RHOBI Messenger is "the Preferred Tool for Business Professionals". It works similar to other IM applications, in that you can build a contact list and send instant messages to people you know. However, RHOBI Messenger integrates with RHOBI's supply chain management and free social network. Directly from RHOBI Messenger, perform inventory/part searches and communicate with your vendors and customers who are online. Search for a part # to locate inventory, double click on a vendor who has the part in stock, and start a real-time IM conversation. Or, if this business contact is "Clicked" with you, they will appear under your Business contacts list.

Your contact list is built based on RHOBI's free Click network. View information about your contacts as well as the people in your 2nd tier network (your contact's contacts). Because RHOBI Messenger is a business tool, all personal contacts are kept private, but business contacts are searchable. Send invitations to people you know to Click with you. Or, search for companies and view profiles of the people that work for those companies. Build your business network by developing personal relationships.

All functions of RHOBI Messenger are also available in a web-based format. From the website you can also upload your contact list from Outlook, or a text/csv file, and then access those contacts from RHOBI Messenger.

RHOBI Messenger has the capability to integrate with other RHOBI services, such as RHOBI Blast and RHOBI Advantage. RHOBI Blast offers free message boards (groups) that you can join. Receive popup notices from RHOBI Messenger when new posts are made to groups that you have subscribed to. RHOBI Advantage is RHOBI's complete 100% web based, paperless office management solution. Do invoicing, purchase orders, quotes, RFQ's, exchange and repair tracking, work order management, etc. Receive popup messages through RHOBI Messenger when you receive new new customer orders and RFQ's.

Platform: Windows XP, Windows Vista

System Requirements: .NET Framework