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Press Release
FaceTime Continues Sales Momentum Through Agreement With Jefferies &
Company, Inc. to Use IMAuditor for Instant Message Auditing by Its World Wide
Users
IMAuditor Fast Becoming a Standard for Unique Ability to Manage, Audit, and
Control Multiple Instant Messaging Networks
FOSTER CITY, Calif., May 28, 2002 -- FaceTime Communications, the premier
provider of network-independent instant messaging (IM) applications for
business, today announced that Jefferies & Company, Inc., an institutional
brokerage firm and investment bank, has chosen FaceTime's
IMAuditor product to
enable compliant, real-time communications for institutional traders.
IMAuditor gives Jefferies the ability to leverage the power of America Online
(AOL) and other public instant messaging networks such as Yahoo! and Microsoft,
for time-sensitive business communications, while ensuring administrative
controls are in place to comply with government regulations.
"The FaceTime solution is ideal for Jefferies because it provides us with
global scalability for what eventually may be hundreds of IM users for all
three networks in use by our traders," said Jim Nikolai, chief technology
officer, Jefferies & Company, Inc. "It is vital that we plan for the future
and partner with leaders who have a proven track record."
"Our solution is fast becoming the standard for auditing instant messaging use
in the enterprise due to IMAuditor's proven ability to log and audit IM
communication on any network, including AOL Instant Messenger, through our
unique authorized partnership with AOL," said Glen D. Vondrick, FaceTime's
President and CEO. "IMAuditor's enterprise scalability is important for
companies like Jefferies which has hundreds of potential IM users who need to
continue real-time communications via any instant messaging service to reach
their constituents while the enterprise is able to manage, capture, store and
supervise IM network communication."
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
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 Jefferies
Jefferies & Company, Inc., the principal operating subsidiary of Jefferies
Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF), is a full-service investment bank and institutional
securities firm focused on the middle market. Jefferies offers financial
advisory, capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, and restructuring services
to small and mid-cap companies. The firm provides outstanding trade execution
in equity, high yield, convertible and international securities, as well as
fundamental research and asset management capabilities, to institutional
investors. Additional services include correspondent clearing, prime brokerage
and securities lending. The firm's leadership in equity trading is recognized
by numerous consulting and survey organizations, and Jefferies' affiliate,
Helfant Group, Inc., executes approximately 10% of the daily reported volume on
the NYSE. Through its subsidiaries, Jefferies Group, Inc. employs more than
1,200 people in 20 offices worldwide, including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago,
Dallas, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Tokyo
and Zurich. Further information about Jefferies, including a description of
investment banking, trading, research and asset management services, can be
found at www.jefco.com.
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 10 largest U.S. banks – for
security, management and compliance of real-time communications. FaceTime
supports or has strategic partnerships with all leading public and enterprise
IM network providers, including AOL, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Skype, IBM 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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