Press Release
FaceTime Wins SC Magazine Readers Trust Award for Best IM Security Product
Judges Select FaceTime Enterprise Edition over Akonix, Barracuda, Secure
Computing and Symantec for Second Consecutive Year
FOSTER CITY, CALIF. - February 13, 2007 - FaceTime Communications, the
leading provider of solutions for securing and managing IM, P2P and Web-based
greynets, today announced that for the second consecutive year, SC Magazine has
awarded its prestigious Reader Trust Award for Best IM Security Solution to
FaceTime for FaceTime Enterprise Edition.
Winners in the 10th Annual SC Magazine Award Program were announced and honored
last week in San Francisco during the RSA Conference, the world's leading
information security event. A judging panel of carefully selected chief
security officers examined more than 400 entries in 20 categories. More than
9,000 readers also participated in the selection process, voting on the
publication's Website for the products they trust for key IT security
responsibilities.
FaceTime Enterprise Edition received top honors as the winner in the IM
Security category over finalists Akonix, Barracuda Networks, Secure Computing
and Symantec. FaceTime also won the award in 2006.
"As we witness more and more incidents of data theft and exposure, it becomes
obvious that our IT security practitioners and companies that support them are
critical in today's business world," said SC Magazine Editor-in-Chief Illena
Armstrong.
"Instant messaging security and compliance is becoming increasingly important
for organizations that rely on consumer IM applications or enterprise-class
products such as Microsoft LCS and IBM Sametime," said Frank Cabri, vice
president of marketing for FaceTime Communications. "Forward-looking
organizations are incorporating IM as a collaborative business tool and are
seeking management solutions that protect against the rapidly changing threat
landscape, comply with new federal regulations such as e-discovery, and guard
against information leakage."
FaceTime Enterprise Edition is used by the world's largest organizations to
manage, secure and control IM, P2P, spyware and other greynet applications. It
provides user policy management, message hygiene, day zero worm protection,
comprehensive regulatory and e-discovery compliance, and network protection
against user circumvention. It can also be deployed to detect and prevent
spyware infections at the Internet gateway - before it infects the desktop.
Enterprise Edition combines FaceTime's IMAuditor™ on the LAN with Real-Time
Guardian™ at the gateway for a complete, end-to-end security, management and
compliance solution. It works with all public and enterprise IM clients. For
more information, visit FaceTime on the web at www.facetime.com.
About SC Magazine
SC Magazine provides IT security professionals with in-depth and unbiased
information through timely news, comprehensive analysis, cutting-edge features,
contributions from thought leaders and the best, most extensive collection of
product reviews in the business. By offering a consolidated view of IT security
through independent product tests and well-researched editorial content that
provides the contextual backdrop for how these IT security tools will address
larger demands put on businesses today, SC Magazine enables IT security pros to
make the right security decisions for their companies. The brand's portfolio
includes the SC Magazine Awards, SC Directory, SC Magazine Newswire and SC
Magazine IT Security Executives Forums.
About FaceTime Communications
FaceTime enables the safe and productive use of greynets like instant
messaging, Skype, web conferencing and P2P file sharing. Ranked number one in
market share among instant messaging management vendors for the third
consecutive year, FaceTime's award-winning solutions are used by more than 800
customers including nine of the ten largest U.S. banks. FaceTime Security Labs
delivers the industry's first IMPact Index, which assesses "point-in-time"
risks posed by viruses, worms and other malware propagating through greynet
applications. FaceTime supports or has strategic partnerships with all leading
public and private IM network providers, including AOL, Google, Microsoft,
Yahoo!, Skype, IBM and Jabber.
FaceTime is headquartered in Foster City, California. For more information visit http://www.facetime.com or call 888-349-FACE.
PR Contact:
Joshua Barnes
A&R Edelman
650-762-2865
joshua.barnes@ar-edelman.com
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