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Press Release
Reuters and FaceTime to Deliver Enterprise-wide, Multi-Network IM Compliance
Solution as Part of Rollout of Reuters Messaging
New York, SIA Technology and Management Conference, June 19th, 2002 -- FaceTime
Communications, the premier provider of network-independent instant messaging
(IM) applications for business, and Reuters, the global information, news and
technology group, today announced a strategic alliance to make Reuters
Messaging compatible with FaceTime's
IMAuditor product. Working together, the
two companies will enable Reuters Messaging clients who are also using other IM
networks to meet their regulatory auditing requirements by content logging
messages from both Reuters Messaging and other IM systems.
FaceTime IMAuditor will record, store and supervise messages generated on
Reuters Messaging and then aggregate them with all other IM communications in
the enterprise. This functionality will give corporate compliance a single
enterprise-wide IM compliance solution while enabling IT management to gain
control of all IM communications through a single user interface.
Reuters Messaging, a new high security instant messaging (IM) service for the
world's financial services industry, is currently undergoing final testing with
twenty-five global financial services institutions and is due for launch across
the industry in Q3. It will offer institutions access to a fast, cost
effective, encrypted, and firewall-compliant communications channel covering
their entire enterprise and reaching out to their customers and suppliers
across the globe. Customers using Reuters Messaging as their single solution
will be supported by the auditing and logging capabilities of this service.
" To unlock the potential of IM in the financial services industry, firms need
an open and standards based solution which allows them to respond to IT and
business challenges in real time without compromising reliability or the
ability to meet regulatory requirements." said Lewis Knopf, Managing Director
of Reuters Collaboration Services. " Our open strategy supports integration
with leading technology suppliers and we are extremely pleased to be working
with FaceTime. The FaceTime IMAuditor solution is fast becoming a standard IM
compliance solution, and together with Reuters Messaging, it will give our
customers enhanced enterprise-wide control and manageability across all IM
network communications."
"FaceTime is excited that the leading provider of content, technology and
connectivity around the world has chosen to certify
IMAuditor with Reuters
Messaging," said Glen D. Vondrick, FaceTime's President and CEO. Reuters
Messaging is clearly a key messaging solution for the financial services
industry and FaceTime's IMAuditor has become the standard for auditing IM use
in the enterprise. Linking IMAuditor with Reuters Messaging, with its proven
ability to log and audit IM communications on any network, gives Reuter's
customers the ability to provide unified compliance reporting with other IM
networks in use within the enterprise and provides centralized management
control of IM communications."
As part of the alliance, Lewis Knopf will join FaceTime's Advisory Board to
further strengthen its strategic vision around instant messaging and
collaboration.
FaceTime's unique technology advantage, IM expertise, and ability to provide
customers with authorized application access and integration to any network,
enables the company to deliver practical, value-add solutions on multiple IM
network infrastructures for any business. FaceTime's
IMAuditor provides IT
professionals the confidence and information security controls to manage public
and private IM networks in the enterprise. The FaceTime
IMAuditor includes an
easy installation and configuration process, no change in behavior for users of
existing instant messaging clients and buddy lists, Web-based reports, and
support for existing corporate proxy servers.
About Reuters
Reuters (www.about.reuters.com) is the leading global provider of financial
information, news and technology solutions to financial institutions, the
media, businesses and individuals. Reuters strength is its unique ability to
offer customers a combination of content, technology and connectivity. Its
premier position is founded on continuous technological innovation and a
reputation for speed, accuracy, integrity and impartiality. Reuters has over
19,000 staff in 97 countries, including some 2,500 editorial staff in 230
bureaux serving approximately 150 countries, making it the world's largest
international multimedia news agency. In 2001, Reuters had revenues of £3.9
billion.
Reuters and the sphere logo are the trade marks of the Reuters group of
companies.
Reuters is working with Microsoft and 25 leading financial institutions to
develop Reuters Messaging, a new high security instant messaging (IM) service
for the world's financial services industry. The service will offer
institutions access to a fast, cost effective, encrypted, and
firewall-compliant communications channel covering their entire enterprise and
reaching out to their customers and suppliers.
Reuters Messaging will be available as a standalone desktop application and
also within Reuters desktop products.
About FaceTime Communications
Founded in 1998, FaceTime Communications is the leading provider of security solutions for the management and
control of greynet applications such as adware/spyware, instant messaging, webmail, P2P file sharing, web
conferencing and instant voice. FaceTime delivers the industry's first IMPact Index, which assesses "point-in-time"
risks posed by viruses, worms and other malware propagating through greynet applications. FaceTime's award-winning
solutions are used by over 600 customers, among them seven of the eight largest U.S. financial institutions.
FaceTime supports or has strategic partnerships with all leading public and private IM network providers, including
AOL, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, IBM, Bloomberg, Jabber and Reuters.
FaceTime is headquartered in Foster City, California. For more information visit http://www.facetime.com or call 888-349-FACE.
PR Contact:
Emily Chamberlin
650-762-2945
echamberlin@ar-edelman.com
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