AOL Pushing Enterprise IM

America Online is extending its Enterprise IM plans to include a couple of new partners, namely FaceTime Communications and Akonix.

The online giant said FaceTime Communications and Akonix will be able to incorporate AIM's instant messaging and online presence technology into its products. The companies also will sell AIM's application programming interface (API) to businesses that wish to develop their own IM and presence features.

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Other uses could include information retrieval. For instance, if a salesman is out meeting with clients and needs competitive information, companies can create applications to retrieve data through internal IM networks to prepare for a sales pitch.

Source: News.com, "AOL opens messaging to enterprise developers"

I'm still waiting to hear how the Macromedia Central integration will work. It's been almost a year now and there has been pretty much dead silence on the matter. A shame considering the potential of that marriage.