FOSTER CITY, Calif. - May 24, 2004 - FaceTime,
the world's largest provider of solutions that secure, manage, and
extend instant messaging (IM) and other forms of real-time
communications in the enterprise, today announced that the Chicago
Stock Exchange is the latest organization to deploy both FaceTime
IMAuditor™ and FaceTime IM Guardian™ for the complete management,
security and regulatory compliance of multi-network instant
messaging and peer-to-peer communications (P2P). IMAuditor and IM
Guardian work together to provide IT organizations with the layered
approach that is essential to proper management and security of all
IM and P2P communications. This "defense-in-depth" approach employs
IMAuditor for IM user policy management on the internal network
with IM Guardian at the network perimeter to manage application
behavior through deep inspection of network traffic for protocol
analysis that distinguishes between authorized and unauthorized
use. Together, IMAuditor and IM Guardian form a complete solution
that aligns all IM and P2P communications with the organization's
business objectives and government regulations. "We have always
been vigilant about embracing innovative technologies that help
enhance member productivity, but we were concerned about instant
messaging and peer-to-peer's information and network security
implications," said Krysia Jacobs, vice president of technical
services for the Chicago Stock Exchange. "We knew of many vendors
claiming to possess the tools that resolve these concerns, but as
an organization that takes great stock in technological
sophistication, the Chicago Stock Exchange determined FaceTime was
the only solution that offered the complete security protection we
required." "FaceTime's comprehensive, real time solutions enable
customers such as The Chicago Stock Exchange to leverage IM and P2P
communications while enforcing policies that meet stringent
compliance mandates," said Kailash Ambwani, FaceTime's president
and CEO. "We are pleased to help The Chicago Stock Exchange deploy
a strategy that enables them to safely and securely embrace instant
messaging throughout their organization."
IMAuditor™:
The industry-leading IMAuditor addresses the regulatory compliance
needs of financial services firms, healthcare organizations, power
companies and other businesses that must adhere to stringent
government regulations. IM Director™:
IM Director gives IT professionals the ability to manage user
policies and control the usage of IM, regardless of the network
being used. IM Director provides businesses with the freedom to
choose the platforms, networks, and applications with which to
interface, without altering existing technologies and business
workflow. The Guardian Line™:
The Guardian Line, consisting of IM Guardian and RTG500, is an
enterprise security gateway designed to provide protection from
application vulnerabilities, such as rogue IM and P2P filesharing.
The Guardian Line allows for management and control of real-time
communications with policies for application behavior, dynamic port
negotiation and network usage statistics. The Guardian Line allows
businesses to standardize on chosen IM networks to support
corporate best practices and can be deployed with other FaceTime
solutions, behind the firewall, for a tightly integrated
"defense-in-depth" approach to managing both user and application
behavior. About Chicago Stock Exchange
The Chicago Stock Exchange was founded May 15, 1882. The CHX is a
strong force for competition to all U.S. markets. The CHX trades
more than 3,500 NYSE, AMEX, NASDAQ and CHX-exclusive issues.
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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