Re: [NF] Chat tool for businesses (but not Skype or Facebook Messenger)

2017-12-18 Thread Michael Oke, II
[image: MailTag] Spark is, unless I'm forgetting (a real possibility), the front end messaging client. You will need to setup an openfire server to support the clients but that isn't a difficult proposition.

Re: [NF] Chat tool for businesses (but not Skype or Facebook Messenger)

2017-12-18 Thread David Smith
+1 for Spark... I run 200 ish people on it here and it has been great. David Smith Systems Administrator Doan Family of Dealerships Office: 585.352.6600 dsm...@doandelivers.com From: ProfoxTech

Re: [NF] Chat tool for businesses (but not Skype or Facebook Messenger)

2017-12-16 Thread Fred Taylor
Skype is a memory pig. Fred On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 11:57 PM, < mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com> wrote: > Client likes FB messenger but does not want to friend coworkers. They do > not like Skype for some reason (need to research that more, but they were > clear). What kinds of

Re: [NF] Chat tool for businesses (but not Skype or Facebook Messenger)

2017-12-16 Thread Mike
Check out SPARK. It's open source, works well for me. Local server you set up on your own Linux box. Windows clients are stable. Mike Client likes FB messenger but does not want to friend coworkers. They do not like Skype for some reason (need to research that more, but they were

Re: [NF] Chat tool for businesses (but not Skype or Facebook Messenger)

2017-12-16 Thread Stephen Russell
Slack, GroupMe On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 12:57 AM, < mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com> wrote: > Client likes FB messenger but does not want to friend coworkers. They do > not like Skype for some reason (need to research that more, but they were > clear). What kinds of other tools do

Re: [NF] Chat tool for businesses (but not Skype or Facebook Messenger)

2017-12-16 Thread Paul Hill
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Re: [NF] Chat tool for businesses (but not Skype or Facebook Messenger)

2017-12-16 Thread Fred Taylor
+1 on Slack Fred On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 6:10 AM, Michael Oke, II wrote: > [image: MailTag] > Slack - they have both free and paid versions. The real limit that we have > seen is that the free version doesn't keep as much history but for most, it > works just fine. You can

Re: [NF] Chat tool for businesses (but not Skype or Facebook Messenger)

2017-12-16 Thread Michael Oke, II
[image: MailTag] Well I could be mistaken on the open-source part but jabber is built on top of XMPP and you can certainly host your own server or use one of many publicly available servers. Of course, this may have all changed at some point since I was really looking at it.

Re: [NF] Chat tool for businesses (but not Skype or Facebook Messenger)

2017-12-16 Thread Kurt at VR-FX
Really? I figured since it was produced by Cisco that it was closed source. But, that's just a guess... On 12/16/2017 10:01 AM, Michael Oke, II wrote: [image: MailTag] Jabber is open-source (I believe) and you can setup your own server on the premises. I did that for a customer who did not

Re: [NF] Chat tool for businesses (but not Skype or Facebook Messenger)

2017-12-16 Thread Michael Oke, II
[image: MailTag] Jabber is open-source (I believe) and you can setup your own server on the premises. I did that for a customer who did not want communications going outside of their network. - Michael Oke, II oke...@gmail.com 661-349-6221

Re: [NF] Chat tool for businesses (but not Skype or Facebook Messenger)

2017-12-16 Thread Kurt at VR-FX
At my last job they were originally using ZOOM - which also allows video conferencing. Then, they moved to a new office w/new phones & then started using Cisco Jabber - which was tied to the phone system. I kinda liked Zoom better! -K- On 12/16/2017 8:10 AM, Michael Oke, II wrote: [image:

Re: [NF] Chat tool for businesses (but not Skype or Facebook Messenger)

2017-12-16 Thread Michael Oke, II
[image: MailTag] Slack - they have both free and paid versions. The real limit that we have seen is that the free version doesn't keep as much history but for most, it works just fine. You can setup multiple accounts and manage the communications from within a single client.

[NF] Chat tool for businesses (but not Skype or Facebook Messenger)

2017-12-15 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
Client likes FB messenger but does not want to friend coworkers. They do not like Skype for some reason (need to research that more, but they were clear). What kinds of other tools do you recommend for instant messaging within businesses? tia, --Mike