New York, SIA Technology and Management Conference, June
19th, 2002 -- FaceTime Communications, the premier
provider of network-independent instant messaging (IM) applications
for business, today announced at the SIA Technology and Management
Conference, that multiple industry-leading financial services firms
have licensed the company's IMAuditor product since its release at
the end of 2001. Thomas Weisel Partners, Soundview Technologies,
Wachovia Securities -- Equity Capital Markets, Jefferies &
Company, Inc., Capstone Investments, Hoenig & Co., Inc,
Liquidnet and Friedman, Billings, Ramsey, are among the two dozen
firms signed by FaceTime. These customers use IMAuditor to leverage
the power of both public and proprietary instant messaging networks
from providers such as AOL, Microsoft and Yahoo!, IBM Lotus and
Reuters for time-sensitive business communications and
administrative IT controls to comply with government regulations.
"The widespread use and easy availability of public IM services
have caused financial services firms to take a hard look at the
compliance issues surrounding instant messaging with clients, "
said Andy Nybo of TowerGroup. "Although many firms have turned a
blind eye to the use of these services in the past, the pressure
from regulators and the potential for abuse of company resources
have forced securities firms to re-evaluate internal instant
messaging policies." "Wachovia Securities -- Equity Capital Markets
views its choice of FaceTime's IMAuditor and its authorized
partnerships with multiple IM network providers as a significant
competitive advantage for our traders which rely on public instant
messaging networks to communicate in real-time with their
colleagues and constituents," said Tony D' Agostino, COO, Wachovia
Equity Capital Markets. "Wachovia needed a product that allowed our
traders to continue using their familiar IM messenger and buddy
lists while also satisfying our compliance requirements. FaceTime's
proven ability to provide the only solution that can manage and
control IM usage for any network, solidified our decision to
rapidly put IMAuditor into production." "Our market success with
IMAuditor makes it the standard for compliance auditing and
management reporting of instant messaging in the enterprise", said
Glen Vondrick, president and CEO of FaceTime. "Businesses recognize
there are multiple instant messaging networks being used within
their walls. IMAuditor provides centralized control for any instant
messaging network, while enabling employees to continue using
familiar messengers from IM providers such as AOL, Microsoft,
Yahoo! and Lotus. Our rapidly growing base of financial services
customers demonstrate the important role IMAuditor plays in filling
the gap left by instant messaging networks for management and
auditing control of IM in the enterprise." FaceTime's unique
technology advantage, IM expertise, and ability to provide
customers with authorized application access and integration to any
network, enables the company to deliver practical, value-add
solutions on multiple IM network infrastructures for any business.
FaceTime's IMAuditor provides IT professionals the confidence and
information security controls to manage public and private IM
networks in the enterprise. The FaceTime IMAuditor includes an easy
installation and configuration process, no change in behavior for
users of existing instant messaging clients and buddy lists,
Web-based reports, and support for existing corporate proxy
servers.
About Actiance, Inc. (Formerly FaceTime Communications, Inc.)
FaceTime Communications became Actiance, Inc on January 11, 2011 following an agreement to
transfer the FaceTime trademark to Apple.
FaceTime Communications enables the safe and productive use of Unified Communications and Web 2.0,
including instant messaging, blogs and social networking. Ranked number one by IDC for five consecutive
years, FaceTime's award-winning solutions are used by more than 1,500 customers for the security,
management and compliance of real-time communications. FaceTime supports or has strategic partnerships
with all leading IM, unified communications providers and social networks including AOL, Google, Yahoo!,
Skype, Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
FaceTime is headquartered in Belmont, California. For more information visit
http://www.facetime.com or call 888-349-3223.
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