Business Communication Tools Self-Hosted Chat Explained: A Practical Guide for Non-Technical Decision Makers January 22, 2026 by Jordan I.M. What “self-hosted chat” really means (in business terms) Self-hosted chat is an internal messaging system that your organization runs in an environment you control, rather than renting entirely from a public service. “Hosting” is simply where the chat software lives and who has authority over it. In practice, you typically have three options: Vendor-hosted: A […] Read more » business communication data control internal messaging platform ownership self-hosted chat
Business Messaging Software Evaluation How to Evaluate a Self-Hosted Chat Without Getting Lost in Technical Details December 29, 2025 by Jordan I.M. Evaluating a self-hosted chat can feel like being dropped into a room full of acronyms: SSO, SAML, LDAP, E2EE, Kubernetes. The risk isn’t that you won’t understand any of it—it’s that you’ll spend weeks debating implementation details before you’ve answered the only question that matters: is this the right internal messaging system for your organization, […] Read more » evaluation criteria internal messaging reliability security and privacy self-hosted chat
