Introduction to Information Systems: Seventh Edition
Introduction to Information Systems: Seventh Edition
7th Edition
ISBN: 9781119362913
Author: Rainer
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Slack:

It is cloud based software which consists of collaboration tools and services. It facilitates chat rooms, direct messaging and is based on Internet Relay Chat (IRC). It was initially developed for organizational communication but later on became a community platform.

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“No”, it is not possible for any organization to completely eliminate the use of e-mail for communication through the use of Slack.

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  • Slack is software which does not allow the external customers and clients to access the Slack.
  • It has few disadvantages and most important one of them is privacy, as everything is done in open.
  • Slack is very vulnerable and always faces the issue of getting hacked.
  • When compared there are many third party provides that can make the email a secure platform but none could make Slack a secured platform.

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