Partner Support for FaceTime's IMPact Index

America Online, Inc.
"With the most widely used IM network in business today, America Online is pleased to support FaceTime's IMPact Index and its research into emerging threats on instant messaging networks. AOL is taking strong steps to control IM spam and malware propagated over instant messaging networks," said Brian Curry, vice president, AOL Premium and Subscription Services, America Online, Inc.

EMC
"Roy Sanford, Vice President, Markets and Alliances, EMC Corporation, said, "EMC delivers best-of-breed solutions such as EMC EmailXtender, EMC Centera and others for storage, archiving and compliance of e-mail and instant messages. EMC is committed to supporting research such as FaceTime's IMPact Initiative to better understand and help customers address the emerging security and compliance issues surrounding the explosive use of instant messaging."

Frontbridge
"As enterprises adopt Instant Messaging as a mission-critical communication medium they must simultaneously take steps to secure IM networks and meet regulatory compliance requirements by purchasing hosted security and compliance solutions from leaders like FrontBridge. FrontBridge supports FaceTime's IMPact Initiative as research focused into uncontrolled IM and P2P usage will help secure a key area of vulnerability facing enterprises today," said Steve Jillings, President and CEO, FrontBridge Technologies.

Jabber
"Jabber, Inc.'s solutions form the infrastructure for mission critical IM and other presence-based applications in large enterprises, government agencies and OEMs. Our customers are concerned about emerging threats borne by IM and P2P networks, so we are strongly in support of FaceTime's IMPact Initiative. Our joint Jabber, Inc. and FaceTime solutions meet customer requirements for regulatory compliance and stop the emerging security threats present as enterprise users rapidly adopt instant messaging," said Paul Guerin, Jabber, Inc.'s Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

McAfee
"McAfee leads the industry in researching emerging threats and proactively protecting customers from malicious attacks. McAfee encourages research initiatives that focus on new vectors of attack and can contribute to the industry's collective knowledgebase," said Vincent Rossi, senior vice president of Product Marketing and Product Management, McAfee, Inc.

Microsoft
"Security threats against enterprise IM users are a top concern for Microsoft. We have made significant investments in security throughout the Live Communications Server 2005 and Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 architecture to address security risks that follow widespread adoption of enterprise IM. Microsoft supports FaceTime's IMPact Index and its proactive commitment to the security of enterprise IM communities and most important, end-users," said Marc Sanders, Senior Product Manager, Real-Time Collaboration, Microsoft

Orchestria
"Orchestria is excited to support FaceTime with its IMPact Initiative. Further defining security and compliance best practices through ongoing innovate research benefits the entire industry as enterprises move to adopt IM as a fundimental component of their communication infrastructure," said Paul Johns, CEO Orchestria.

Proofpoint, Inc.
"As a leader and technology innovator in the anti-spam, anti-virus and content security market, Proofpoint is concerned about the emergence of new threats that combine malware with traditional spam and phishing techniques over both email and IM. Working with FaceTime to support the IMPact research initiative will help enterprises ensure the safety and security of all types of message streams," said Andres Kohn, director of products for Proofpoint, Inc.

Reuters
"Reuters Messaging (RM) is a leading, secure, financial market instant messaging network. Reuters recognizes that its customers need reliable capabilities to communicate proprietary information, therefore we take pride in the levels of security and controls applied to RM. We strongly support research initiatives like FaceTime's IMPact Center that can help identity and remediate emerging threats and risks potentially transmitted over uncontrolled IM and P2P networks," said David Gurle, EVP Global Head of Collaboration Services at Reuters.

Sector, Inc.
"Enterprises adopting Instant Messaging as a mission critical communications medium must take steps to secure IM networks and meet regulatory compliance requirements. Sector, a leader in hosted security and compliance solutions, supports FaceTime's IMPact Initiative as meaningful data on emerging threats from uncontrolled IM is one of the largest security and compliance issues facing enterprises today," said Allan Graham, Sector, Inc.

Sophos
"Sophos is excited to participate in FaceTime's IMPact initiative by helping to provide essential security data to IT administrators in an actionable format. As a network security vendor with over 20 years in the industry, Sophos protects its customers from evolving threats by detecting, on average, 8 new viruses everyday. SophosLabs will work with FaceTime to exchange security information with the new IMPact Center to further protect businesses against these growing threats," said Richard Baldry, Head of Strategic Alliances at SophosLabs.

Symantec
"IM and P2P represent new propagation vectors for malware, IM spam, adware and spyware today. We encourage FaceTime's IMPact research initiative focused in the area of these new emerging threats," said Enrique Salem, Senior Vice President, Security Products and Solutions for Symantec.

Verisign
"As a provider of security services that help enterprises and their customers conduct communications and business with confidence, VeriSign well understands the potential damages posed by malicious activity that help propagate viruses, worms and other security threats," said Chad Kinzelberg, vice president, VeriSign Security Services. "VeriSign is pleased to support FaceTime in its research and development of the IMPact threat index that studies emerging threats facing new communications mediums and the control of peer-to-peer networks."

VERITAS
"The rapid adoption of instant messaging within enterprise is driving the need to deploy IM security and compliance solutions. VERITAS and FaceTime jointly deliver a joint solution for e-mail and IM compliance and archiving. Our joint solution supplements our customers' compliance and security programs, supporting enterprise governance. As a thought leader in e-mail archiving and compliance, VERITAS supports the IMPact initiative," said Nick Mehta, Sr. Director, Product Management.

Webroot
"Webroot leads the market for anti-spyware through its innovative research techniques and advance products. IM and P2P channels represent two of the fastest growing propagation methods for Adware and Spyware," said Richard Stiennon, vice president of Threat Research at Webroot Software. "We strongly support comprehensive industry awareness surrounding these emerging threats and applaud FaceTime's IMPact research initiative as a positive step in that direction."

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.

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