FOSTER CITY, CALIF. - December 4, 2006 - Today,
FaceTime Communications announced that its management and
compliance products are able to help enterprises meet the demands
and protect against violations of the revised Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure, which took effect December 1, 2006. Under the new
federal rules, companies need to keep track of all the e-mails,
instant messages and other electronic documents they maintain as
business records and, if involved in litigation, be able to produce
their "electronically stored information" according to specific
requirements as part of the litigation discovery process.
Among the changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is a
broad new definition of what constitutes discoverable
electronically stored information. Many alert enterprises have
already recognized that the change in the Rules has increased their
technology needs as they review their ability to meet the new
standard. Most companies have implemented solutions to archive and
monitor their e-mail systems, but fewer companies have established
archiving systems for instant messaging, Web conferencing and other
real-time communications used by office workers.
Without accurate and searchable archives of a company's
electronic communications, the new rules expose companies to risks,
including potentially expensive recovery efforts or fines. FaceTime
products, used in conjunction with appropriate records retention
solutions, help protect customers from the implications of the new
law by logging and archiving instant messaging, Web conferencing
and other real-time applications.
In recent years, most enterprises have produced greater volumes
of electronic communications via an increasing range of different
applications. FaceTime's 2006 Greynets Survey, conducted by
NewDilligence, shows that approximately four in ten end users have
installed greynet applications that are explicitly not sanctioned
or approved by their IT department. Greynets are real-time
communication applications, often installed by end users, that use
highly evasive techniques to circumvent existing network management
infrastructure.
FaceTime's IMAuditor secures and manages all public and
enterprise instant messaging use over an organization's network.
FaceTime works with strategic compliance partners such as AXS-One,
Proofpoint and others, to provide interoperable, easy-to-manage
solutions for comprehensive IM and e-mail security and compliance
in a single platform.
"Employees tend to say things over IM that they wouldn't
necessarily say via e-mail, because they believe it to be an
unmonitored channel." said Kailash Ambwani, president and CEO of
FaceTime Communications. "Our customers, including nine of the top
10 U.S. banks, depend on FaceTime to easily log, audit and retrieve
IM conversations occurring on their networks."
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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