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Instant Messaging - Better Safe Than Sorry
News Are the people in your company using AIM, MSN Messenger, or other instant messaging programs to help get their work done? But instant messaging on its own isn't all that causes security risk. Related services, such as voice messaging and file...
[October 4, 2001, 10:57]
Instant Messaging Boosts Business
News Instant messaging is seen as a valuable business tool rather than a distraction for chatting with friends, according a survey just published. While 96 percent of people who use instant messaging use it from home, 20 percent of them use it at work...
[August 8, 2001, 14:43]
Instant-messaging Virus Costs A Man His Job
News Virus attacks are not yet frequent on instant-messaging applications, but the latest threat is likely to send a shiver down the spine of all IM users. He advised that companies implement content checking with instant messaging to prevent employees...
[June 30, 2004, 9:05]
Instant Messaging Alliance May Be Close
News Microsoft and Yahoo are close to a pact that would allow users of their respective instant messaging (IM) services to exchange messages with one another, a source told CNET News.com on Tuesday. For some months now, workers at businesses running...
[October 12, 2005, 9:50]
Instant Messaging Cements Popularity
News The use of instant messaging in the workplace and from mobile devices continues to grow, according to an America Online survey released on Tuesday. Nearly 27 percent of all IM users surveyed said they use instant messaging at work.
[August 25, 2004, 8:25]
Instant Messaging: Not Just For Kids Anymore
White Papers It is Instant Messaging, of course, which in the past few years has become interesting to more than just the late-night gossipers. Many industry observers believe that Instant Messaging will be the dominant communications platform for both home and...
[May 11, 2004, 0:00]
Instant Messaging Pact Sparks Worm Fears
News On Wednesday, Microsoft and Yahoo announced that they would make their instant-messaging services interoperable. But the partnership has a flipside, an instant-messaging security expert said. Instant-messaging service users are being hit with more...
[October 13, 2005, 10:45]
Instant Messaging: Internal Servers Or Public Services?
News If you consider the implications that instant messaging (IM) has for your business, you'll find that it offers great potential for improving communication between employees and customers alike. Both Microsoft and AOL have thrown their support...
[December 15, 2002, 18:47]
ConNexus: Instant Messaging For The Workplace
White Papers ConNexus is a research prototype of an Instant Messaging (IM) system that is designed for use in the workplace. The ConNexus interface reflects how the needs of workplace users differ from what current commercial IM systems offer.
[December 28, 2003, 23:00]
News Burst: Instant Messaging Gets A Voice
News Instant messaging got a significant boost Thursday as Microsoft added voice to its MSN Messenger service V3.0. over the instant messaging system, has incorporated technology from Net2Phone which lets PC users chat using voice.
[July 20, 2000, 10:25]
Instant Messaging In The Enterprise
White Papers Microsoft provides an end-to-end enterprise Instant Messaging solution set that consists of the Microsoft Office Systems Live Communications Server 2003 (LCS) and the MSN Messenger Connect for Enterprises (MSN Connect) service.
[July 23, 2007, 0:00]
Messaging's Not-so-instant Revolution, Part II
News Retailers also see the appeal of instant messaging. Interoperability in instant messaging is "inevitable," Miller said. Instant messaging as a business application can help resolve deadline-oriented problems, reduce phone tag, increase multitasking...
[May 19, 2000, 8:57]
Instant Messaging Attacks Rise In 2005
News Security attacks over instant-messaging (IM) networks became more prevalent in 2005, according to a study published on Monday. The MSN network experienced the largest number of IM security incidents in both 2004 and 2005, while year-on-year...
[January 10, 2006, 15:50]
Instant Messaging And P2P Attacks Skyrocket
News Security firm Symantec, which published its bi-annual Internet Threat Report on Wednesday, has found that the number of attacks over instant messaging and P2P systems quadrupled between January and June 2003.
[October 1, 2003, 17:49]
Instant Messaging Initiative Takes Shape Without AOL
News A coalition took shape Tuesday to establish a unified Instant Messaging standard which would allow users of various IM solutions to chat together seamlessly. AOL, whose messaging network is larger than the combined total of all members of IMUnified...
[July 25, 2000, 13:52]
Instant Messaging More Popular At Work
News The number of enterprise instant-messaging users will almost double in 2008 from the estimated 364 million current users, a study from Radacati Group predicts. Since IM exploded in the consumer market, several companies have been trying to tap into...
[June 11, 2004, 9:15]
Instant Messaging: Does It Have A Place In Business Networks?
White Papers Instant Messaging (IM) is wildly popular with home users, but in a business environment the ability to communicate with colleagues in real time can be either a benefit or a phenomenal time waster. This paper looks at the pros and cons of allowing...
[February 4, 2005, 23:00]
Instant Messaging Goes 3D
News Hoping to capitalise on the rising popularity of online virtual worlds such as EverQuest and Sims Online, a California start-up has created 3D instant messaging software complete with playful dogs, drivable cars and personalised avatars that show...
[January 8, 2003, 9:59]
Freeserve Signs Tribal Voice For Instant Messaging
News Freeserve said Tuesday it would work with Tribal Voice to offer its own branded instant messaging application to its 1.32 million users. Freeserve said the new service, which will launch by the end of the year, would be interoperable with Microsoft...
[September 7, 1999, 13:20]
3 To Push VoIP And Instant Messaging
News The smallest mobile-phone operator in the UK, 3, is to heavily promote IP telephony and instant messaging on its network, its chief executive has said. Email, VoIP, instant messaging — these are areas we will push hard," said Russell.
[April 8, 2008, 16:12]
