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Instant Messaging

ALSO CALLED: IM (Instant Messaging) and Instant Messaging (Communications)
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Instant messaging, often shortened to simply "IM" or "IMing," is the exchange of text messages through a a software application in real-time. Generally included in the IM software is the ability to easily see whether a chosen friend, co-worker or "buddy" is online and connected through  … 
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Six Steps to Reduce Risk and Improve Control over Real-time Communications
sponsored by Quest Software
WHITE PAPER: This paper identifies key concerns and identifies six steps to improve control over organizational use of real-time communications.
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 | Published: 21 Nov 2008
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Secure Web Gateway Buyer's Guide: How Websense Exceeds Gartner's Recommended Buying Criteria
sponsored by Websense, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: In August 2008, Gartner published "A Buyers Guide to Secure Web Gateways", this guide lists the most advanced features buyers should consider to help them select the best solution.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Published: 19 Nov 2008
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E-Book: Improve the Efficiency of Your Call Center - Leveraging VoIP and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
sponsored by Genesys
WHITE PAPER: Read this E-Guide and explore how constructing your service organization around SIP and utilizing SIP-based contact center can make managing premium service channels more effective and interactively guide lower-value clients.
Posted: 06 Nov 2008 | Published: 06 Nov 2008
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Email Archiving: Understanding the Reasons, Risks and Rewards
sponsored by Proofpoint, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Regulatory compliance, legal discovery and storage management issues are driving more organizations to consider email archiving. Here's what you should know when making decisions about your organization's use of email archiving technology.
Posted: 30 Oct 2008 | Published: 30 Oct 2008
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Best Practices in Instant Messaging Management
sponsored by Quest Software
WHITE PAPER: Instant messaging is a powerful tool, but is your organization protected from malware/viruses, reduced productivity and accidental transfer of sensitive documents? Read this paper to learn how to mitigate these risks.
Posted: 29 Oct 2008 | Published: 29 Oct 2008
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Avoid the Top 10 Exchange Migration Headaches
sponsored by Quest Software
WHITE PAPER: Is your business planning a migration to Exchange Server 2007? It's not easy. This Quest white paper discusses how proper planning and execution help overcome migration challenges.
Posted: 29 Oct 2008 | Published: 29 Oct 2008
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eGuide: Expert Tips for Deploying Secure Messaging Technologies
sponsored by Microsoft
WHITE PAPER: This eGuide discusses the critical importance of securing these messaging systems and looks at various methods for protecting the information that is transmitted via these technologies.
Posted: 24 Oct 2008 | Published: 22 Oct 2008
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Video Telephony: Completing the Picture of Unified Communications Effectiveness
sponsored by TANDBERG
WHITE PAPER: Unified communications (UC) is a term that has been heralded in the telephony and network markets as the IT architecture that will streamline business processes and break down the distinct silos of communications within the enterprise.
Posted: 24 Oct 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008
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IT Briefing: Anti-X and the Mob: Addressing Content-Borne Threats with Unified Threat Management
sponsored by Juniper Networks, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This paper analyzes cyber crime from several perspectives and proposes ways to guard against it and discusses the nature of Crime 2.0 attacks from both the user's and the criminal's points of view.
Posted: 16 Oct 2008 | Published: 15 Oct 2008
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The Evolution of Mobile Unified Communications
sponsored by Siemens Enterprise Communications
WHITE PAPER: The integration of unified communications and advances in wireless technology have created opportunities for companies to integrate mobility into the organization.
Posted: 08 Oct 2008 | Published: 08 Oct 2008
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A Service Providers Guide to Accelerating and Monetizing Service Innovation
sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent
WHITE PAPER: A Service Delivery Environment (SDE) streamlines service creation, provisioning and management processes and enables efficient service agility, blending and personalization for a user-centric experience.
Posted: 03 Oct 2008 | Published: 02 Oct 2008
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Applications, Virtualization, and Devices: Taking Back Control
sponsored by Sophos Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This paper explains why it is important to control unauthorized applications and devices, discusses the different approaches and highlights how integrating this functionality into malware protection is the simplest and cost-effective solution.
Posted: 02 Oct 2008 | Published: 23 Sep 2008
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Woods Gain Advanced Web Filtering Technology with Bloxx
sponsored by Bloxx, Inc.
