Do Your Employees Have an IM Persona?

There's a chance someone in your organization is using an IM screen name like CrazySexyKewl. Sure, they'd have to be missing a common sense chip or be totally deaf to social norms, but the IM screen names in your organization may need a review, according to Ferris Research.

If you're an IT manager and your users employ instant messaging as part of their jobs, you need to ensure their screen names present an appropriate image of your company.

There's a good idea in the comments to that post too. Not the one that tries to sell IBM software, but the one that suggests your employees use their company e-mail address as their IM screen name. Thanks to the Computerworld IT Management Blog for the link.