FOSTER CITY, Calif., April 14, 2003 --
Furthering its established leadership as the premier provider of
security and management solutions for instant messaging (IM) in the
enterprise, FaceTime Communications today announced a record first
quarter 2003 with 50 new account acquisitions within the last 100
days. These customers are now among 250 cross-industry enterprises
currently relying on FaceTime's market-leading solutions to detect,
manage and extend IM use by hundreds of thousands of business users
on any IM system, anytime, anywhere in the world. FaceTime's
revenues continued to show substantial growth quarter to quarter
with a 15% increase over the previous quarter. The company's
momentous first quarter results combined with its historical
leadership in defining the IM space and rapid customer adoption to
result in over 250,000 licensed users of its award-winning
technology. FaceTime provides its customers with a comprehensive
approach to the centralized security, management and control of
real-time communications such as IM in the enterprise. Among the
major global corporations that have chosen FaceTime's solution
during the past 100 days are: Monness, Crespi, Hardt & Co.;
Morgan Keegan, Inc.; and Toronto Dominion Bank. "FaceTime is our
standard solution for the management, control and administration of
all our instant messaging communications," said John Threadgill,
Information Technology, Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc., one of
the South's largest investment firms with more than 140 offices in
14 states. "IMAuditor Enterprise's tight integration with Reuters
Messaging and Entelagant's e-mail surveillance and archival
products enables us to safely and seamlessly manage our IM business
communication policy while providing unified compliance reporting
with all other IM and e-mail use within the company." "In the
instant messaging management market segment, FaceTime's IMAuditor
and IM Guardian products have generated two to three times more
revenue than its nearest competitor in 2002," according to Robert
Mahowald, research manager at IDC. "Through the expansion of its
direct and OEM sales channels, FaceTime has established itself as a
leader." FaceTime is now considered the standard in IM security and
management by:
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Six of the top eight banking institutions in the
United States
Three of the top four Canadian banking
institutions
32 of the top 100 global financial services
firms, including one of the largest mutual
funds companies
Six of the leading energy companies in the United
States
Two of the largest healthcare providers in the
United States
Three of the leading insurance institutions in
the United States
One of the largest broadband cable network
providers in the United States "Our
extraordinary first quarter results demonstrate the tremendous
demand for our award-winning solutions across various industries,"
said FaceTime President and CEO Glen D. Vondrick. "We are pleased
industry analysts recognize FaceTime as a category leader in IM
security, management, control and regulatory compliance for
industries such as financial services, health care and energy. We
will continue to expand our leadership into multiple industries by
addressing the broader needs of general enterprise organizations.
As we work closely with our customers and partners, we will also
continue to offer the most comprehensive and scalable IM security
and management solutions available," added Vondrick. FaceTime's
flagship solution, IMAuditor Enterprise, is used to secure, manage
and control IM usage in heterogeneous, multi-vendor enterprises
while enabling customers to gain competitive advantages in
time-sensitive business environments. This software server solution
is installed behind the enterprise firewall to support IM services
from the world's leading IM network providers, including AOL,
Microsoft, IBM Lotus, Yahoo!, Reuters, and Communicator Inc. In
addition, IMAuditor Enterprise provides financial services firms
with a solution to meet regulatory compliance requirements.
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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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