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Press Release
FaceTime Selected as a Technology Supplier for America Online's AIM® Enterprise Gateway Product
FOSTER CITY, CA - November 4, 2002 -- Building on its history of innovation and
leadership in the area of enterprise-class real-time messaging solutions,
FaceTime Communications, the leading provider of network-independent enterprise
solutions for the management and control of instant messaging (IM), today
announced that America Online, Inc. has selected the company to provide its
award winning IM Director development platform as embedded technology for the
AOL® Instant Messenger™ (AIM) Enterprise Gateway solution. Deployed behind a
company's firewall, the AIM Enterprise Gateway brings a new level of control
and security to instant messaging in the workplace, while continuing to provide
organizations with access to the largest and most active instant messaging
community in the world via the AIM service on the desktop.
FaceTime pioneered the concept of building value-add enterprise solutions for
instant messaging networks. As a technology supplier to America Online,
FaceTime builds further upon its position as a leading provider of core
technologies and applications that enable enterprises to harness the reach and
power of the largest instant messaging network in the world. FaceTime will
continue to deliver authorized AIM solutions for call centers, eCRM, helpdesk,
presence-based community portals and regulatory compliance.
The AIM Enterprise Gateway acts as a proxy between users inside the corporate
firewall and those on the public AIM network, and enables enterprises to
determine how they want to control access, routing and permissions. It also
makes it possible to monitor instant messaging usage for legal, regulatory and
accounting compliance by logging, auditing and creating reports on all AIM
communications.
Glen D. Vondrick, FaceTime President and CEO said, "As a technology platform
provider for America Online and the AIM Enterprise Gateway, FaceTime is proud
to demonstrate our continued technology leadership by extending the power of
the AIM network to millions of business users enabling them to increase the
value and manageability of AIM for enterprises."
"FaceTime Communications is a leading provider of IM applications and
enterprise IM technology servers for businesses. FaceTime's deep experience in
a wide range of enterprise IM applications and technical expertise make
FaceTime a solid technology partner for the AOL AIM Enterprise Gateway", said
Bruce Stewart, Senior Vice President of AOL Strategic Business Solutions.
"By 2006, more than 200 million corporate employees worldwide will be using
instant messaging," said Robert Mahowald, research manager at IDC. "FaceTime's
partnership with AOL further strengthens FaceTime's positioning as a leading
supplier in the emerging market for enterprise IM applications."
"We are excited about AOL's decision to enter the enterprise market with
FaceTime's core technology platform as the basis for their offerings," said
James Ford, VP Engineering and Operations, Thomas Weisel Partners. "From the
beginning, FaceTime's IM application integrated seamlessly into our systems and
now with the addition of the AIM Enterprise Gateway we look forward to
leveraging our investments even further by partnering with these innovators."
FaceTime's unique technology advantage, IM expertise, and ability to provide
customers with authorized application access enables the company to deliver
practical, value-add server solutions for any business. FaceTime's IM solutions
are installed behind corporate firewalls and allow IT administrative controls
to control access, and manage instant messaging with features such as
capturing, recording, and reporting conversations in the enterprise. Ease of
installation and configuration, lack of changes in behavior for AIM users;
Web-based reports; and support for existing corporate proxy servers are key
benefits of FaceTime's IM solutions.
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.
Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their
respective owners.
PR Contact:
Emily Chamberlin
650-762-2945
echamberlin@ar-edelman.com
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