London, UK - 28 November, 2005 - FaceTime
Communications, the leading provider of solutions for securing IM,
P2P and spyware, has appointed Nick Sears as Managing Director for
Europe, the Middle East and Africa. With over 15 years of
experience in IT security and technology markets, Sears will be
responsible for aggressively expanding FaceTime's business across
EMEA. Sears was previously head of US operations at Web and Spyware
security firm, Finjan Software. During his five year tenure, he was
responsible for direct and indirect sales operations in Europe and
the USA. Prior to Finjan, Sears spent seven years at European
networking distributor, Azlan. During this time, he held several
director level positions including UK sales director, responsible
for a $200m sales operation and building markets for companies
including Checkpoint, Cisco and Netscape. Commenting on Sears'
appointment, company president and CEO, Kailash Ambwani said: "Our
objective is to keep our global customers one step ahead of the
increasing threats associated with "greynet" applications like
spyware, P2P file sharing and instant messaging. Nick's deep
knowledge of Web security issues and customer requirements will
prove instrumental in the delivery of our compliance and security
solutions to organizations worldwide." Ambwani continues:
"Nick also brings significant experience in creating and driving
direct and channel sales strategies and will play a key role in
helping FaceTime achieve and exceed its aggressive growth plans
through partners." Nick concludes:
"I'm really looking forward to building on the success already
achieved by FaceTime in the USA and establishing strong
relationships with partners across EMEA. Eight of the top ten banks
in the USA use FaceTime solutions, and IDC recently recognised
FaceTime as a leading supplier of enterprise instant messaging
management (EIM) technology. Backed by a global product development
team and the expertise of FaceTime Security Labs, we are
well-positioned in an exciting market."
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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