In a poll of 50 Fortune 500 companies, Forrester Research found that nearly half expect to use instant messaging services for business in the next two years. "Instant messaging is a way to communicate ...

My former supervisor and I used to rely on instant messaging as a critical application to get our jobs done. As Web site managers, we could run through the site code together in one window and in ...

It has been several years since instant messaging worked its way from teens' rooms to boardrooms. What started as an easy and hip way for youngsters to communicate with their peers has turned into an ...

While iMessage and Meta's apps dominate modern messaging, there have been many other instant messaging apps that were hugely ...

The Central Bank of the UAE cited fraud and data security risks, giving banks and licensed financial institutions until April ...

Consider this scenario: You have your whole staff assembled for a planning meeting. People have their laptops and Blackberries to take notes and respond to urgent e-mails. Two employees in the back of ...

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A major issue flagged by the central bank was data residency. Under UAE rules, all consumer and transaction data must be stored within the country. The CBUAE warned that customer ...

The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates has banned all banks and financial institutions from using platforms such as WhatsApp for customer services.