The free product replaces products that cost anywhere from $5,000 to $25,000 to install and use.
You can easily find out if your employees are using instant messaging. All you have to do is get a free detection tools from IMLogic or another vendor that lets you check in on IM activity at no cost.
IMLogic today takes things a step further by today announcing that IM Detector Pro, which detects and can block IM usage is now available for free IM blocking. The free product replaces products that cost anywhere from $5,000 to $25,000 to install and use.
The Waltham, Mass.-based company says they're doing this now because blocking is just an interim step on the way to getting IM usage under control. IMLogic vice president of marketing Dave Fowler said, "Because we sell products that set up policy, we wanted to give them a sense of how big the problem was, and give them a chance to reduce it."
Enterprise administrators freely admit that IM is a productivity tool, but they are quick to point out the potential for security breeches and compliance violations that IM offers. "There are lots of organizations that use IM or other P2P technologies productively for their business," said Fowler, "but they are also being used in ways that are inappropriate and companies don't have a good sense of how much and why this technology is being used."
The company's strategy is of course backed by IMLogic's range of more sophisticated IM management products. IM Manager is sold to enterprise customers as both a client and a server product that can manage enterprise or public instant messaging domains.
Traffic can be forced to comply with policies, laws, and regulations, on an individual or group basis, and fine-tuned for each service, including file sharing services which may be in use illegally by employees. The product is even available for individuals, enabling parents to control IM usage by children.
"Any technology," concludes Fowler, "can be used for bad things. This helps people get rid of that." For further information, go to www.imlogic.com.
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Thursday, September 02, 2004
Fifty-three (53) million American adults are Instant Message users
A new survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that fifty-three (53) million American adults are Instant Message users. Some 42% of online Americans use instant messaging, and 24% of instant messengers say they use IM more frequently than email.
Source Pew Internet
A new survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that fifty-three (53) million American adults are Instant Message users. Some 42% of online Americans use instant messaging, and 24% of instant messengers say they use IM more frequently than email.
Tracking figures by tracking firm comScore Media Metrix show that:
AOL Instant Message (the proprietary service to AOL subscribers) was used by 37% of those who traded IMs during the month. On a typical day during the month more than 5.7 million IM-ers were using this application.
Yahoo! Messenger was used by 33% of those who traded IMs during the month. This was the single most popular service used at work and the average user of the application spent 423 minutes using the application during the month – the highest total among the applications.
AIM was used by 31% of those who traded IMs during the month. This application had the greatest reach among college students and on any given day there were nearly 6 million people using the application, making it the most popular application on a typical day.
MSN Messenger Applications were used by 25% of those who traded IMs during the month.
America Online's offerings -- both to subscribers and those who use its free service -- accounted for 68 percent of all users. Yahoo! Messenger was used by 33 percent of IMers, and MSN'S Messenger saw action from 25 percent of the study.
Other Sources
Source Pew Internet
A new survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that fifty-three (53) million American adults are Instant Message users. Some 42% of online Americans use instant messaging, and 24% of instant messengers say they use IM more frequently than email.
Tracking figures by tracking firm comScore Media Metrix show that:
AOL Instant Message (the proprietary service to AOL subscribers) was used by 37% of those who traded IMs during the month. On a typical day during the month more than 5.7 million IM-ers were using this application.
Yahoo! Messenger was used by 33% of those who traded IMs during the month. This was the single most popular service used at work and the average user of the application spent 423 minutes using the application during the month – the highest total among the applications.
AIM was used by 31% of those who traded IMs during the month. This application had the greatest reach among college students and on any given day there were nearly 6 million people using the application, making it the most popular application on a typical day.
MSN Messenger Applications were used by 25% of those who traded IMs during the month.
America Online's offerings -- both to subscribers and those who use its free service -- accounted for 68 percent of all users. Yahoo! Messenger was used by 33 percent of IMers, and MSN'S Messenger saw action from 25 percent of the study.
Other Sources
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