2023-06-07 03:51:27
We have sometimes written here that Infomaniak’s diversification jeopardizes its core business. After the failure of a Swisscom iO, for example, we can only ask ourselves this question when we see that the Geneva host now wants to rub shoulders with iMessage and WhatsApp with its kChat solution for companies… Infomaniak does, however, have argument…
“Employees are increasingly exposed to sophisticated and credible malicious emails whose purpose is to extort sensitive data or illegitimate financial transactions. With kChatthe staff can only exchange information with authenticated people, and the data is encrypted in transit and exclusively stored in Switzerland”, indicates Infomaniak in a communiqué.
Secure solution
“Access can be protected with double authentication to prevent password hacking, and all communication with the server is encrypted, as is stored data. In addition, each organization is completely compartmentalized and uses a unique encryption key”, is it specified in the same text.
Visibly indirectly attacking certain web giants, sometimes without any real factual basis, Infomaniak emphasizes that kChat does not analyze data, complies with the LPD and the GDPR and is developed and hosted in Switzerland by Infomaniak, which is ISO 27001 and 900 certified. arguments, certainly sometimes a little nationalistic, to be taken into consideration, indeed.
What viability?
Obviously, we can only welcome such an initiative, which should make it possible to strengthen competition in a market dominated by Facebook, Apple or Microsoft. To be able to think of winning, two conditions must be met: Infomaniak’s ability to offer something really different (data protection?) and a certain critical size…
Difficult. Personally, for example, I have repeatedly tried to suggest the Swiss Threema solution. Unfortunately, it is difficult to promote a solution that is not used by its contacts; this requires significant work of conviction, evangelization, even proselytism… Infomaniak, however, may have a card to play in limited circles.
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