FOSTER CITY, CALIF. - June 13, 2007 - FaceTime
Communications, the leading provider of solutions for securing and
managing IM, P2P and Web-based greynets in the enterprise, today
announced that Gartner has placed FaceTime in the Visionaries
Quadrant for the secure Web gateway market. The Gartner Magic
Quadrant provides guidance for organizations that are seeking to
purchase, replace or upgrade their Web security solutions.
Gartner defines the new secure Web gateway market as "a solution
that filters unwanted software/malware from user-initiated
Web/Internet traffic and enforces corporate and regulatory policy
compliance." Peter Firstbrook, Arabella Hallawell and Lawrence
Orans introduced the new secure Web gateway category in March 2007,
noting that enterprises increasingly demand an all-inclusive secure
Web gateway solution to protect Web-connected PCs from infection,
and to enforce compliance requirements.
Several factors are driving the market for secure Web gateways,
according to FaceTime. Real-time consumer applications such as IM,
Web conferencing and P2P file sharing applications are making the
transition to the workplace, while at the same time organizations
are under stricter scrutiny regarding electronically stored
information (ESI). According to new Federal Rules for Civil
Procedure that went into effect on Dec. 1, 2006, all electronically
stored information is now discoverable in a litigious event.
Whereas traditional Web filtering is necessary for all
enterprise networks, it is not sufficient for securing the new
Internet. For IT and Security managers, combining security and
compliance for real-time applications with more traditional Web
filtering solutions results in lower total cost of ownership. With
a single security and compliance solution, all communications using
the Web gateway can be secured against inbound threats, protected
from outbound information leakage and regulatory and corporate
compliance can be insured.
"We believe Gartner's evaluation of the Secure Web gateway
market acknowledges that the Internet has, in fact, changed, and it
will encourage enterprises to think about managing this new class
of Internet applications," said Kailash Ambwani, president and CEO
of FaceTime Communications. "Today's workforce uses the internet
for more than email and Web browsing. Enterprise IT departments are
seeing that URL filtering isn't sufficient for the new real-time
internet. They need to detect, manage and secure the networked
applications that make their workforce more productive."
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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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