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Business Instant Messaging Transforming the Business World
[Posted on June 16, 2008]
Rewind time by five years and ask many business owners what the top reasons leading to decreases in employee productivity are. Near the top of any list would undoubtedly lie instant messaging, a seemingly terrible plague that would drain away hours a day from employees as they would sit and chat with friends and family rather than completing work. This instant messaging was a liability for managers and business owners and quickly software was implemented to prevent the use of the technology. It is extremely surprising then that in only a few years this technology has transformed into business instant messaging, a communication tool that has revolutionized the way businesses speak within and without.
Business instant messaging, at its very concept, does seem like a perfect match for business needs, even if its early forms was more damaging than productive. Consider it and it is easy to understand since this technology has the ability to allow instant, seamless communication from any point of a business to any other point in that business or to clients. An employee has the ability to communicate with another employee, a manager, or a client at the click of a button. With the right technology, they will always know which others are currently logged on, allowing them to contact the exact source they need for their question or the ability to contact the person they need to get in touch with. No matter the need, business instant messaging allows the technology for a person to communicate instantly, saving time and improving efficiency by significant margins.
However, along with this technology come certain risks. The communication itself is risky given its ability to be hacked from the outside as well as the ability for employees to potentially be communicating and transferring information to people who shouldn’t be receiving that information. Confidential information is transferred over unsecured networks and that leaves a major potential security risk. To help combat that, there has been a need for security software designed to combat those risks. Presensoft is that security solution for your business instant messaging. Presensoft.com has the information you need on the security tools available for your business to help secure your instant messaging communication tools to help your business to take advantage of the benefits of this communication form without being subject to the risks. |
