For a few this might seem like Jyve returns. When the Jyve community launched last year they were first to match Skype presence with online profiles. It garnered lots of interest amongst Skype affilitates and even at Skype themselves. They also introduced Jyve - cards further demonstrated value creation opportunities for sharing real-time presence. The problem was the original solution didn't scale. It was based on using a Skype client as the server. Just as it was beginning it was swamped by a community who wanted to Skype and share.

Since then Jyve has worked to create a scalable solution. I've had many conversations with Charles Carleton the founder of Jyve who locked himself away to build from scratch a scalable Skype Personal Presence Server. He's now done it and the beta release will get you up and running. While I'm already looking forward to version 2.0 Charles and co will create a customised server solution for your business.

Some things to know about the Jyve presence server. The Jyve - Skype plug-in collects your presence information and pings changes in your online status to the Jyve database. The program also enables you some control over how your online presence is displayed. Thus your status on webpages and directories may be different to what you share on your buddylist. Similarly you don't need to broadcast to the whole world that you are "in a call".

Example Jyve Card: