Press Release
FaceTime Attains Gold Certified Partner Status in Microsoft Partner Program,
Provides In-depth Security and Compliance for Microsoft Office Communications
Server 2007
FaceTime Survey Reveals Continued Rogue Public IM Use in Organizations Where
Unified Communications and Enterprise IM are Deployed
BELMONT, CALIF. - October 16, 2007 - FaceTime Communications, a leading
provider of solutions that control greynets and manage unified communications
in the enterprise, today announced it has attained Gold Certified Partner
status in the Microsoft Partner Program, and that its suite of management
security and compliance products supports the new Microsoft Office
Communications Server 2007. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners receive a rich
set of benefits, including access, training and support, giving them a
competitive advantage in the marketplace.
According to a study conducted by NewDiligence Market Research and released
today by FaceTime, users in 74 percent of organizations that have deployed
enterprise instant messaging or unified communications applications such as
Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 continue to use public IM. This continued
use of rogue IM applications such as AOL instant messenger, GoogleTalk, MSN
Messenger, Skype and Yahoo! Instant Messenger creates a heterogeneous
environment requiring IT administrators to maintain a single point of control
for security and compliance policies implemented across both sanctioned
enterprise-class and consumer IM and unified communications applications.
Through FaceTime's continued support of both Microsoft Office Live
Communications Server 2005 and the new Office Communications Server 2007,
enterprise organizations can be assured of enhanced security and management of
all of their real-time communications, including instant messages delivered
over federated public IM clients. FaceTime offers a highly scalable, API-based
architecture that is integrated with Office Communications Server 2007 and
extensible to other communications modalities including Voice over IP and Web
conferencing, for example, in addition to instant messaging. This in-depth
integration insures that, even in the event of a server failure, policies are
enforced and messages continue to be archived for compliance and audit
purposes, protecting an organization across the entire continuum of public IM
and Unified Communications applications.
"Consumer-oriented public IM, chat and P2P applications are finding legitimate
use within organizations, which has driven many customers to implement unified
communications suites such as Office Communications Server 2007," said Frank
Cabri, vice president of marketing and product development at FaceTime.
"However, the continued presence of these greynets poses myriad network and
information security risks because they provide vectors for malware,
intellectual property loss, identity theft and compliance risks. It is an
ongoing challenge for IT administrators to gain visibility and control over the
evasive greynets that employees bring into the network. FaceTime provides the
means to ensure the safe and productive use of Unified Communications,
alongside consumer-oriented greynets in the enterprise."
"FaceTime adds an extra line of defense against malware and information
leakage, as well as ensures messages are archived and can easily be retrieved
according to corporate and government regulatory requirements," said Kim Akers,
general manager Unified Communications Group, at Microsoft Corp. "And for those
organizations that choose to control the use of consumer IM applications,
FaceTime provides an easy, enterprise-grade solution for implementing
enterprise-wide policies across many different communications vectors."
About FaceTime Communications
FaceTime Communications enables the safe and productive use of instant
messaging, Web usage and Unified Communications platforms. Ranked number one by
IDC for four consecutive years, FaceTime's award-winning solutions are used by
more than 900 customers - including nine of the ten largest U.S. banks - for
security, management and compliance of real-time communications. FaceTime
supports or has strategic relationships with all leading public and enterprise
IM network providers, including AOL, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Skype, IBM,
Reuters, and Jabber.
FaceTime is headquartered in Belmont, California. For more information visit
http://www.facetime.com or call 888-349-FACE. The FaceForward blog, at
http://blog.facetime.com, offers thoughts and opinions about the changing
nature of Internet communications.
PR Contact:
Emily Chamberlin
650-762-2945
echamberlin@ar-edelman.com
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