company instant messenger

[thompom]

hi,

apologies if this is the wrong forum for this,
can anyone recommend an instant messenger for use within a company network?

is it a good idea to have it server based?

so far i have found

Softros LAN Messenger
Ice Inside LAN Office Messenger

are these any good?

thanks in advance

 

[HalComps]

http://www.messagepal.com/?s=G&k=AD&gclid=CNfc_uH-ro0CFQUQFQod-GXn1A

http://www.lanmessenger.com/

http://www.outlookmessenger.com/OM/index.asp

just a few i found, think first 1 is payable last link looks good tho

 

[ArizonaGeek]

We use POD by MessageLabs. No complaints, easy to set up, easy to control. You can allow (or not allow) AIM, Yahoo and MSN messenger as well as an internal messenger system. We've been using it about 6 or 8 months now and have no complaints at all about it. Since I work for a financial company we are required to log every IM so this does it local to the PC as well as to a server. You can block all IM clients at your firewall and use only POD, which is nice since you can control it. Dont want anyone using MSN just put a check mark in the web interface and it blocks it.

http://www.messagelabs.com/products/instant-messaging

Cheers
Rob

The answer is always "PEBKAC!

 

[cpjust]

I used IRC on a local server at my last company.

 

[thompom]

thanks for your replies - wish i could afford the message
pal!

 

[linney]

Is there a good alternative to NET SEND for Intranet messaging
thread779-1075637

 

[sully35]

I have installed the Openfire chat server on our internal network. Each client installs the Spark client for communication. It's all free, Windows based and utilizes the jabber protocol. I highly recommend it.

 

[sully35]

I forgot to include the link to Openfire.

http://www.igniterealtime.org/index.jsp