IM Management

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Five Steps to Protecting Your Instant Messaging Data

Offering both convenience and an easy, informal way to exchange ideas and information, instant messaging (IM) is growing exponentially as a corporate communication tool. A 2010 report by a leading research firm indicates that IM accounts are expected to exceed 3.4 billion by 2014, with business users making up a growing percentage of these accounts as organizations recognize that IM allows workers to collaborate in real-time and increase productivity.

Back in February, Barracuda Networks Inc., Cenzic Inc. and the Ponemon Institute released the“State of Application Security Survey,” which found that 73 percent of organizations had been hacked at...
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