While most companies have email systems they can archive and track, many still use non-secure instant messaging systems. Often unknown and untracked by IT or management, public IM systems open a business to serious legal and security risks.

Intermedia's hosted Office Communications Server 2007 service is:

• Secure and private
• Legally compliant
• Built for business use
• Integrated with your hosted Exchange email

Pricing: Hosted OCS 2007 is available with Intermedia's hosted Exchange 2007 accounts for $7.95 per user per month, with a one-time setup fee of $7.95 per user.

If you are already an Intermedia hosted Exchange 2007 customer, you can add hosted OCS 2007 by logging in to HostPilot and navigating to "OCS 2007".

Hosted OCS provides a secure and professional alternative for instant messaging and unified communications. Benefits include:

• Free/busy status – integrated

  Hosted OCS users can see whether colleagues are available, away, busy or offline. It integrates with Outlook, SharePoint and the desktop client Office Communicator (included free with the service). So if a user has a meeting from 10am to 11am, they will automatically display as 'busy' in Office Communicator.

• Conversations are saved

  Office Communications Server lets users save and search all IM conversations inside Outlook, just like their email.

• Secure and private

  Secure instant messaging allows users to send messages with end-to-end encryption so sensitive information is never at risk of being hacked.

• Higher productivity

  PC-to-PC file transferring functionality allows instant document-sharing, increasing productivity and efficiency.

Pricing: Hosted OCS 2007 is available with Intermedia's hosted Exchange 2007 accounts for $7.95 per user per month, with a one-time setup fee of $7.95 per user.

If you are already an Intermedia hosted Exchange 2007 customer, you can add hosted OCS 2007 by logging in to HostPilot and navigating to "OCS 2007".

Unified Communications

In addition to a secure instant messaging tool, Intermedia's hosted Office Communications Server 2007 service provides your business with unified communications. It integrates Outlook email, instant messaging, voice and video, all in one product. Specifically, hosted OCS 2007 comes equipped with:

• Free/busy integration across Outlook and SharePoint
• Secure instant messaging
• PC to PC file transferring
• PC to PC voice and video calls

Pricing: Hosted OCS 2007 is available with Intermedia's hosted Exchange 2007 accounts for $7.95 per user per month, with a one-time setup fee of $7.95 per user.

If you are already an Intermedia hosted Exchange 2007 customer, you can add hosted OCS 2007 by logging in to HostPilot and navigating to "OCS 2007".