FOSTER CITY, CALIF. - June 27, 2007 - FaceTime Communications,
the leading provider of solutions for securing and managing IM, P2P
and Web-based greynets, today announced availability of its new
RTGuardian 2000 Secure Gateway. Offering the zero latency that IT
users have come to expect from the Real Time Guardian platform with
double the throughput of FaceTime's RTGuardian 1000, the new RTG
2000 addresses the challenges of managing and securing the
avalanche of real-time applications being deployed on the
enterprise network.
"The dynamic and evasive behavior of real-time applications on the
network makes effectively securing and managing content traveling
over these channels a real challenge," said Frank Cabri, vice
president of marketing and product management for FaceTime
Communications. "Today's Internet is all about real-time
collaboration and readily downloadable applications that employ
tunneling, port hopping and encryption to gain access to the
network. These greynet applications - which employees continue to
use even when enterprise instant messaging platforms are deployed -
can bring a range of security risks including inbound malware
threats, the potential for information leakage and compliance
concerns."
FaceTime's second annual Greynets Survey, conducted by
NewDiligence in late 2006, confirmed that today's office workforce
is reliant on the Internet and that employees consider it their
right to download and use the application of their choice.
Employees use consumer applications to connect with customers and
colleagues, but also with friends and family. According to the
survey, about four in 10 end users believe they have the right to
install the applications they need on their work PC. Among the most
popular applications used by employees are streaming audio or video
services (74%), Web-based email (71%), Web conferencing (60%) and
public instant messaging (49%).
About RTGuardian
FaceTime's award-winning Real Time Guardian software platform is
the most advanced perimeter security solution for managing Web
browsing, blocking unauthorized IM and P2P usage, managing Skype
and preventing malware at the Internet gateway.
The RTG2000 complements the existing range of RTGuardian
appliances that provide performance and award-winning efficacy for
small and medium businesses to large enterprises that require tens
of thousands of simultaneous connections. As enterprises support
larger networks and employees consume more bandwidth with real-time
applications that demand the highest performance, RTG2000
anticipates future IT requirements without compromising security
and compliance efficacy.
"In our tests, FaceTime's RTGuardian accurately managed, secured
and controlled spyware, adware, unauthorized P2P, IM-borne malware
and even Skype. RTGuardian is scalable, offers excellent reports,
is easy to use, has zero latency and is easy to install. It stops
malware cold," said Barry Nance of Network Testing Labs.
RTGuardian provides a single point of control for all Web and
real-time communications, as well as lowers operational costs and
simplifies administration for IT management. By combining Web
filtering with security and management of emerging applications
such as IM, P2P and Skype, FaceTime extends the IT budget and
provides a better value than point products used to secure IM and
Web browsing separately. The adaptable platform will allow an
enterprise to secure and manage over 100 networked applications
today, and provide the headroom to support rich media applications
such as Joost in the future.
Operating on a purpose-built appliance platform, RTGuardian
detects and interprets all Internet activity with zero latency.
Enterprises can manage employee use of all Internet channels - both
greynets and the Web - with a single solution using unified policy
management.
Pricing and Availability
RTG2000 is available now worldwide through FaceTime's authorized
resellers. Please call -888-349-FACE for pricing, or logon to
www.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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