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FaceTime Adds Support for BlackBerry and Microsoft OCS Group Chat to IMAuditor Security and Compliance Software
SMS Messages From Corporate BlackBerries Can Now Be Logged and Archived to Meet Corporate Governance and Compliance Regulations
| Source: FaceTime Communications
BELMONT, CA--(Marketwire - May 12, 2009) - FaceTime Communications, the leading provider
of solutions enabling the safe use of Web 2.0 and unified communications in
the enterprise, today introduced key new capabilities for its IMAuditor
security and compliance software. IMAuditor now monitors SMS messages sent
by corporate BlackBerry users and provides real-time visibility and logging
of group chats conducted via Microsoft's Office
Communications Server (OCS).
FaceTime IMAuditor
ensures security, management and compliance for unified communications --
from presence and instant messaging to conferencing and voice -- and has
been continually developed to meet new challenges since its debut in 2001.
Support for BlackBerry Messaging
The new IMAuditor version 9.7 integrates with BlackBerry Enterprise Server
to capture SMS and PIN messages (PIN allows users to send messages between
BlackBerry devices based on their personal identification numbers). This
enables managers to monitor messages sent by corporate BlackBerry users, an
increasingly important requirement for companies in regulated industries
such as financial services, healthcare and energy. For example, regulations
in the financial services sector, such as the US's SEC and the UK's FSA as
well as other regional financial services authorities, demand that all
electronic records -- including communication sent via instant messaging
and SMS -- be logged and archived.
Beyond the financial services sector, the advent of broad-based
regulations, such as PCI, Sarbox and e-Discovery requirements, makes it
increasingly important to monitor, control and archive enterprise
messaging. The growing popularity of BlackBerries represents a new
messaging channel that needs to be addressed.
"As mobile devices -- led by the BlackBerry platform -- become more widely
deployed, a greater proportion of corporate data will be sent from and to
these devices," said Michael Osterman, President of Osterman Research, Inc.
"Organizations that do not adequately manage and archive the content on
these devices run the risk of creating serious regulatory, legal and data
management problems that they could easily avoid."
"President Obama, a well-known BlackBerry user, announced his running mate
using SMS, clearly demonstrating that this form of communication is both
highly effective and an accepted professional tool," said Kailash Ambwani,
chief executive officer for FaceTime. "Yet, many companies can't allow
their employees to use any communication tool that cannot be tracked. With
IMAuditor 9.7, we enable our customers to use SMS and PIN messages on their
corporate BlackBerries -- safely increasing productivity."
IMAuditor 9.7 also provides real-time monitoring and compliance
capabilities for group chats within Microsoft's OCS. This functionality was
recently introduced in OCS Release R2 and allows users to create
topic-based chat rooms. IMAuditor gives visibility into who joined and who
left a particular chat room, and when. Management can therefore determine
exactly who was privy to certain parts of the conversation. While group
chat is a new feature in OCS, it's been available as a stand-alone
application for several years and has developed a large user-base over
time, hence the need for a solution to monitor these electronic
conversations. As a Gold Level ISV Partner of Microsoft, FaceTime is the
only vendor that provides this capability.
IMAuditor is used by Fortune 1000 companies including nine of the top 10
U.S. banks and the majority of global financial services firms to secure
and manage real-time communications. IMAuditor ensures that instant
messaging and unified communications platforms can be safely used without
compromising security, allowing information leakage or impacting
productivity. IMAuditor is also used to meet
regulatory and corporate requirements, including e-Discovery,
which demand logging, archiving and easy retrieval of messaging
communications.
About IMAuditor
FaceTime IMAuditor is a full-featured proxy that secures and manages all
public and enterprise unified communications use over an organization's
network. The IMAuditor, which resides on the Local Area Network, scans the
system and applies established policies to all the popular types of files
transferred over unified communications platforms. This includes Microsoft
OCS and IBM Lotus Sametime, as well as public networks such as AIM, Yahoo!
Messenger, GoogleTalk, Windows Live (MSN), and now BlackBerry messaging.
The software analyzes and detects sensitive or confidential information in
both messages and file attachments, prevents transmission of the
information, and warns users about established company policy regarding the
sharing of corporate intellectual property.
IMAuditor maintains an integrated trust relationship with FaceTime's secure
Web gateway appliance, the
Unified Security Gateway (USG). Working together, IMAuditor and USG
deliver complete end-to-end security, management and compliance for
real-time communications in the enterprise, ensuring that corporate data is
protected both from outside threats such as spyware, viruses and worms, as
well as from intentional or unintentional information leakage from within
the company.
IMAuditor 9.7 is available now from FaceTime and authorized distributors,
resellers and partners worldwide. For pricing and additional information,
call 1-888-349-3223 or visit www.facetime.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 five consecutive years, FaceTime's award-winning solutions
are used by more than 1,000 customers for security, management and
compliance of real-time communications. FaceTime supports or has strategic
partnerships with all leading public and enterprise IM network and unified
communications providers, including AOL, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Skype,
IBM and Jabber.
FaceTime is headquartered in Belmont, Calif. 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.
FaceTime, FaceTime Communications, IMAuditor, FaceTime Unified Security
Gateway, FaceTime Insight, FaceTime Security Labs, SpywareGuide.com and the
FaceTime logo are registered trademarks and trademarks of FaceTime
Communications, Inc. Other trademarks and registered trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.