OTish: Alternative to MS Live?

[Kurt Buff]

On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 15:03, Dimitri Yioulos <dyioulos at firstbhph.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday 08 December 2009 5:50:46 pm Kurt Buff
> wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> Our new CEO wants me to poke holes in the
>> firewall and install the MS client on a number
>> of desktops to facilitate IM/videoconferencing
>> for this.
>>
>> That makes me vaguely nauseous, for several
>> security reasons (the client is historically
>> vulnerable, poking holes in firewalls is risky,
>> and internal corporate communications should
>> stay internal - that'll do for a start...)
>>
>> I'm looking to stick an IM/Videoconference
>> system in a DMZ instead.
>>
>> Does anyone know of a good alternative -
>> preferably with a web interface, though that's
>> not absolutely required?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Kurt
>> _______________________________________________
>
>
> Others may come up with better solutions, but you
> might want to look at OpenFire for your IM needs
> (I use it in my shop; it's secure and works
> great), and maybe dimdim for vidconf (both
> hosted - free for up to 20 conferees, and locally
> installed options).
>
> Dimitri

The locally installed option would be what I'm interested in. I'll
check those out.

Thanks.

Kurt