Vericept and Akonix Form Strategic Alliance to Maximize Corporate Data Security
Vericept Corporation, the leading provider of comprehensive compliance and content control solutions and Akonix Systems, Inc., the premier provider of enterprise-class solutions for ensuring security and compliance for employee use of instant messaging (IM), today announced a strategic alliance to offer organizations maximum outbound content control over email, P2P, FTP and I'm. As part of the alliance, Vericept will integrate Akonix's award-winning L7 Enterprise product into the Vericept 360-degree Risk Management Platform.
"This relationship builds upon our current content control capabilities and presents an exceptional combination for detecting and preventing sensitive data from being transferred via IM, dramatically increasing overall corporate security and preventing potential leaks of corporate IP," said Joe Cortale, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing for Vericept Corporation. "This best-of-breed approach significantly enhances our outbound and inbound content control of I'm and provides significant value to our customers."
The Vericept 360-degree Risk Management Platform is designed to provide enterprises with the highest level of visibility and control over data loss by detecting and preventing confidential and proprietary file transfers over email, P2P networks and FTP. By combining technologies with Akonix, Vericept has enhanced the ability to prevent unauthorized transfer of confidential and proprietary document transfers over IM, eliminating the risk of intellectual property loss and further building upon their current product capabilities. Akonix L7 Enterprise enables organizations to provide secure, controlled access to public and enterprise IM, ensuring compliance with industry and government regulations and defense of their intellectual property.
"The use of I'm on corporate networks is rapidly growing, which is why organizations must extend their compliance and content control systems beyond email to include IM," said Don Montgomery, Vice President of Marketing at Akonix. "Vericept has an impressive track record and extensive customer base built on inbound and outbound content control. This relationship closes the loop on communications media that require content control, and we look forward to providing our expertise in I'm security, management and control to Vericept's customers."
About Akonix
Akonix is the most deployed I'm security product in the world, enabling Global 1000 companies to deploy productive, enterprise-wide I'm that is secure, compliant and managed.
Worldwide over one million people across hundreds of organizations in the Financial Services, Telecommunications, Energy, Technology, Healthcare and Entertainment industries use Akonix products. With more than 20 patent applications, Akonix's award-winning products provide the industry's only automatically-updated protection to block viruses and malware for both enterprise and public I'm systems. Akonix has certified partnerships with all leading I'm and presence providers including America Online(R), Microsoft, Yahoo!, Reuters, IBM, Jabber Inc., Parlano, Antepo, and Bloomberg.
An I'm industry first, the Akonix I'm Security Center (www.imsecuritycenter.com) provides real-time information about worms, viruses and other vulnerabilities that target I'm and P2P networks. The company issues monthly and quarterly I'm threat watch reports to track key trends and vulnerabilities.
For further information on the company, please visit www.akonix.com.
About Vericept Corporation
Vericept Corporation is the leading provider of comprehensive compliance and content control solutions. Vericept mitigates internal risk by providing enterprise-wide visibility that enables full control of the information exchanged inside and outside an organization. Vericept's patent pending Intelligent Content Control Engine dramatically reduces security risks and "insider threats" within an organization. These can include regulation compliance violations, information leaks, inappropriate Internet activity and more. Only Vericept offers comprehensive solutions that provide 360-degree visibility and control of inappropriate activity across all forms of Internet traffic, such as email, chat, P2P, and FTP. Vericept's real-time content capture enables organizations to act immediately and prevent loss of valuable information assets. Vericept's technology is protecting billions of pieces of communication and millions of workstations with over 700 customers worldwide everyday. Vericept is a privately held company headquartered in Denver, Colorado. For additional information, please visit the company's web site at www.vericept.com or call 800.262.0274.