BELMONT, Calif. - November 11, 2008 - FaceTime
Communications announced today that CIO New Zealand, the only
business publication dedicated to the unique information needs of
CIOs in New Zealand has placed FaceTime in this year's Strategic
100 ICT vendors. Listed in the Rising Stars category, CIO noted
that FaceTime is - "is riding a second technology tsunami -
providing security for users of Facebook and similar social
networking sites."
Compiled by an expert panel of judges from throughout the APAC
region and by CIO's editorial teams internationally, "Rising Stars"
recognises companies that are influencing technology choices and
have already caught the eye of savvy CIOs.
CIO noted in its write-up that FaceTime is "…the first company
to provide security for unified communications solutions like
Microsoft's Office Communication Server and IBM's Lotus Sametime,"
and recognised that its products which secure, control and manage
instant messaging, web conferencing and P2P file sharing, provide
"an electronic paper trail to monitor IM conversations that might
otherwise be difficult to recover."
"Deployment of unified communication tools has risen
significantly in 2008 as companies look to take advantage of the
productivity and cost benefits it brings," says Deric Moilliet,
Managing Director, Australia and New Zealand. "As organisations
become more aware that both enterprise and consumer based solutions
do not natively provide the required the security, policy control
and compliance to ensure best practice, so the interest in
FaceTime's products has grown, as the inclusion of FaceTime in
CIO's Rising Stars confirms."
FaceTime is represented in New Zealand by GrailNZ - distributor
of messaging security solutions. www.grailnz.co.nz.
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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