Reading, UK - 08 February 2012- Actiance
(www.actiance.com), helping organizations benefit from new forms of
communications and collaboration, today announced that its Socialite
offering has been shortlisted for FStech Awards' Most Innovative
Product of the Year.
Hosted by Financial Sector Technology, one of the leading
business titles for IT decision makers in the UK and European
financial services, the award recognises technology suppliers that
have delivered excellence and innovation within the sector. The
Most Innovative Product is a new category in this year's awards,
which has seen a record number of submissions.
Actiance is recognised for Socialite Engage, which helps
Financial Institutions protect their brand and ensure compliance
while allowing employees to share
relevant content, measure impact and increase engagement.
Individual Financial Advisors and regulated users can share
relevant and pre-approved content through Socialite Engage, ensure
authenticity of voice, measure impact and increase customer
engagement to grow their business.
Actiance delivers a unified platform that allows organizations
to gain visibility of applications in use, apply usage and content
policies, ensure compliance and gain valuable insights across
communications and collaboration channels. Through its granular
monitoring, moderation, archiving, and content distribution
features, Socialite Engage allows organizations to fully maximize
their social media
initiatives, without compromising security and compliance
requirements.
"Social media is a key part of business interaction today, but
ensuring industry compliance can be a complex and burdensome affair
for financial institutions," says David Oates, VP EMEA, Actiance.
"Socialite Engage overcomes the issues of controlling and retaining
content, whilst delivering actionable, measurable results on social
media activity, and we're delighted that the FStech Awards has
recognised the potential that Socialite offers financial services
firms."
An independent panel of judges consisting of experts within the
financial industry will consider each of the finalist entries for
their ability to demonstrate innovation, implementation and
performance. The winners will be announced on 28th March 2012 at
the Awards Gala Dinner held at the Lancaster London Hotel.
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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