Enterprises Need to Deal with Skype BoomTech Analysis: What enterprises can do with, or about the VOIP application.
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By Andrew Garcia With the explosion in the popularity of the Skype peer-to-peer voice over IP program, IT managers are finding themselves faced with some familiar questions: Should they curb Skype's use in the company? Should they support the application, even when it comes in through the backdoor? Should they embrace the solution, deploying it from the get go?
Recent moves by the Skype organization indicate that it is time for enterprises to get off the fencethose that want to continue using it should bring it in-house to fully manage and control the application. Those that don't need to figure out how to block its use outright.
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