CASE STUDY: The Bloxx Web filtering appliance with Tru-View Technology combines the best of traditional methods with its patented language analysis and intelligent identification techniques, providing three levels of protection.
Posted: 30 Sep 2008 | Published: 30 Sep 2008
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Mobilizing Your Enterprise Applications
sponsored by BlackBerry
WHITE PAPER: This E-Guide explains the usefulness of mobile CRM, ERP and SAP applications in the enterprise and looks at some potential roadblocks to mobilizing enterprise applications.
Posted: 17 Sep 2008 | Published: 17 Sep 2008
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E-Discovery: What IT Managers Need to Know
sponsored by Sherpa Software
WEBCAST: In the process of electronic discovery, data of all types can serve as evidence. This webcast will help define e-discovery and identify ways to avoid making serious mistakes.
Posted: 11 Sep 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Integrating SharePoint with Lotus Notes: Strategic Coexistence
sponsored by Mainsoft Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Mainsoft's integration software and services for Microsoft SharePoint and IBM Lotus products combine the collaboration and document sharing capabilities of SharePoint with email and instant messaging.
Posted: 08 Sep 2008 | Published: 08 Sep 2008
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Taking a SIP: What Executives Should Know about IP Transformation in the Contact Center
sponsored by Genesys
WHITE PAPER: This white paper is intended for executives who are seeking to understand why SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) is a must-have technology for the contact center today, and how SIP-enabled IP solutions can help align you with your goals.
Posted: 04 Sep 2008 | Published: 04 Sep 2008
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eGuide: Building a UC Strategy
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: The main goal of any Unified Communications strategy should be to facilitate an innovative business process Read this expert E-Guide to learn more about planning and building an effective unified communications strategy for your business.
Posted: 04 Sep 2008 | Published: 04 Sep 2008
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e-Book: Chapter 6 - Ten Hidden E-Discovery Hazards
sponsored by Symantec Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper explains Ten hidden e-discovery hazards reviewing everything from databases and storage to instant messages and smartphones which can help ward off e-discovery surprises.
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 | Published: 27 Aug 2008
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Improving Productivity with Hosted Solutions for BlackBerry
sponsored by BlackBerry
PODCAST: This Podcast explains hosted applications and what are the various advantages of hosted applications to the industry.
Posted: 25 Aug 2008 | Premiered: 25 Aug 2008
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Merging Mobility with Unified Communications
sponsored by BlackBerry
WEBCAST: Unified Communications is about getting the right information, in the right context, sent to the right people with the right timing.
Posted: 25 Aug 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Blackberry Enterprise Server v4.1 Service Pack 6
sponsored by BlackBerry
WEBCAST: The BlackBerry Enterprise Solution provides push-based access to email; calendar, contacts, tasks and notes; instant messaging; web-based applications and services and enterprise applications.
Posted: 25 Aug 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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The Gilbane Group Research Report: Social Media & Collaboration Trends - 2008
sponsored by EMC Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Read this report to learn more about key industry tends for collaboration and social media, the best practices driving this emerging market segment, and how to identify the principle players in this market.
Posted: 20 Aug 2008 | Published: 15 Aug 2008
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e-Book: Chapter 5 - Understanding the Data Collection Process
sponsored by Symantec Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Improper data collection can jeopardize the admissibility or reliability of data and can result in substantial costs and potential sanctions. After reading this whitepaper you will fully understand the proper data collection process.
Posted: 06 Aug 2008 | Published: 01 Aug 2008
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How Should an Enterprise Move towards Unified Communications?
sponsored by Avaya Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Avaya moves customers toward Unified Communications to support complex and flexible work environments. The consultative process begins with a business assessment to understand the communication patterns, and to see where business processes slow down.
Posted: 01 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008
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INSTANT MESSAGING DEFINITION (continued): …  the selected service. Instant messaging differs from ordinary e-mail in the immediacy of the message exchange and also makes a continued exchange simpler than sending e-mail back and forth. Most exchanges are text-only, though popular services, such as AOL, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger and Apple's iChat now allow voice messaging, file sharing and even video chat when both users have cameras.

For IMing to work, both users must be online at the same time and the intended recipient … 
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