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15:32 1st December 2011
Thierry Breton, chief executive of French IT giant Atos, has said his employees will soon be banned from sending emails.
The former French finance minister suggested the company will have a "zero email" policy in operation within 18 months, with workers instead communicating via telephone, instant messaging systems and in person.
Mr Breton justified the move by claiming that only 20 out of every 200 emails received by staff on a daily basis turn out to be important.
He said many workers struggle to cope with the deluge of information presented by their email accounts and waste valuable time in the office reviewing useless messages.
"Email is no longer the appropriate [communication] tool ... It is time to think differently," the 56-year-old commented.
IT training that focuses on different methods of communication could become popular if more companies follow the example of Atos, but Bob Hallewell of Express Messaging said the email is not yet dying out.
In response to Mr Breton's comments, he claimed "there will always be a place" for emails in the workplace, although he conceded their influence may diminish.
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