Reuters Messaging
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| Developed by | Reuters |
| Initial release | Nov 2002 |
| Latest release | 7.0 / Dec 2007 |
| OS | Windows |
| Genre | Instant messaging client |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www.reuters.com/messaging/ |
Reuters Messaging (RM) is an instant messaging and presence collaboration service, first released by Reuters in November of 2002. It is marketed toward the financial services industry. The most recent version is 7.0 (released December 2007).
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[edit] About
Reuters Messaging is an instant messaging application that allows financial professionals to securely communicate in real time over the Internet. Reuters Messaging is available as stand-alone software or as an embedded component in a range of Reuters market data desktop products. The software, solely available to financial markets securities industry (capital markets) professionals has been primarily adopted by large financial enterprises (such as large broker dealers) as well as small organizations (such as hedge funds). The Reuters Messaging network is officially connected (federated) with the three largest consumer networks AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger and MSN Messenger.
[edit] Features
Reuters Messaging 7.0 offers the following features:
- Unified contact list for Reuters Messaging, AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger and MSN Messenger
- Topic-based inter-company secure chat forums
- Send files to any other user including to AOL, MSN and Yahoo users.
- Easy screenshot capture and exchange
- Exchange of structured trading forms
- Drag and drop of trading information and graphs from Reuters terminals
- Local message archive
- Central view for managing multiple conversations
- Secure end-to-end messaging using SSL 128-bit encryption
The Reuters Messaging service also offers:
- Access to the Reuters Financial Community Directory and Blogging service (Reuters Space)
- Federation with Microsoft LCS/OCS deployments --> can connect with enterprise users
- Built-in compliance and archiving service
[edit] Versions
The official versions of the Reuters Messaging software are as follows:
- RM 3.1, released on November, 2002 (for Windows NT4/2000/XP)
- RM 4.0, released on September, 2004 (for Windows 2000/XP)
- RM 5.0, released on December, 2005 (for Windows 2000/XP)
- RM 6.0, released on December, 2006 (for Windows XP)
- RM 7.0, released on December, 2007 (for Windows XP/Vista)
