messaging protocols as well as enterprise instant messaging servers and runs on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris and other Java-enabled desktop environments.

System Requirements:

JBuddy Messenger requires a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) which means it’s suited to run on most modern operating systems.

Download & Deployment:

JBuddy Messenger v3.0 supports three download formats; one for each popular operating system.

• JBuddyMessenger.zip – for Windows XP and Vista; extracts to a simple exe launcher
• JBuddyMessenger.dmg – for Mac OS X; extracts to a simple JBuddy Messenger.app
• JBuddyMessenger.tgz – for Linux, Solaris and other Unix platforms; extracts with a simple shell launch script

Free Public Instant Messaging Support:

• AIM
• ICQ
• Windows Live Messenger (MSN)
• Yahoo! Messenger

Paid License – Enterprise Instant Messaging Support:

•  Google Talk
• XMPP / Jabber / iChat Server
• IBM Lotus Sametime
• Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS 2007)
• Microsoft Live Communications Server (LCS 2005)
• JBuddy Message Server (Zion’s own enterprise IM server)

Paid License – Business Features:

• Chat Log Browser
• Chat Log Search Engine
• English Spell Checker

Skins

JBuddy Messenger support several Java Look and Feel skins, which means how it looks can be customized depending on the environment and user preferences.

Buddy List Management

One of the challenges of using a multi-protocol instant messaging client is buddy list management. Often a savvy instant messaging user will have multiple screen names for many of their contacts; perhaps a work screen name and a home screen name. JBuddy Messenger v3.0 introduces Meta-Buddies (Trillian calls them Meta Contacts). A meta-buddy is an aggregation of the presence of multiple screen names under one buddy. Also, buddies groups of the same name across multiple accounts can be visually merged to simplify large buddy lists.

Useful Links:

• Download JBuddy Messenger – Zion Software
• JBuddy Messenger Product Page

Brosix Instant Messenger

Brosix is an instant messaging client that is available in both an enterprise form and a free client in the similar vein as AIM and other services. The enterprise client is the core of their business and it offers a high level of security which is often needed for business conversations. The enterprise version can be found at http://www.brosix.com. The company charges for the client based off of the size of the network each business needs, a network that the company hosts for the businesses. You can also download the free version which is available at http://www.brosix.org.

Features

Brosix offers the typical person to person text chat but they also throw in such features as voice chat, video chat, co-browsing, whiteboard, text/voice/video conferencing, the ability to leave voicemails, and the ability to leave an offline message.

Security, Security, Security

Security is one of the major selling points of the Brosix software. You do not have to configure your own network, they do it for you. You can control every network members’ contact list, block/enable users depending on the need, and confirm every member. In other words they offer total security and control over networks built in the enterprise version.

Other Bonuses

The basic Brosix messenger is not only free but it also carries no advertising. If you decide to purchase the enterprise version it offers user authentication which allows you to build your own totally secure network, as well as other features not included in the free version.

Links

• Brosix Enterprise
• Brosix Public