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08:49 AM --------------------------- "NW on Novell NetWare" <NovellNetWare@bdcimail.com< on 04/14/2000 03:30:23 AM Please respond to "Novell NetWare Help" <NWReplies@bellevue.com< To: <vkamins@enron.com< cc: Subject: Instant messaging NETWORK WORLD FUSION FOCUS: DAVE KEARNS on NOVELL NETWARE Today's Focus: Instant messaging 04/13/00 Dear Wincenty Kaminski, Today's Focus: Instant messaging --------------------------------------------------------------- By Dave Kearns While NetWare has had instant messaging capabilities built in for more than 10 years, it has never gotten much beyond the basic product first introduced with NetWare 2. The product allows a limited message (less than 250 characters) to be sent from one logged-in user to another on the network, or to a group of users. Now, Novell has joined forces with AOL to produce InstantMe - an instant messaging client for enterprises based on AOL's phenomenally successful AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) client. InstantMe uses the Novell Directory Services eDirectory to store contact information accessed from anywhere on the 'Net with Novell's DigitalMe identity services platform. With roaming capabilities and real-time access to contact information, DigitalMe lets users respond quickly, no matter where they are or what station they're working from. InstantMe lets users communicate in real-time conversations with partners, suppliers and clients. It also lets users have conversations with any other AIM user worldwide (provided both users are logged in to the service). It also will, I'm sure, lead to more involved discussions of where to do lunch, rehashes of Sunday's football game and other so-called "water cooler" chatting, all from the privacy of the user's desktop. That may or may not be a problem - you will want to formulate some usage rules before implementing the technology. Novell plans to release a secure version of InstantMe in the next few months, which will integrate encryption and digital certificates in a move to increase trust between two or more parties and ensure integrity and confidentiality of messages exchanged over the Internet. Instant messaging should provide a much-needed medium for quick, perishable communications, such as those requesting time-sensitive coordination or short-fuse decisions. It's best used where e-mail would be considered too slow to get the needed response. Generally, you'd use instant messaging in a situation where today you would use the telephone. Instant messaging can be even faster than using the phone when you consider time spent on hold or navigating through receptionists and secretaries, and it's cheaper than a long-distance call. Those are competitive advantages, and you should examine this new technology thoroughly before deciding if it is, or isn't, for you. InstantMe is a free download that supports Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT and Windows 2000. To contact Dave Kearns: ----------------------- Dave Kearns is the Word Wrangler for Virtual Quill, a writing agency serving the computer and networking industries. If your target customer doesn't know your product, doesn't know its uses and doesn't know he needs it, he's not going to buy it. From books to reviews, marketing to manuals, VQ can help you and your business. Virtual Quill - "words to sell by..." Find out more at: http://www.vquill.com/, or by e-mail at mailto:info@vquill.com. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FOR RELATED LINKS -- Click here for Network World's home page: http://www.nwfusion.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ InstantMe, Novell: http://www.novell.com/instantme BrainShare: Novell announces free instant messaging software, Network World, 03/28/00 http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2000/0328brainshare.html More on Novell's NDS eDirectory, Network World, 12/01/99 http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/dir/1129dir2.html Archive of Network World Fusion Focus on Novell NetWare newsletters: http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/netware/ May We Send You a Free Print Subscription? You've got the technology snapshot of your choice delivered at your fingertips each day. Now, extend your knowledge by receiving 51 FREE issues to our print publication. 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