Press Release
FaceTime Provides IM Management and Compliance Solution to Help Address Federal Civil Procedure Rule Change
FOSTER CITY, CALIF. - December 4, 2006 - Today, FaceTime Communications
announced that its management and compliance products are able to help
enterprises meet the demands and protect against violations of the revised
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which took effect December 1, 2006. Under the
new federal rules, companies need to keep track of all the e-mails, instant
messages and other electronic documents they maintain as business records and,
if involved in litigation, be able to produce their "electronically stored
information" according to specific requirements as part of the litigation
discovery process.
Among the changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is a broad new
definition of what constitutes discoverable electronically stored information.
Many alert enterprises have already recognized that the change in the Rules has
increased their technology needs as they review their ability to meet the new
standard. Most companies have implemented solutions to archive and monitor
their e-mail systems, but fewer companies have established archiving systems
for instant messaging, Web conferencing and other real-time communications used
by office workers.
Without accurate and searchable archives of a company's electronic
communications, the new rules expose companies to risks, including potentially
expensive recovery efforts or fines. FaceTime products, used in conjunction
with appropriate records retention solutions, help protect customers from the
implications of the new law by logging and archiving instant messaging, Web
conferencing and other real-time applications.
In recent years, most enterprises have produced greater volumes of electronic
communications via an increasing range of different applications. FaceTime's
2006 Greynets Survey, conducted by NewDilligence, shows that approximately four
in ten end users have installed greynet applications that are explicitly not
sanctioned or approved by their IT department. Greynets are real-time
communication applications, often installed by end users, that use highly
evasive techniques to circumvent existing network management infrastructure.
FaceTime's IMAuditor secures and manages all public and enterprise instant
messaging use over an organization's network. FaceTime works with strategic
compliance partners such as AXS-One, Proofpoint and others, to provide
interoperable, easy-to-manage solutions for comprehensive IM and e-mail
security and compliance in a single platform.
"Employees tend to say things over IM that they wouldn't necessarily say via
e-mail, because they believe it to be an unmonitored channel." said Kailash
Ambwani, president and CEO of FaceTime Communications. "Our customers,
including nine of the top 10 U.S. banks, depend on FaceTime to easily log,
audit and retrieve IM conversations occurring on their networks."
About FaceTime Communications
FaceTime enables the safe and productive use of greynets like instant messaging, Skype,
web conferencing and P2P file sharing. FaceTime Security Labs delivers the industry's
first IMPact Index, which assesses "point-in-time" risks posed by viruses, worms and
other malware propagating through greynet applications. Ranked number one in market
share among instant messaging management vendors for the third consecutive year, FaceTime's
award-winning solutions are used by more than 800 customers including nine of the ten
largest U.S. banks. FaceTime supports or has strategic partnerships with all leading
public and private IM network providers, including AOL, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!,
IBM, Reuters, Bloomberg, and Jabber.
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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