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| About Presensoft Inc. |
Presensoft Inc. is a leading provider of IM management solutions that enable companies to safely and efficiently leverage the power of instant messaging communications while meeting the highest regulatory standards for IM security and compliance. Presensoft's mission is to enable enterprises to profit from the mega trend of `presence-based technology’, such as IM, by empowering organizations to unlock the full potential of instant messaging for all business communications, both B2B and B2C.
Presensoft’s award-winning products guarantee Return on Instant Messaging (ROIM) by giving even the most highly regulated companies the unprecedented ability to safely and securely communicate with the ever-growing community of 200 million IM users worldwide. No other solution on the market can offer the full range of IM management tools that Presensoft provides, including IM logging, encryption, and authentication, as well as turn-key application and data hosting.
Presensoft has set the new standard for IM security and policy management in the ongoing effort to promote trust in the historically un-trusted realm of instant messaging. |
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| IM Background |
Instant Messaging (IM) is a technology that allows you
to maintain a list of people you wish to interact with
on a regular basis. You can send messages to any one in
your list, often called a buddy list or contact list,
as long as that person is online. This opens up a small
window where you and your friend can type in messages
that both can see.
Email has been the most rapidly adopted form of communication.
In less then two decades, it has gone form obscurity to
mainstream dominance. Many times even the rapid response
of email is not fast enough. With email, you have way
of knowing if the person you are sending email is online
at a particular moment. When sending multiple emails back
and forth with the same person, you must click through
a few steps to read, reply and send the email. This is
why instant messaging (IM) has gained popularity and why
AOL, Yahoo!, Microsoft and IBM are right at the center
of this recent explosion.
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| Most instant messaging programs provide
a variety of features: |
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Instant Messages
- send emails back and forth with someone who is
online. |
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Chat - create your own custom
chat room with friends and co-workers. |
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Web Links - share links to your
favorite websites. |
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Images - look at an image stored
on a friend or coworkers' computer. |
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Sounds - Play sounds for friends
or coworkers. |
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Files - share files by sending
them directly to friends or co-workers. |
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Talk - use the internet instead
of a phone to talk with friends or co-workers. |
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Streaming content - real-time
or near real-time stock quotes and news. |
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IM has proven it’s usefulness by offering a fast,
personal way for individuals and groups to connect with
one another. In fact, connecting to another IM user takes
about the same effort as making a telephone call. However,
IM offers a level of service a telephone cannot, "presence
awareness". Users can see whether a person is available
before attempting to send a message. In addition, it is
possible for one user to have multiple, separate conversations
at one time with various other users, something that is
not possible over the phone.
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| IM Risk |
The risks associated with unmonitored IM communications
are endless. Numerous studies have proved that both children
and adults are willing, and likely to say and do things
over the internet that they would rarely consider doing
in person. For children specifically, this willingness
to take chances, coupled with a lack of understanding
of the risks associated with chat rooms and online predators,
creates problems that may change their lives forever.
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| Here are a few facts to consider
regarding instant messaging: |
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15 million children
are currently using IM |
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20% of all children using chat
rooms have been approached by pedophiles |
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90% of sexual solicitations happen
over IM chat rooms |
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Without Presensoft IM Protector
or a product like it, you will never know if your
child is a victim |
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To learn more about instant messaging risk, see our industry
news section and click
here. |
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