Press Release
FaceTime Meets New Enterprise Challenge with Scalable Secure Gateway for Web
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RTGuardian 2000 Platform Optimized for Higher Bandwidth Real-Time Applications
FOSTER CITY, CALIF. - June 27, 2007 - FaceTime Communications, the
leading provider of solutions for securing and managing IM, P2P and Web-based
greynets, today announced availability of its new RTGuardian 2000 Secure
Gateway. Offering the zero latency that IT users have come to expect from the
Real Time Guardian platform with double the throughput of FaceTime's RTGuardian
1000, the new RTG 2000 addresses the challenges of managing and securing the
avalanche of real-time applications being deployed on the enterprise network.
"The dynamic and evasive behavior of real-time applications on the network
makes effectively securing and managing content traveling over these channels a
real challenge," said Frank Cabri, vice president of marketing and product
management for FaceTime Communications. "Today's Internet is all about
real-time collaboration and readily downloadable applications that employ
tunneling, port hopping and encryption to gain access to the network. These
greynet applications - which employees continue to use even when enterprise
instant messaging platforms are deployed - can bring a range of security risks
including inbound malware threats, the potential for information leakage and
compliance concerns."
FaceTime's second annual Greynets Survey, conducted by NewDiligence in late
2006, confirmed that today's office workforce is reliant on the Internet and
that employees consider it their right to download and use the application of
their choice. Employees use consumer applications to connect with customers and
colleagues, but also with friends and family. According to the survey, about
four in 10 end users believe they have the right to install the applications
they need on their work PC. Among the most popular applications used by
employees are streaming audio or video services (74%), Web-based email (71%),
Web conferencing (60%) and public instant messaging (49%).
About RTGuardian
FaceTime's award-winning Real Time Guardian software platform is the most
advanced perimeter security solution for managing Web browsing, blocking
unauthorized IM and P2P usage, managing Skype and preventing malware at the
Internet gateway.
The RTG2000 complements the existing range of RTGuardian appliances that
provide performance and award-winning efficacy for small and medium businesses
to large enterprises that require tens of thousands of simultaneous
connections. As enterprises support larger networks and employees consume more
bandwidth with real-time applications that demand the highest performance,
RTG2000 anticipates future IT requirements without compromising security and
compliance efficacy.
"In our tests, FaceTime's RTGuardian accurately managed, secured and controlled
spyware, adware, unauthorized P2P, IM-borne malware and even Skype. RTGuardian
is scalable, offers excellent reports, is easy to use, has zero latency and is
easy to install. It stops malware cold," said Barry Nance of Network Testing
Labs.
RTGuardian provides a single point of control for all Web and real-time
communications, as well as lowers operational costs and simplifies
administration for IT management. By combining Web filtering with security and
management of emerging applications such as IM, P2P and Skype, FaceTime extends
the IT budget and provides a better value than point products used to secure IM
and Web browsing separately. The adaptable platform will allow an enterprise to
secure and manage over 100 networked applications today, and provide the
headroom to support rich media applications such as Joost in the future.
Operating on a purpose-built appliance platform, RTGuardian detects and
interprets all Internet activity with zero latency. Enterprises can manage
employee use of all Internet channels - both greynets and the Web - with a
single solution using unified policy management.
Pricing and Availability
RTG2000 is available now worldwide through FaceTime's authorized resellers.
Please call -888-349-FACE for pricing, or logon to
www.facetime.com.
About FaceTime Communications
FaceTime enables the safe and productive use of greynets like instant
messaging, Skype, web conferencing and P2P file sharing. Ranked No. 1 by IDC 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 10 largest U.S. banks. 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. FaceTime supports or has strategic partnerships with all leading
public and private IM network providers, including AOL, Google, Microsoft,
Yahoo!, Skype, IBM, Reuters, 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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