Appendix G: Instant Messaging Vendors

Overview

This short list of IM vendors is provided as a starting point for readers who may be seeking additional information about personal IM clients and public networks, enterprise IM products, IM gateway products, archiving and records management, or policy-based content-filtering software.

This partial list of vendors is provided for informational purposes only. The author and publisher of Instant Messaging Rules do not endorse or recommend these suppliers or their products.

No reliance should be placed on this information without the advice of technology, legal, and compliance experts. An organization’s IM, records management, and e-mail systems should be selected and implemented with assistance from competent technology, legal, compliance, and records management professionals.