Privately Held Software Company Increases Instant Messaging Security, Productivity

Overview

SAS is the world's largest privately held software company. SAS employees found instant messaging to be a quicker, more informal way to communicate, and about a third began to use public instant messenger services. However, the communications were not secure, and sensitive company information was at risk of being sent out over the Internet. To address this problem, SAS chose an instant messaging solution based on Microsoft Office Live Communications Server and Microsoft Office Communicator 2005. Now, SAS has an easy-to-use, real-time collaboration environment that helps protect the exchange of sensitive company information. In addition, Communicator 2005 has provided SAS with additional functions that the public instant messenger services lacked, and which have boosted employee productivity.