Top 10 Intranet Chats for Eastern Europe

2024. Google Chat now supports IFTTT integration



The enterprise messenger Google Chat has added a new integration with IFTTT. You can now set up triggers for new messages, members, or workspaces, and perform actions such as publishing a message or creating a new chat. For example, when adding a new member to a group or uploading a file from Google Drive or Dropbox, you can automatically send an email or message. IFTTT integration is also available for other Google Workspace services, such as Gmail, Drive, and Calendar.


2024. Mattermost now allows you to connect any AI models to chats



Mattermost, an open-source collaboration platform, has introduced AI model connectivity, which will help government, defense and mission-critical organizations integrate large-scale LLM language models into their communications (via OpenAI-compatible APIs). This will speed up workflows and enable insights from chats, third-party tools, calls, and other data. Mattermost claims that the new tool, called Mattermost Copilot, will enable organizations to leverage AI while maintaining data privacy. The platform also provides a collaborative workspace that can integrate with isolated private clouds and public cloud generative AI services.


2023. WhatsApp launched channels



WhatsApp announced the launch of channels in 150 countries. Channel creators can post text, photos, videos, polls, and stickers in channels. Subscribers' phone numbers are hidden from other users and the administrator. The administrator's details are also not visible. Following testing, WhatsApp added an automatic filter to the channel catalog that takes into account the user's country. Channel subscribers, in turn, can now react to posts, and administrators can edit them for 30 days.

2021. Meta and Microsoft announced the integration of Workplace and Teams



Although Facebook Workplace and Microsoft Teams compete in the collaboration software market, they approach it from different angles. Workplace is focused on company-wide social interaction, while Teams offers tools for instant communication between employees. Thanks to product integration, Teams users can access Workplace content within the app, and Teams video conferences can be viewed within the Workplace app. In addition to Teams, Workplace is already integrated with Microsoft Office 365, SharePoint, Azure Active Directory, and OneDrive.


2021. MyChat implemented Kanban access rights and Lite Manager integration



The new version of the LAN chat, MyChat 8.10, introduces flexible user permissions for projects. For example, you can grant access to adding tasks, comments, and editing project parameters for each specific project. You can create permission groups and user groups and link them together. Source code can also be pasted into the chat—a feature that software developers will appreciate. You can copy a piece of program code from your IDE and paste it into the chat. Furthermore, the developers have integrated Lite Manager, a system for remote administration and management of computers on a local network and over the internet. The feature also supports rendering QR codes and barcodes scanned by Android smartphones, and inserting code images and text into the chat.


2020. Salesforce buys Slack for $27.7B



Salesforce, the CRM giant, is acquiring Slack in a $27.7 billion megadeal. The new deal also puts Salesforce more on par — and in competition — with its arch rival and sometime friend Microsoft, whose Teams product has been directly challenging Slack in the market. Microsoft, which passed on buying Slack in the past for a fraction of what Salesforce is paying today, has made Teams a key priority in recent quarters, loathe to cede any portion of the enterprise software market to another company. What really has set Slack apart from the pack, at least initially, was its ability to integrate with other enterprise software. When you combined that with bots, those intelligent digital helpers, the company could potentially provide Salesforce customers with a central place to work without changing focus because everything they need to do can be done in Slack.


2019. Microsoft Teams adapted for out-of-office workers



Group messaging apps like Slack and Microsoft Teams are typically used by office workers. But Microsoft thought it would be great to bring their messaging app to frontline workers (e.g., salespeople, doctors, technicians, and drivers). They've added several useful features: the ability to share their current location, take photos within Teams and send them over a secure connection, and record audio. For example, after a customer visit, a service technician can map the visit and record the results as an audio report. The system also now includes an API for integration with corporate HR systems.