‘Instant messaging has entered the enterprise with a vengeance, a fact that has many collaboration-focused I.T. executives applauding. More than three-quarters (76 percent) of companies are using IM today, and another 7 percent plan to do so soon, according to our survey of 42 I.T. executives late last year. But with the promise of improved productivity Latest News about productivity also comes additional risk.

IM-related malware is growing in prevalence and sophistication almost daily, and I.T. managers don’t want IM to become the next e-mail — a valuable communications tool that is falling prey to spammers, hackers and other online criminals. Some worry that the only way to protect IM will be to keep it on closed networks, while others hope that antivirus, antispim (spam over IM) and other security Latest News about Security tools will keep pace with the “bad guys” and keep IM open.’

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