NEW YORK, NY and FOSTER CITY, Calif. - April 25,
2005 - Reuters (LSE: RTR, Nasdaq: RTRSY), the global
information company, today announced it has selected FaceTime
Communications, the premier provider of solutions that secure,
manage and extend instant messaging (IM) and peer-to-peer (P2P)
applications, as its Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) provider
for its Reuters Messaging Compliance Manager. The new compliance
solution, which Reuters plans to release later this year, will
support customers' needs to meet strict compliance and corporate
governance requirements imposed on the highly regulated financial
services sector. This announcement complements Reuters existing
relationship with FaceTime under the Reuters Messaging Compliance
Partner Program. FaceTime's industry unique TrueCompliance™ are a
collection of features that support the need for strict regulatory
compliance for IM and P2P networks. These features will support the
upcoming Reuters Messaging 5.0, to include forms and multi-party
persistent chat. David Gurle, EVP, Global Head of Collaboration
Services at Reuters, said: "The world's leading financial services
firms rely on Reuters Messaging to conduct business. As such, it is
critical that our compliance platform supports our customers' needs
to meet the most stringent regulatory requirements. We teamed up
with FaceTime because of their advanced technology and market
leadership." Kailash Ambwani, President and CEO at FaceTime
Communications, said: "FaceTime is proud to collaborate with
Reuters, the dominant provider of messaging solutions for the
world's financial services firms. Through this alliance, Reuters
Messaging customers stand to benefit from the world's only solution
that truly complies with all government regulations." FaceTime was
selected by Reuters for FaceTime's longstanding leadership in both
innovation and market share in the IM compliance, management and
security space; the robust functionality, stability and scalability
of its product suite; and a successful track record with OEMs. As a
next step, Reuters plans to make Reuters Messaging Compliance
Manager available on a hosted basis. For more information about
Reuters Messaging Compliance Manager, please visit
www.reuters.com/messaging. About Reuters
Reuters (www.reuters.com), the global information company,
provides indispensable information tailored for professionals in
the financial services, media and corporate markets. Its trusted
information drives decision making across the globe based on a
reputation for speed, accuracy and independence. Reuters has 14,500
staff in 91 countries. This includes 2,300 editorial staff in 196
bureaus serving 129 countries, making Reuters the world's largest
international multimedia news agency. In 2004, Reuters Group
revenues were £2.9 billion. Reuters and the sphere logo are the
trade-marks of the Reuters group of companies.
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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