BELMONT, Calif - November 23, 2009 - FaceTime
Communications, today announced that Check Point Software
Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP) has acquired its market leading
application classification and signature database to add a new
level of security for use in Check Point Security Gateways. Check
Point's purchase of the database validates the need for businesses
to implement Web 2.0 controls and security.
"In adding this capability to our product line, we researched
the market - and identified FaceTime's application database as the
market leader," said Bill Bailey, vice president of corporate and
business development of Check Point. "Incorporation of the
purchased database will provide businesses unparalleled granular
control over application usage."
"Check Point's purchase of our database reaffirms FaceTime's
leadership in the Web 2.0 and application security market," said
Kailash Ambwani, president and chief executive officer at FaceTime
Communications. "With people and businesses interacting more than
ever online the need for Internet application security is essential
to protecting corporate networks."
FaceTime incorporates the database in its recently announced
Unified Security Gateway 3.0 - the first secure Web gateway to
combine content monitoring, logging, management and security of Web
2.0 applications, such as social networking, instant messaging, and
Unified Communications, with URL filtering, anti-malware and Web
anti-virus protection.
The momentous growth of Web 2.0 platforms and the benefits
gained through their use introduces significant new compliance and
policy challenges. Government agencies and corporations worry about
sensitive information leaking out over Twitter or Facebook and
organizations now face new rules, from regulatory bodies such as
FINRA, specifically relating to content posted to social
networks.
"Here at the West Virginia Department for Education, our issues
with Facebook and MySpace are twofold; first the malware
propagation issue, and secondly, if we allow access to this type of
site, I'd be concerned with people just 'hanging out' all day,"
says Jim Daniels, Network Administrator "USG gives us the ability
to allow access to the parts of Facebook - our groups for instance
- and the applets we want them to have access to, without
compromising productivity."
"The growth in corporate use of Web 2.0 applications and in the
number of different applications being used makes compliance with
legal and regulatory obligations incredibly important," said
Michael Osterman, principal of Osterman Research. "Our research has
shown that a large and growing proportion of corporate users are
using Web 2.0 tools on a regular basis. Consequently, organizations
must control how these tools are used and the information that is
transmitted through them or face significant consequences for not
doing so."
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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