When we sit in a company meeting, everything seems like a good idea - particularly when it comes from your boss - but when we leave the meeting, many employees spend quite a bit of time avoiding the action points that were brought up and agreed. To make sure your new ideas are kept on track, you could email the people involved with the project, but then email can lead to excuses such as spam-filtering, accidental deletion and more. It's too tricky using an external IM client, in case it is either block by your or a third-party firewall.

Spark 2.5.8 is a free instant messaging (IM) client that can be installed within your network and behind your firewall. It can be used to communicate with other employees or involve a few people within a group chat. Only your employees have access to this IM network, so you can be assured they're not spending all their time chatting with external friends.

21 Nov 2007