BELMONT, Calif - June 2, 2011 - Actiance (www.actiance.com),
enablers of the safe and compliant use of unified communications,
collaboration and Web 2.0, today announced it has been included in
the Gartner, Inc. 2011 Secure Web Gateway Magic Quadrant in the
Visionaries quadrant of the report. Gartner reviewed 19 vendors and
solutions in the report, selecting Actiance for inclusion based on
its ability to execute and completeness of vision.
"We believe our inclusion in the Secure Web
Gateway Magic Quadrant by Gartner confirms our commitment to
the enablement of Web 2.0 and the new Internet. We feel it
showcases our ability to bring market leading capabilities into the
Secure Web Gateway - from the strongest control of Skype, to
innovative management
controls for social media," said Kailash Ambwani, CEO,
Actiance. "As Web 2.0 applications, social media and social
collaboration tools continue to expand and evolve, our customers
are positioned to maximize the potential of these communications
modalities, safely and securely"
As stated in the Gartner "Magic Quadrant for
Secure Web Gateway" (L. Orans/P. Firstbrook , May 25, 2011), "We
ranked vendors on the strength of their commitment to the SWG
market in the form of strong product management, their vision for
the SWG market and the degree to which their road maps reflect a
solid commitment of resources to achieve that vision."
Actiance is the leader in delivering Internet application
security and management solutions, and provides the broadest
visibility and controls for more than 5,000 named Internet
applications. The company's customers includce 20 of the largest 50
banks in North America and 1,600 customers worldwide.
As a module of Actiance's Unified Security Gateway, the
Socialite capabilities provides granular feature control and
management of content for social networks, for more than 160
features on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Administrators
are able to define both an on-premise policy for employees working
on the corporate network as well as a roaming policy for those
off-network. Socialite is also the first solution to be deployable
as a hybrid solution, available both as a software-as-a-service
deployment (SaaS) and an on-premises solution.These capabilities
give Actiance customers the broadest visibility and most
comprehensive controls available to secure and enhance their social
and web 2.0 applications.
For more information, please visit: http://www.actiance.com.
The Actiance blog, at http://blog.actiance.com,
offers thoughts and opinions about the changing nature of Internet
communications. To follow Actiance on Twitter, check out their page
at www.twitter.com/actiance
About the Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2011 by Gartner, Inc. and is
reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical
representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period.
It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure
against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner.
Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in
the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select
only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic
Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to
be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties,
express or implied, with respect to this research, including any
warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular
purpose.
About Actiance
Actiance helps organizations manage, secure and ensure compliance
across unified communications, collaboration and Web 2.0
applications such as blogs, wikis and social networks. Actiance's
award-winning platforms are used by 9 of the top 10 US banks and
284 FINRA regulated firms globally.
The Actiance platform allows organizations to gain visibility of
applications in use, apply usage and content policies, ensure
compliance and gain valuable insights across the communications and
collaboration channels. Actiance supports all leading social
networks, unified communications and collaboration providers and IM
platforms, including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google, Yahoo!,
AOL, Skype, Cisco, Microsoft, Jive, and IBM.
Actiance is headquartered in Belmont, California. For more
information visit or call 888-349-3223.
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