http://www.nwfusion.com/topics/messaging.html The latest messaging news and analysis from NetworkWorld.com. Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2012 Network World, Inc. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020312-office-365s-lync-online-to-255712.html?source=nww_rss Lync Online, the instant messaging, online meeting and PC-to-PC voice and video communications tool in Office 365, will gain interoperability with non-Microsoft IM networks. Juan Carlos Perez 2012-02-03T02:21:40-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/converg/2012/012312convergence1.html?source=nww_rss One of the announcements we missed in our wrap-up from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2012) was news from T-Mobile on the latest feature for its Bobsled portfolio, now offering expanded messaging and enhanced calling functionality. Expanding upon the Bobsled Calling service introduced earlier this year, the latest addition of Bobsled Messaging provides a cloud-based messaging application that allows consumers to send and receive individual and group messages with friends and family from any Android-powered smartphone or tablet, and almost any Web-connected, browser-enabled device. Larry Hettick 2012-01-20T02:27:16-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/011812-google-adds-webrtc-to-chrome-255049.html?source=nww_rss Google has built the WebRTC technology into a test version of Chrome to let the browser run voice and video chat applications within the browser interface. Juan Carlos Perez 2012-01-18T06:04:52-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/011012-virtual-security-appliances-254723.html?source=nww_rss There's no question enterprises want messaging security -- the market for products and services worldwide reached almost $3.2 billion last year, up from $2.7 billion in 2010, and will grow to $4.78 billion in 2015, according to research firm IDC. But a fundamental shift is occurring that foresees businesses favoring virtual-security appliances over more traditional messaging security software. Ellen Messmer 2012-01-10T09:15:59-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/122011-sopa-hearing-delayed-likely-until-254287.html?source=nww_rss A hearing to debate and amend the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives has been delayed, likely until early next year. Grant Gross 2011-12-20T03:46:06-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/120211-yahoo-messenger-flaw-enables-spamming-253688.html?source=nww_rss An unpatched Yahoo Messenger vulnerability that allows attackers to change people's status messages and possibly perform other unauthorized actions can be exploited to spam malicious links to a large number of users. Lucian Constantin 2011-12-02T08:12:57-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/120111-vodafone-buys-unified-communication-consultant-253633.html?source=nww_rss Vodafone's Global Enterprise is strengthening its professional services arm by acquiring British consultant Bluefish Communications, which will form the basis of a new unified communication and collaboration practice, the operator said on Thursday. Mikael Ricknäs 2011-12-01T06:57:24-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/111411-symantec-lync-253063.html?source=nww_rss Symantec today widened its cloud-based security service to include Lync, Microsoft's latest instant-messaging client, so that enterprises using Lync can do anti-malware filtering and exert security controls for blocking inappropriate content along with basic data-loss prevention. Ellen Messmer 2011-11-14T02:14:47-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/102711-rim-faces-possible-class-action-252441.html?source=nww_rss Research In Motion faces a possible class action lawsuit over recent outages in its BlackBerry services earlier this month, and a trademark infringement complaint for its use of the BBX name for its upcoming platform for its tablets and smartphones. John Ribeiro 2011-10-27T11:41:10-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/092011-lync-enterprise-251059.html?source=nww_rss A gap between what Microsoft promises with Lync's telephony and what it delivers makes Lync a poor choice as an IP PBX replacement for large organizations, according to a former Microsoft "Most Valuable Professional" who now works for Avaya. A current Microsoft MVP also says that Lync in its current form is a mediocre choice for a large enterprise, but that it works well for the SMB and is really geared toward smaller businesses anyway. Julie Bort 2011-09-20T03:02:24-04:00