Reuters Messaging

Infobox Software
name = Reuters Messenging

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developer = Thomson Reuters
released = Nov 2002
latest release version = 7.0 SP1
latest release date = Aug 2008
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operating system = Windows
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genre = Instant messaging client
license = Proprietary
website = [http://about.reuters.com/productinfo/communicationservices/ http://about.reuters.com/productinfo/communicationservices/ ]

Reuters Messaging (RM) is an instant messaging and presence collaboration service, first released by Thomson Reuters in November 2002. It is marketed toward the financial services industry. The most recent version is 7.0 SP1 (released August 2008).

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. The network also connects (federates) with enterprise deployments from Microsoft (Live Communication Server and Office Communication Server) and Jabber.

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 and Jabber deployments --> can connect with enterprise users
* Built-in compliance and archiving service

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)
* RM 7.0 SP1, released on August, 2008 (for Windows XP/Vista)

External links

Official sites

* [http://about.reuters.com/productinfo/communicationservices/ Reuters Messaging official site]
* [http://www.thomsonreuters.com/ Thomson Reuters official website]

Third-party Compliance Partners

* [http://www.globalrelay.com/ Global Relay Communications Inc. ]