From a security standpoint, not all IM platforms are created equal

People at work communicate like people at home: They use wired and cellular phones, email and in rare instances, the US Postal Service. And they instant message (IM). IM is quite a problem from the security point-of-view because, like many other technologies, it became a corporate tool before it was truly secured. Any corporate security person who thinks the IM security threat is overblown should consider information from FaceTime and Akonix released this spring. Facetime found that one in four employees used IM to transmit sensitive information, such as company plans, finances and password-related credentials. Akonix Systems said that it tracked 10 new IM-based malicious code attacks in May, which brought the total number for the year to 73.

Note this is another take on the CNet article just published

[ITBusinessEdge]