Jabber for efficient communication
December 06, 2017

Jabber for efficient communication

Rachel O. Smith | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Jabber

Jabber is used by most of our company. It's great for a variety of reasons. Our offices are located all over the country, so if you have a quick question and don't want it to get buried under emails, you can just jabber someone in New York or Michigan and they'll reply quickly. It's also helpful if you have to communicate rapidly; like if you're on a call with your team and you need to jabber someone a piece of information. Overall, it makes office communication a thousand times easier and more efficient.
  • Instant communication anywhere within your company.
  • The ability to send documents, pictures, and files quickly to others.
  • The ability to add a status if, for example, you're working off-site and want people to know where you are.
  • Jabber has no search function, which can be frustrating.
  • Jabber deletes conversations after a few weeks.
  • The call system has some bugs, and hangs up randomly sometimes.
  • As a communication outlet, it does not really have a direct ROI. It indirectly helps by communicating with team members quickly.
Slack is better for project management and file sharing, but Jabber is better for person-to-person communication. However, I do not believe Jabber has mobile access, which Slack does.
It is well suited if you need quick information. It is not well suited if you need to keep records of what you are talking about, and have them at your disposal. You will not be able to file anything from Jabber into a server, unless you directly copy and paste the conversations.

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