Many businesses are adopting enterprise-grade unified
communications (UC) and collaboration platforms such as Microsoft
Lync Server and SharePoint, respectively, to integrate the
full suite of UC capabilities, including IM, Web
conferencing, video, and Voice-over-IP (VoIP) for increased
collaboration, productivity, and cost savings. The challenge is
reaping all the collaborative benefits of Lync/OCS without
compromising efficiency gains, network security, or corporate
policy standards - from preventing malware and information loss
over IM to meeting regulatory, corporate governance, and eDiscovery
requirements across all UC channels.
Meeting the Unique Needs of Your Environment
In practice, it's also rare that only one UC suite will be used
exclusively, even after an organization has standardized on a
single platform. The enterprise architecture will more than likely
include a combination of applications from leading vendors, require
inclusion of still other enterprise collaboration platforms used by
partners and/or customers, and employees may continue to download
and utilize consumer-oriented Web 2.0 applications. All this
multiplies the security, management, and compliance challenges
faced by IT - issues such as inbound malware, information leakage,
and the need for a common policy and reporting framework to
simplify administration.
Actiance is the leading gold-level Microsoft partner for managing Lync, OCS, and SharePoint
environments:
- Logging and archiving - Compliance guidelines,
including eDiscovery, apply to real-time communications and chat
threads.
- Data leak prevention - Content filtering and
analysis on over 100 popular file types protects confidential info
and prevents data loss.
- Anti-virus scanning and malware prevention -
Real-time channels are increasingly targeted by malware, with
blended threats hopping from public to enterprise networks.
- Granular policy setting - Many organizations
need to apply acceptable use policies at the company, group, and
employee levels.
- Advanced reporting - Define and send reports
based on role or need, such as making eDiscovery reports available
to legal teams or reporting malware violations to IT staff.
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Actiance solutions for Microsoft Lync
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Actiance solutions for Microsoft SharePoint
Actiance is a Microsoft Gold Certified
Partner