Web 2.0 Application Research

Dedicated, Focused Teams

ApplicationsGuide.com is a comprehensive resource center focused on the real-time Internet and the communication and collaboration applications that power it. Dedicated to helping enterprise IT professionals better understand the behavior of evasive and consumer-oriented applications that are increasingly being adopted by employees such as public and enterprise instant messaging, peer-to-peer file sharing, VoIP, IPTV, and social networks, ApplicationsGuide.com details the source, behavior and effective management and security tools for more than 5,000 Web applications of concern to IT managers.

This site is maintained by Actiance Security Labs, the leading research team dedicated to the collection, analysis, associated threats and management of real-time and Web 2.0 applications. With research facilities on three continents, Actiance Security Labs understands the tools and information organizations need to discover, control and secure for the benefit of the enterprise.

The New Internet

The Internet is about communications, collaboration and communities - whether it's social networking, instant messaging or now video calling, users are bringing these tools into the workplace.

These network-enabled applications are often downloaded and installed by the end user without the permission or knowledge of the IT department.

Today, the Actiance Security Labs team have identified more than 5,000 of these real-time and Web 2.0 applications, providing controls to safely enable their user in enterprise networks.