Akonix Adds Instant Messaging Content to Support HP Information Lifecycle Management.

SAN DIEGO -- Akonix Systems, Inc., the premier provider of solutions for security, control and integration of instant messaging (IM), has joined HP's Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) Partner Program to provide advanced archiving and storage capabilities for instant messaging content as part of a complete enterprise ILM implementation. As IM adoption continues to grow, Akonix will work closely with HP to help customers and service providers easily and effectively store, archive and retrieve enterprise-wide IM content for compliance and other needs.

Akonix L7 Enterprise provides the industry's leading solution for compliance, control and security for IM, including integration with key messaging and technology infrastructures and unique real-time filtering and policy updates. Enterprises face storage and archiving requirements for IM that parallel those for corporate email. Akonix ensures that IM usage policies are enforced and messages are captured according to corporate compliance and archiving policies.

"Organizations are now including IM archiving and retrieval as an essential part of their overall ILM strategy," said Peter Shaw, CEO of Akonix. "We are excited about joining HP's ILM Partner Program and collaborating together to provide customers with this critical and often overlooked element. Working closely, we will be able to provide even better integration of Akonix's award-winning Akonix L7 Enterprise IM management solution to link IM archiving to a complete ILM solution."

The ILM initiative is a specialized program within the HP Developer & Solution Partner Program (DSPP) for business partners and developers. As an ILM partner, Akonix will be able to ensure that its products get to market faster and more efficiently, while fully supporting HP ILM solutions. The Akonix L7 Enterprise gateway can be configured seamlessly to export captured IM logs to the HP ILM solution for long-term storage, archiving and compliance.

"HP's ILM Partner Program provides customers with the flexibility to fully customize their ILM solutions," said Frank Harbist, vice president and general manager for StorageWorks software at HP. "As the adoption of enterprise-wide IM continues to increase; we are pleased to include Akonix on our growing list of ILM partners to enable customers to better address compliance and legal regulations."

About Akonix

Akonix is the leading provider of enterprise-class business solutions for leveraging the power of multi-network enterprise instant messaging. Akonix's award-winning products leverage patent-pending core technology, an advanced IM application development platform and certified strategic partnerships to deliver multi-network management, security, integration and compliance capabilities across all major IM systems, including America Online(R) AIM(R) and ICQ(R), Microsoft MSN, Yahoo!(R) Messenger, Microsoft Live Communications Server, Reuters Messaging, IBM/Lotus SameTime and Jabber. More than 500 customers in Financial Services, Telecommunications, Energy, Technology, Healthcare and Entertainment depend on Akonix to manage, secure and enable IM for over 700,000 enterprise users. Akonix is the preferred IM management solution of some of the world's largest companies, including Cingular Wireless, EMC and ING. For more information visit www.akonix.com.