Microsoft ups ante in IM race
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Microsoft on Wednesday launched a trial version of its instant messaging software for corporations, upping the ante in the race for supremacy over one of the world's fastest-growing communications technologies. Dubbed Greenwich, Microsoft's new server software allows businesses to support secure instant messaging on a network. In addition, it offers a bridge to Microsoft's popular consumer MSN Messenger IM network, giving it a potential jump on rivals who are lining up to court business customers with instant messaging products and services.
"IM is a very hot subject right now among corporate users trying to tame this technology that has found its way into IT environments without, necessarily, IT approval," said Michael Gartenberg, an analyst at Jupiter Research.