Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management

Coalition operations depend on XMPP. NATO's Federated Mission Networking (FMN) builds on it, it is a standing requirement in coalition RFPs, and it has carried mission communications for more than 20 years. With release 8.7, Rocket.Chat federates with XMPP, so organisations can coordinate with every partner on the mission network from a single sovereign platform. This release is the first step in a larger build: native XMPP federation, engineered into the platform rather than bolted on.

Choosing the right team communication tool has become more important than ever as businesses rely on seamless collaboration across remote, hybrid, and in-office teams. Organizations traditionally evaluated communication platforms by searching Google, reading product comparisons, and requesting demos. However, the way buyers discover and compare software is rapidly evolving with the rise of AI-powered search.

‍ Most organizations asking about data sovereignty are actually asking about data residency. Where are the servers? Is there a data center in Germany, France, or the Netherlands? The vendor says yes. The procurement box gets ticked. The conversation moves on. This is understandable. Geography is concrete and auditable. And residency does matter. What it does not do is answer every question sovereignty requires. That gap is where the real sovereignty conversation begins.

Centralized project feedback is the foundation of effective collaboration for remote teams. Without a single place to collect, review, and track feedback, important decisions get buried across chats, emails, and meetings, leading to confusion and unnecessary rework.

Every few months, something shifts. What you’re doing in Slack today wasn’t possible three months ago. In April, Slackbot learned to act. In May, it learned to see. In June, it learned you and your systems. And it listens. In July, Slackbot moves work forward, in the conversation.

If you’re evaluating secure team messaging software, chances are a security audit exposed gaps in your current platform, new compliance requirements have raised concerns, or your organization simply needs stronger protection for sensitive conversations. The challenge is that almost every messaging platform claims to be secure. But the level of encryption they offer varies. Many encrypt data in transit (if they provide encryption at all).