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RE: How important is IM? was RE: How important is the PSTN
From: "Rishi Singh" <RSingh () Tradescape com>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 16:03:40 -0400
Our NOC uses IM all the time to stay in touch with us regarding emergencies. Our field engineers use IM to stay in touch with us for scheduling and jobs. Engineers working from home use IM to stay in touch with us. A few of our engineers carry cell phones that are IM capable. Trader support techs at different branch offices use IM to convey outage information to us. Pretty important for us. As for people slacking off on IM, we are a project based team with strict deadlines. If you wanna stay on AIM and chat all day, and you miss the deadline, we'll soon find out why. So personal responsibility goes a long way. I'll tell you one thing, it sure helped a lot during Sept 11th. I'd never remove it, just for that reason here. Eventually it might go away due to increased security policies, and then we'll just find something a lot more secure. But it is very handy. I do agree, though, that it isn't the most secure chat product out there. Just so many people use it because of the large installed base. I've even seen AIM IDs on some business cards now. They seem to be more permanent than a cell phone number :-). > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher J. Wolff [mailto:chris () bblabs com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 3:17 PM > To: nanog () merit edu > Subject: How important is IM? was RE: How important is the PSTN > > > > Jane, > > This brings up a good point about IM. IMHO, IM is a > security risk and I am establishing a company standard > where users behind the firewall are prohibited from using > IM, IRC, and peer-to-peer file sharing programs. My > opinion is that these types of programs contribute more > to lack of productivity than to real problem solving. > > So my question for the group is, do chat programs (IM, > IRC, yahoo) serve a substantial network support purpose > or are they more of a distraction, allowing staff to > communicate with friends, relatives, drifters, > interlopers on company time? > > Regards, > Christopher J. Wolff, VP CIO > Broadband Laboratories > http://www.bblabs.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-nanog () merit edu > [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu]On Behalf Of > Pawlukiewicz > Jane > Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 12:06 PM > To: nanog () merit edu > Subject: How important is the PSTN > > > Hi all, > > Thanks so much for all the great answers. (Could everyone > please stop telling me that im = instant messaging). I > knew I should've never gotten out of bed this morning. > > Anyway, 75% of the respondents said the phone is > critical. 25% said some form of IM is critical. > > Just in case anyone was curious. > > Is it me or is it very quiet in here today? > > Jane > > >
Current thread:
- RE: How important is IM? was RE: How important is the PSTN Rishi Singh (Jun 26)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: How important is IM? was RE: How important is the PSTN James Smith (Jun 26)
- Re: How important is IM? was RE: How important is the PSTN Rizzo Frank (Jun 26)
- Re: How important is IM? was RE: How important is the PSTN Scott Weeks (Jun 26)
- Re: How important is IM? was RE: How important is the PSTN Stephen Sprunk (Jun 26)
- Re: How important is IM? was RE: How important is the PSTN Scott Weeks (Jun 26)
- Re: How important is IM? was RE: How important is the PSTN Scott Weeks (Jun 26)
- Re: How important is IM? was RE: How important is the PSTN Roger Marquis (Jun 27)
- Re: How important is IM? was RE: How important is the PSTN Sean Donelan (Jun 29)
- Re: How important is IM? was RE: How important is the PSTN Charles Sprickman (Jun 29)
- Re: How important is IM? was RE: How important is the PSTN Mike Lewinski (Jun 29)
- Re: How important is IM? was RE: How important is the PSTN Sean Donelan (Jun 29)