Press Release

FaceTime Announces Real-Time Guardian™, the First Multi-Channel Anti-Spyware Perimeter Security Solution

Expanding Upon Its IM and P2P Security Expertise, FaceTime Adds Perimeter Anti-Spyware Protection to Stop Infections Before They Happen and Enable Targeted Remediation

FOSTER CITY, CALIF - May 23, 2005 - FaceTime Communications today announced Real-Time Guardian 3.0 ("RTG 3.0"), the most advanced perimeter security solution for blocking the spread of spyware and adware in the enterprise and securing unauthorized IM and P2P usage, which represents one of the primary channels for spyware distribution.

RTG 3.0's unique anti-spyware design encompasses four key components:

Preventing Infections: Stopping users from visiting known spyware and adware infection sites and blocking the download of known spyware file types.
Securing IM and P2P use: Securing the use of all major IM and P2P networks, which represent one of the largest distribution vectors for spyware and adware today.
Blocking Phone Home: Interrupting spyware's "phone-home" behavior and stopping the delivery of hijacked data and online advertising server requests before they reach their destination.
Targeted Remediation: Enabling IT administrators to take a rifle shot approach to desktop scanning and remediation based upon known infected computers vs. requiring scanning of all desktops in an enterprise.

In addition to its anti-spyware functionality RTG 3.0 expands upon its strong IM and P2P blocking functionality by adding:

Expanded IM and P2P protocol and client coverage: Expanding to 137 P2P clients variations, 18 P2P protocol groups, 25 IM client variations and a growing list of tunneling and anonymizer applications representing the largest supported group in the industry.
New Easy-to-Use User Interface: Allowing rapid set up, and easier ongoing administration and management.
Expanded Reporting: Delivering a multitude of customer driven canned and configurable reports.
New Appliance Configurations: Including the RTG100, RTG500 and RTG1000 designed for different through-put environments which take advantage of a new underlying Dell server architecture.
Expanded Central Management: Enhancing IT administrator's ability to centrally administer and configure multi-appliance enterprise installations.
Leading Security Certifications: Cisco Technology Developer Program Certified and Symantec SESA Certified.

"Our customers have told us that they are losing the war against spyware and adware and want a different approach," said Kailash Ambwani, President and CEO of FaceTime, "Scanning all of an enterprise's desktop computers on a daily basis is bringing many companies to their knees. These anti-spyware cleaning solutions are very system resource intensive, can hang a user's computer mid-scan, and often end up disabling legitimate applications. RTG 3.0 takes an alternative approach by stopping the infection at the perimeter, before it enters your enterprise, and then allowing for targeted remediation. This is the more rational and effective strategy to control the spyware epidemic."

FaceTime considers spyware and adware as part of a larger, fast-growing set of applications called "greynets." A greynet application is an unsanctioned application that is downloaded and installed on end-user systems (sometimes without even the end-user's awareness - as with spyware) and then uses evasive techniques to traverse the network. Greynet applications often have legitimate business uses and include instant messaging, web conferencing, SKYPE and web mail.

"FaceTime's success in securing instant messaging and P2P in the enterprise is a valuable asset in the battle against spyware," said Michael Osterman, president of Osterman Research. "Instant messaging, spyware and other greynet applications all share similar evasive network behavior. FaceTime's expertise in securing the DMZ uniquely positions them to understand this behavior extremely well."

As one of the largest CPA and consulting firms in the country, Crowe Chizek and Company LLP deals with a significant amount of sensitive client information and takes network security very seriously.

"With Real-Time Guardian, FaceTime offered us the best solution to manage legitimate IM use and secure our network perimeter by detecting and blocking unauthorized users of IM and P2P networks," said Lamont Long, IT Director at Crowe Chizek and Company LLP. "We are excited that FaceTime is expanding its footprint in security with new spyware capabilities in Real-Time Guardian 3.0. This new feature will help us stop spyware from infecting our desktops saving our organization valuable time and resources."

Pricing and Availability
FaceTime Real-Time Guardian 3.0 will be generally available in June 2005. Pricing for the RTG appliance family starts at $5,000.

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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