AIM Goes Corporate

AOL just launched a new instant messenger today designed for business use called AIM Pro.  The serivce is integrated with Microsoft Outlook’s calendar and contact list. It also offers easy access to WebEx voice and video conferencing and collaboration services, which lets users show presentations, manage web meetings, and work on documents together in real time. Users can make phone calls using AIM Pro and all communications are encrypted for security. Best of all, it’s free. (Take that, Microsoft Live Communications Server!) So now, if you see someone at work IM’ing, they might actually be working!