I've been in several environments that use Skype corporately. Very useful for collaborating with folks that are spread all across the globe.
No, it can't be easily managed centrally, but it has not been a problem with bandwidth hogging. And, if you really want to manage the bandwidth, look at various traffic shaper products which are a good idea to have anyway. * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 6:57 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all > > Our director is very interested in introducing Skype in certain > departments since most of our clients/suppliers use Skype already. However > I am somewhat concerned about the following issues: > > 1. Lack of administration facilities such as locking down/disabling > certain Skype functions. I know that Windows 2008 group policy > administrative templates exist but read somewhere that these might not be > compatible with future newer versions of Skype. In fact Skype no longer > supplies such templates. > > 2. Network bandwidth hogging. How serious an issue is this? Each > workstation is connected via a 100 MB link to our core switch. Our Internet > broadband link speed is 4 Mbps for download and upload connections. > > 3. Security issues. How serious are these? > > Has anyone deployed and using Skype within a corporate environment? Any > issues encountered? Things to watch out for? > > Thanks > Pierre > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
