Instant messaging is a versatile tool, but the popular services from Yahoo!, AOL and Microsoft offer little capability for logging. What's an SMB to do? Ban it completely? Allow it to go unchecked? Or invest in expensive management tools? A company called p2pLog offers another option.

Keeping track of even a few hundred documents on a single computer can be a monumental task. In a business environment, the problem becomes even more acute. PX Technologies offers an affordable solution with its Wintility product line.