We played with the In/Out board on our intranet software package but ended up putting in an Openfire IM server with Pidgin as the client. Works really well for IM and we use status messages and idle timers for the In/Out functionality. Since it loads at boot, there's really not much thinking about it. I'm actually surprised how quickly people took to using it.
(50 users with a lot of them remote most of the time.) - Andy O. ________________________________________ From: Roger Wright [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 9:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: In/Out Programs We have about 110 users in this location, many of which are in and out of the office at random times. A physical log sheet at the front desk just isn't working for the receptionists. In a previous life I used SCRY (iCU) from www.mhsoftware.co.uk and it worked pretty well for a small staff of 25. I'm looking at other options and would preferred something that integrates with Outlook since all users live in that application throughout the day, and also need some automation like Away from Desk status when screen saver comes on, or Gone Home when PC is offline, and a reminder to change the status when returning to the PC I've found Out 'n About from http://www.intelligentconcepts.com/ and it looks pretty good. Any other recommendations that work? Roger Wright ___ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
