Using Jabber to send network messages

Question

(Also asked over on ServerFault, where I was advised to post it here too)

We have a requirement to send desktop alerts to various users (compliance, production)

Answer 1

Openfire is a java based Jabber server that seems to be targeted to a corporate/business environment and provides the "toast" message feature with their Spark client. They also offer several other useful business-focused features.