California based FaceTime Communications announced a new partnership with Skype, utilizing the FaceTime Internet Security Edition to provide gateway to endpoint security and management of Skypes software for business. Using proprietary APIs made available by Skype, the program will allow administrators to controll the services available to endusers at a granular level, as well as monitor bandwidth in realtime, and to monitor at the gateway for malicious inbound and outbound threats.
Skype claims to have over 171 million registered users around the world, and says that a full 33% of its users in North America are utilizing the Skype software for business purposes. “As a result of our work with FaceTime, network administrators now have centralized management capabilities in addition to the cost savings, simplicity and productivity advantages Skype offers to businesses.”, says Skype’s Chief Security Officer Kurt Sauer.
Through the FaceTime Internet Security Edition, IT and network administrators will be able to set policy at the group level, as well as individualy, determining which users have access to which services. For example, one group or individual may be allowed voice and instant messaging services, but denied the use of Skypes file sharing services, or supernode capabilities.
Surveys have shown that employees will often download a variety IM or P2P applications on their work computer, and that companies will often ignore IM and P2P policies, even if they exist. The new FaceTime management software will allow businesses to benefit from these real time communications applications, and at the same time contoll security, communications costs, and employee productirvity.
FaceTime Communications specializes in providing safe and secure use of real time collaboration applications such as instant messaging, peer to peer networking, and web conferencing, and supports many IM network providers including, Skype, AOL, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, and Jabber. The Internet Security Edition is composed of the Greynet Enterprise Manager, and Real-Time Guardian, administrating end user policies, and the network gateway respectively.
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