do you use an IM program for work?

[oiprocs]

At my old job it was the Office Communicator.

I tried to stay away from it though. I always thought IT had nothing better to do than keep track of who's saying what.

 

[rh71]

anyone in IT confirm they can / have read others' chats? I know it runs through the server but is there an option for an admin to archive everything? I know we can do it at the local client.

 

[Spike]

Office Communicator here. Our IT budget and staff have been cut so much I doubt they would have time to read any chats. It was funny though as about a year ago a bunch of memo's went around saying it was against the rules to record IM conversations. Seems we don't want our "productive chatting" causing the company any additional liability.

 

[GeekDrew]

anyone in IT confirm they can / have read others' chats? I know it runs through the server but is there an option for an admin to archive everything? I know we can do it at the local client.

It's definitely possible. We have everything logged. Of course, all of our logs are public record because we are a government institution. Nonetheless, our employees think that email is safer from prying eyes (read: my coworkers and me, in IT), even though they're subject to the exact same records/retention laws. Sigh.

 

[lokiju]

Yes.

All of them I think.

MSN, AIM, Yahoo, Jabber (for in house IM)

I mostly use AIM though for IM'ing people I work with.

 

[Miklebud]

Yup, I use Adium.

 

[Nik]

Microsoft has an office communicator that we use.

 

[Possessed Freak]

Yep... I use a telephone.

 

[krylon]

I use my face

 

[jiggahertz]

Sametime, the majority of people never sign on though.

 

[Pantoot]

Spark (client) and OpenFire (server)

Here too.

 

[nobody554]

Office Communicator, and yes ... it's all logged on the server even though no one will ever read through them.

 

[Jeffg010]

Sametime

 

[amdhunter]

Atot

 

[yllus]

Office Communicator here as well. And before that came along, Jabber.

 

[trmiv]

We standardized on Skype

 

[aircooled]

Spark

 

[NatePo717]

Skype for work.

 

[Glitchny]

office communicator (msn of some type)

same here, the integration with outlook is kinda nice.

 

[oddyager]

Sametime...

 

[Electric Amish]

Nope, but I wish we did sometimes.

 

[ravana]

Msn

i think it's msn anyway, it's office communicator or something

++

 

[sourceninja]

Google talk all the way for us.

 

[oogabooga]

some variation of GAIM I think? Jabber server setup at one of the other offices that we all connect to.

 

[clamum]

Windows Live Messenger
Office Communicator
Ventrilo

We used to use SameTime before that was replaced in favor of Communicator.