When employees started downloading free instant-messaging programs to use at work, Thomas Weisel Partners LLC's initial response was to pull the plug on the popular online communications. Pam Housley, ...

The job of a network administrator is a busy and demanding one made only harder when users install unauthorized software, as they’re prone to do. A new company, however, is working to make ...

Instant messaging is an Internet staple, commonly used by chatty teenagers and far-flung business colleagues. The services, which are generally free, let users set up "buddy lists" that indicate which ...

FaceTime Communications is the latest in a series of companies that are releasing products to make instant messaging programs more secure. Since instant messaging has become a sort of underground form ...