51.COM the establishment of IM division and Tencent Positive competition

Source: Internet
Author: User

Sina Science and technology news December 26 morning, according to 51. COM to confirm that the company has in November this year, the IM project Team independent of the site, the game is tied to one of the three business departments, will begin to exert the IM market next year.

That means the 51 that started out as a social network. After Tencent's foray into social networks, COM also tried to massively burst into Tencent's IM stronghold.

In the near future, Tencent has been sued by the former for a wave of employees who quit 51.COM and engaged in IM research and development work. Subsequently, 51.COM announced a high-profile endorsement of Rainbow Software research and development, the two sides of the controversy to the climax of public opinion. But not long ago, 51.COM suddenly announced the end of Rainbow Software research and development, people familiar with the matter said that the company and Tencent executives reached a tacit understanding.

In the 51. COM insiders see, the establishment of the IM Division, will be its checks and balances Tencent large-scale attack an important deployment. And after stopping Rainbow software research and development, the checks and balances now seem particularly important. In fact, the 51.COM from this February set up the IM project team, push im Software "Hang Up", Tencent's "Beware" is a long-standing.

Currently, a total of 500 51.COM team, just started the IM division not more than 100 people, next year is expected to continue to increase research and development strength. (Kangzhi)

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