Description:
As we all know, instant messaging has become a common functionality in today’s workplace and is an integrated feature of the UN’s email system – Lotus Notes. However, it has not been possible to chat between duty stations…until now!
This initiative built upon a UNOV success story which provided chat capabilities between its headquarters and UNODC field offices to implement chat between duty stations. Now staff can chat with any lotus account holder in UNODC, UNON, ECLAC, ECA and UNHQ! Additional duty stations are being added as we speak with the goal of connecting UNOG and ESCWA in the coming months.
· IM works very well on low bandwidth connections
· IM allows you to send and share files
· IM let’s the user see immediately if another user is available
· IM can be used to resolve simple issues quickly
Suggested by:
UNOV/UNODC
Team leader:
Thomas Mayerl, Reinhold Strobl, Ernst Hönig
With cooperation and support from: Gideon de Beer and Alberto Araya (ECLAC), Suresh Khatry & Mohammed Ngure (UNON), Peter Tong (UNHQ), Viorel Iordache & Zewdalem Shitaye (ECA), Daniel & Simon (UNOG & ESCWA).
