Stand 249, IP08, Earls Court, London - October 1, 2008
- FaceTime Communications announced today that
international charity, WaterAid, has implemented FaceTime's
security appliance and Greynet Enterprise Manager (GEM) to secure
its use of instant messaging and Skype. The need to use real-time
communications within the charity has been driven by WaterAid's
partners who help to deliver aid to the world's poorest countries
in Africa, Asia and the Pacific and who appreciate the associated
benefits of low cost and presence.
"Many of our local partners across the globe use real-time
applications to communicate," says Peter Heather, Head of IT for
WaterAid. "We wanted WaterAid staff to be a part of that
conversation, but not expose our networks and data to spyware and
other types of malware, which is becoming an increasing threat on
real-time networks. FaceTime has enabled us to make the most of
cost effective communications in a way that protects WaterAid, our
data and its workers."
WaterAid, which enables the world's poorest people to gain
access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education, has over
five-hundred employees around the globe, with one-hundred and
thirty based in the UK. FaceTime allows the charity to control
which employees can have access to specific real-time
communications applications and disable functionality where
appropriate.
In an organisation that has a large disparate workforce,
applications such as Skype and instant messaging enables staff and
partners to easily see when people are available to chat, helping
to resolve issues quickly and providing much needed ongoing
support, in a cost effective manner. FaceTime's appliance, which
allows organisations to manage security policies and aggregate
reporting for IM, P2P and spyware traffic, will enable WaterAid to
work more effectively, without compromising security.
"Presence is a strong driver for organisations to implement
real-time communications, but security must not be overlooked in
the bid to improve productivity and realise cost benefits,"
comments Nick Sears, VP EMEA, FaceTime Communications. "By allowing
some employees access to applications such as instant messaging and
VoIP, but blocking other features such as file transfer, WaterAid
is able to realise the advantages of real-time communications,
without putting its network at risk."
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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