We all know that millions if not billions of dollars are lost because of the amount of hours that employees throw away from sitting online on AIM or other IM clients, checking personal emails, and check those websites. AOL is no longer to blame, as they released a Pro version, designed specifically for professionals to waste their bosses dollars away.
The service, which is free for anyone to use, integrates with Microsoft Outlook’s calendar and directory and access to WebEx voice and video conferencing and collaboration services. Currently there is one-to-one video conferencing but this is slated to expand to four-way conferencing in the near future. AIM Pro gives people the option of using their professional e-mail addresses as their AIM screen names. It also provides business-grade security and SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption and automatic antivirus file scanning.
The market is now split with AOL and its partners, which will eventually include Google Talk on one side, and Microsoft and Yahoo on the other. It may get messy but at least you can talk to half of your friends.
AOL is no longer to blame, as they released a Pro version, designed specifically for professionals to waste their bosses dollars away.
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