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The Advantages of Being Small
Brosix isn’t a wing of AOL or Microsoft. Google didn’t create a sparse looking UI (user interface) and launch it to a huge amount of hype. Cisco hasn’t bought us, nor has Oracle – although with their spending spree who knows. Brosix is a proud of a relatively small, independent company. It has been around [...]
Brosix as the Best IM Client
We have given a lot of attention to the About.com Best IM Contest in recent weeks because it has been an honor for the company for the hard work of the programmers, etc. to be recognized. They have worked hard to make Brosix the best Enterprise Instant Messaging software that it can be and they [...]
The Comcast Example
Twitter is the hot property online these days. Tons of buzz has been generated about the service and it is rapidly becoming the “it” dot.com. One of the examples that has been trotted out about the power of Twitter is Comcast. To make a long story short Comcast has three or four people with Twitter [...]
Professional
I am a freelance writer in my spare time, it is a great way to bring in extra money and to sharpen my writing skills. I know, however, that for a lot of folks – especially in this economy – freelance writing and similar pursuits are becoming a way of line. Famous “talking head” Tina [...]
Instant Messaging Mistakes
If your company is kind enough, or wise enough, to add Brosix to their repertoire of tools then please be sure to use it wisely. I asked a few weeks back for readers of this blog to submit their favorite instant messaging stories – and I went beyond that and asked users of different websites [...]
Control and Customization
Control Companies often monitor email usage, yet block other services because they feel like they can not monitor or control their employees. I personally would hope that you can trust your employees to, more often than not, do the right thing and focus on their work rather than random internet usage. If you feel that [...]
Instant Messaging Can Waste Time
A lot of people – bosses, IT departments – are concerned about potential time wasters on the internet. This, of course, leads to the blocking of websites, social networks, and Instant Messaging clients from many workplaces. The truth is that all of these can – and do – waste time. The other essential truth is [...]
Brosix Support
One of the many great features for Brosix is the amount of support you will receive if you use us for your enterprise messaging needs. We host your network which takes out the guess work of installation and maintenance, which is obviously a good thing. The other great part of using Brosix is that the [...]
Take Brosix With You
We live in the era of PDA. Not kissing in public mind you, but the era of the Blackberry/iPhone/gPhone/Pre. This has increased the importance of being able to take your messaging with you just as you can take your email account wherever you would like. The days of your boss waking you up with a [...]
Leave a Message After The Beep
In the olden days email had one big advantage over instant messenger in that those who were receiving your messages did not need to be online to receive a message from you. Instant messaging offered the ability for users to put up an away message but very few people leave their computers on all day [...]
