FOSTER CITY, CA - November 4, 2002 -- Building
on its history of innovation and leadership in the area of
enterprise-class real-time messaging solutions, FaceTime
Communications, the leading provider of network-independent
enterprise solutions for the management and control of instant
messaging (IM), today announced that America Online, Inc. has
selected the company to provide its award winning IM Director
development platform as embedded technology for the AOL® Instant
Messenger™ (AIM) Enterprise Gateway solution. Deployed behind a
company's firewall, the AIM Enterprise Gateway brings a new level
of control and security to instant messaging in the workplace,
while continuing to provide organizations with access to the
largest and most active instant messaging community in the world
via the AIM service on the desktop. FaceTime pioneered the concept
of building value-add enterprise solutions for instant messaging
networks. As a technology supplier to America Online, FaceTime
builds further upon its position as a leading provider of core
technologies and applications that enable enterprises to harness
the reach and power of the largest instant messaging network in the
world. FaceTime will continue to deliver authorized AIM solutions
for call centers, eCRM, helpdesk, presence-based community portals
and regulatory compliance. The AIM Enterprise Gateway acts as a
proxy between users inside the corporate firewall and those on the
public AIM network, and enables enterprises to determine how they
want to control access, routing and permissions. It also makes it
possible to monitor instant messaging usage for legal, regulatory
and accounting compliance by logging, auditing and creating reports
on all AIM communications. Glen D. Vondrick, FaceTime President and
CEO said, "As a technology platform provider for America Online and
the AIM Enterprise Gateway, FaceTime is proud to demonstrate our
continued technology leadership by extending the power of the AIM
network to millions of business users enabling them to increase the
value and manageability of AIM for enterprises." "FaceTime
Communications is a leading provider of IM applications and
enterprise IM technology servers for businesses. FaceTime's deep
experience in a wide range of enterprise IM applications and
technical expertise make FaceTime a solid technology partner for
the AOL AIM Enterprise Gateway", said Bruce Stewart, Senior Vice
President of AOL Strategic Business Solutions. "By 2006, more than
200 million corporate employees worldwide will be using instant
messaging," said Robert Mahowald, research manager at IDC.
"FaceTime's partnership with AOL further strengthens FaceTime's
positioning as a leading supplier in the emerging market for
enterprise IM applications." "We are excited about AOL's decision
to enter the enterprise market with FaceTime's core technology
platform as the basis for their offerings," said James Ford, VP
Engineering and Operations, Thomas Weisel Partners. "From the
beginning, FaceTime's IM application integrated seamlessly into our
systems and now with the addition of the AIM Enterprise Gateway we
look forward to leveraging our investments even further by
partnering with these innovators." FaceTime's unique technology
advantage, IM expertise, and ability to provide customers with
authorized application access enables the company to deliver
practical, value-add server solutions for any business. FaceTime's
IM solutions are installed behind corporate firewalls and allow IT
administrative controls to control access, and manage instant
messaging with features such as capturing, recording, and reporting
conversations in the enterprise. Ease of installation and
configuration, lack of changes in behavior for AIM users; Web-based
reports; and support for existing corporate proxy servers are key
benefits of FaceTime's IM solutions.
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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