Numbers for Instant Message Archiving
Compliments of Pingdom, this infographic gives valuable insight into the explosive growth of Instant Messaging. As Sonian rolls out the new Instant Message Archiving option, I recall the early days of Instant Messaging, aka AIM. It was the "new thing" everyone was becoming more and more obsessed with, like Beanie Babies and Pogs.
Ambitious young techies were experimenting with combining Instant Messaging and video to talk with people face to face, but to the masses technology like that still seemed like something more out of the Jetsons than a household piece of technology. However, Instant Messaging has evolved into a global collaboration tool for business and personal use alike. The sheer multitude of instant messages and conversations exchanged each day demonstrates the need to treat Instant Messaging as a legitimate business tool that needs archiving. I found the infographic below very interesting, and I'm sure all of you who remember the early days when AIM meant AOL Instant Messaging, and AOL meant dial-up, will find this interesting as well:
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