News (118)

  • Yahoo targets business chat

    Yahoo sets its IM sights on corporates.

  • Have you been hijacked on the chat highway?

    Flaws in the server used to sign up for AOL's Instant Messenger give hackers a way to steal other users' names. But you can protect yourself.

  • Trojan horse targets Skype users

    Miscreants have again adapted the Warezov Trojan horse to target Skype users, Websense Security Labs warned last week.

  • IM worm installs 'safe' Web browser

    A new instant messaging worm installs a rogue Web browser called "Safety Browser" and hijacks the user's Internet Explorer home page, experts have warned.

  • Instant messaging equals instant trouble

    The enterprise is no place for IM. E-mail puts your business at risk, but nothing like a flurry of instant messages can. And that's not a risk any company can afford to take in this litigious age--at least not for the convenience of saving a couple of seconds now and then.

Blogs (1)

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Wanna save storage? Try social networking

    There are plenty of popular strategies for reducing enterprise storage usage, but up until now I've never heard the usage of Facebook or instant messaging listed amongst them -- but there's a first time for everything.

Features and Case Studies (35)

  • Study tattles on workplace IM

    Instant messaging is still used mostly for personal chitchat in offices, according to a new survey.

  • How to stop SPIM abuse

    Abuse of IM can cripple workforce productivity, and even more serious is SPIM -- spam sent through instant messaging -- which is growing like a virus.

  • Why pay for corporate IM?

    Instant messaging was brought into the corporate mainstream from the bottom of the ladder up, so are companies making a mistake if they send their own messages down the ladder?

  • IM: Do IT departments care?

    IT departments are well aware of user's love of instant messenging. But, benefits aside, are you concerned about the security and confidentiality issues in your organisation?

  • Banning IM at work

    Instant messaging has been touted as offering a range of business benefits. But there are also security and HR issues that Australian CIOs and IT managers should carefully consider.

Reviews (38)

  • Instant messaging--better safe than sorry

    If your employees are using public instant messaging programs, Steven Vaughan-Nichols says to stop them right now. Your network's wide open to security breaches.

  • Work together, IM giants told

    Instant messaging use is growing in offices and homes around the world, and the big players are being told by a standards board to work together.

  • First Take: Google Talk

    With an interface that lacks ads but is also short on features, this early Google Talk beta serves Gmail users who want to chat via text or voice.

  • IM invasion: 4 chat apps compared

    We take a look at four top chat apps, all of them free, and weigh the relative merits of each.

  • MSN Messenger 6.2

    Intrusive registration process and fee-based add-ons keep us from warming up to this instant messenger.

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