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Press Release
Intant Messaging Market Visionary, FaceTime Communications, to Keynote and Head Panels with Key Customers and Partners at IM Planet Fall 2002
FOSTER CITY, CA-September 3, 2002 -- FaceTime Communications, the leader in
network-independent IM solutions for business, today announced their senior
executive team, including CEO, Glen Vondrick, COO & CTO, Mehdi Maghsoodnia,
and VP of Market Development, Lew Roth, along with key FaceTime IM network
partners and joint customers, are leading multiple keynote panels and
discussions at the Instant Messaging Planet Fall 2002 Conference & Expo,
September 9-10 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, Calif.
Keynote and Panels are as follows:
Mehdi Maghsoodnia COO & CTO for FaceTime, Keynote, "How to find the ideal IM
solution for your enterprise", 9/9 9AM-10AM, Venetian room
Instant Messaging (IM) is the fastest growing communication network in history
and has already become a critical business tool in information and
transaction-oriented industries. IM as a technology has a lot of promise and
buzz, but the market is fragmented and the vendors are small and struggling.
How do you find the ideal IM solution? How do you leverage the benefits of
real-time identity networks while protecting your investment and making sure
your business solution can withstand the shifting tides of standards, business
partnerships, M&A and other market forces. What are the product and
business issues facing IM vendors in the enterprise, wireless and consumer
markets?
Glen Vondrick, CEO of FaceTime, "Public IM: Good enough for your business?", 9/9
4PM-5PM, Venetian Room
In many corporations, IM is an underground technology adopted by small groups
of users outside of an IT department's radar. In these cases, IM is usually
carried out on a public network like Yahoo or AOL. But are these public
networks appropriate for business usage where sensitive data may be involved?
In this session we'll discuss the pros and cons of using public networks for
corporate IM, including situations where public IM networks are enhanced to
carry private data.
Mehdi Maghsoodnia COO & CTO for FaceTime, "Deploying enterprise IM", 9/9
10:30-11:30, Pavilion Room
Instant Messaging offers exciting possibilities to improve customer service,
increase overall productivity and streamline communication. This session
outlines the key business solutions and technical strategies to implement
enterprise Instant Messaging. Session topics include making the business and
technical case for adoption, implementation alternatives, security issues for
IM and deployment strategies. We will illustrate several major IM approaches
(including SMS and MMS technologies), their advantages and disadvantages, as
well as provide real-world examples.
Lew Roth, VP of Market Development for FaceTime and Henry Carter, Consultant,
H.W. Carter Consulting, LLC "Case studies: IM in financial services", 9/10
11:30-12:30, Venetian Room
The financial-services industry operates under a number of legal and
governmental regulators, and any computing tool used in this industry must
follow various rules when it comes to archiving, security, and disclosure. In
this case-study session, you'll learn about how financial-services firms are
using IM systems while meeting the various regulations surrounding the
industry.
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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