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End-to-end encrypted messaging app and service Wire announced a partnership with accounting and consulting company EY. Essentially, Wire is providing an on-promise version of its messaging service so that EY can control the servers and use it for their communication needs.
Both companies announced the deal a few weeks ago, and I talked with Wire and EY executives about the thinking behind this implementation.
“It’s very hard to monetize [Wire] on the consumer market,” Wire CEO Morten Brøgger told me. The company thinks it’ll never become a big messaging app with hundreds of millions of users — that ship has sailed. That’s why the company launched a team messaging product a couple of years ago.
Teams can sign up to Wire and use it as a sort of Slack replacement with end-to-end encryption on messages, files, calls, etc. The company uses a software-as-a-service approach and charges €4 to €6 per user per month.
Around 600 companies are using this solution across a wide range of industries, from cybersecurity to M&A firms. They share confidential data so Slack is not an option.
Wire is now going one step further by providing on-premise deployment and custom integrations. EY wanted an end-to-end messaging
https://contacted.org/2019/06/wire-collaborates-with-ey-for-on-premise-end-to-end-encrypted-messaging-app/