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  • Instant Messaging attacks increase 723 percent in Q1

    Gartner predicts that all enterprises will be using Instant Messenger (IM) by 2010, which should send alarm bells ringing as IM attacks have increased by more than 700 percent in the past year.

  • AIM worm plays nasty new trick

    A worm found spreading via America Online's Instant Messenger is carrying a nastier punch than usual, a security company has warned.

  • Study: Instant-messaging attacks rose in 2005

    Security attacks over instant-messaging networks became more prevalent in 2005, according to a new study.

  • Experts downplay 'spim' threat

    Spam that targets instant-messaging users is on the rise, but analysts say the problem won't be as disruptive as unsolicited e-mail.

  • Yahoo scraps enterprise IM

    Yahoo confirmed on Thursday that it is no longer selling a version of its popular instant-messaging service for corporations, ending the Web portal's attempt to sell IM as a software package.

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  • 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?

  • Next wave of IM use is coming

    Instant messaging is a popular consumer tool that hasn't taken deep root in the enterprise. But some of the biggest technology players are working to change the landscape by pushing IM in the workplace.

  • Instant messaging for business

    The ease and convenience of instant messaging has made it popular with users. But is instant messaging a curse or a boon for the office environment?

  • IM: From fad to big business and beyond

    Instant Messaging is a phenomenon which evolved from kids chatting to corporate execs dealing with members of the board. But where to now?

  • Secure instant messaging with IM Guardian proxy

    Instant messaging is a security risk but admins can take control of IM--and P2P--by setting up IM Guardian as an automatic proxy that detects these applications.

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Reviews (5)

  • Instant messaging for business: 3 packages tested

    The ease and convenience of instant messaging has made it popular with users. But is instant messaging a curse or a boon for the office environment?

  • Yahoo heralds corporate messaging

    Yahoo has unveiled a version of its Messenger service designed to work with corporate portals and business applications.

  • 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.

  • Microsoft to launch corporate IM

    Microsoft is expected to unveil a new instant messaging service aimed at corporate customers, jump-starting belated efforts by the software giant to tap a fast-growing, new market for the hugely popular technology.

  • IM still not secure

    The safest way to exchange instant messages (IMs) is to stay within the enterprise, but in most cases the IM cat is already out of the bag, and security staff are playing catch up.

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