FOSTER CITY, Calif. - June 28, 2004 - FaceTime
Communications, the leading provider of solutions that secure,
manage, and extend instant messaging (IM) and other forms of
real-time communications, today announced it has expanded its
global reach through new partnerships with Gresham Computing, a
leading software systems integrator in Australia; NEC System
Technologies LTD., an IT platform software developer, systems
integrator and subsidiary of NEC Corporation in Japan; and Solomon
Technology Corp., a leading content security solutions distributor
(through its System Applications Business Unit) in Taiwan. As part
of the agreements, Gresham, NEC System Technologies, and Solomon
will resell FaceTime's industry-leading solutions in their
respective territories where IM use has caught up with high
Internet penetration and use of mobile messaging, generating demand
for security and compliance solutions that are uniquely engineered
to operate in double-byte operating environments. In addition,
FaceTime appointed Olavs Ritenis to a new post in Sydney, Australia
from where he will build on the company's Asia Pacific presence as
director of business development for APAC. Mr. Ritenis has
seventeen years of sales, marketing, and business development
experience with enterprise messaging solutions in the Asian and
Australian markets. The new FaceTime office and APAC partnerships
combine with an additional alliance struck with AmVia, a solution
enhancing company focusing on messaging and convergence in South
Africa, for an expanded global presence that already includes
Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, and the United States. "With IM now
recognized as an integral part of corporate communications, we're
seeing a domino effect, whereas IM is used by organizations to
connect geographically dispersed offices for true collaboration on
a global scale," said FaceTime Vice President of Channel Sales
Sherry Walden. "FaceTime is prepared to meet this next wave of
demand through our alliances with our global partners." FaceTime
continues to expand its Channel Partner Program to meet new
international demand as many organizations are leveraging IM and
presence to collaborate with employees, customers and partners in
offices deployed around the world. The FaceTime Channel Partner
Program is designed to enable leading resellers and system
integrators in the messaging, collaboration and security markets to
expand their solution offerings by incorporating FaceTime's
products for the security, management and control of real-time
communications, such as IM and P2P. "We are proud to join FaceTime
in helping Taiwanese businesses and their global counterparts
safely leverage instant messaging for greater productivity and
collaboration," said Vice President of System Applications Business
Unit Dabby Yang at Solomon Technology Corp. "With clear market
leadership, strong customer momentum and the most comprehensive IM
solution suite available, FaceTime is everything we look for when
striking important alliances." "NEC System Technologies is looking
forward to introducing FaceTime Communications' market leading IM
security solutions to Japan," said Kazuyuki Jimbo, general manager
of the Network Software Division of NEC System Technologies. "IM
usage by Japanese corporations is growing rapidly as they realize
the value of being able to connect instantly and easily with
contacts. However, there is an increasing concern over information
security within corporations using IM. As a result, we are now
seeing tremendous demand in Japan for solutions that secure, manage
and control enterprise IM." For more information about the FaceTime
Channel Partner Program, please visit http://www.facetime.com/partners/strategic.aspx.
For more information about new launch activities in Japan and
Taiwan please email apac@facetime.com. For additional information
about the UK and other worldwide offices, please email
emea@facetime.com.
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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