Asynchrony and IMlogic Partner to Extend Envoke Messaging Platform with SEC and HIPPA Compliant Versions; New Alliance Supports Conformance with Industry-Specific Regulatory Requirements.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ST. LOUIS & BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2002 Asynchrony asynchrony /asyn·chro·ny/ 1. lack of synchronism; disturbance of coordination. 2. occurrence at distinct times of events normally synchronous; disturbance of coordination.asyn´chronous Solutions, Inc. (www.asolutions.com) and IMlogic, Inc. (www.imlogic.com) today announced a strategic alliance to provide customers with a joint solution including Envoke, Asynchrony's secure instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or (IM) platform, and IM Manager, IMlogic's IM management solution. The combined products provide a world-class enterprise messaging solution that is simple to deploy, yet includes control, reporting, security, archiving and compliance functionality that conforms to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1996. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website, Title I of HIPAA protects health insurance coverage for workers and their families when (HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, ) requirements. Envoke is a leading enterprise messaging and presence awareness platform that allows enterprises to securely integrate messaging and awareness throughout the organization. Envoke provides secure instant messaging for the enterprise that can extend to portals, help desks and e-commerce sites. IMlogic IM Manager is the industry's first solution to address the breadth of IM management needs - control, security, reporting, archiving and compliance - while being designed and tested to meet the rigorous performance and deployment demands of enterprise IT. With IM Manager, Envoke will provide healthcare and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. companies with a robust messaging platform that conforms to regulatory requirements for logging and archiving. Audit supervisors will be able to review the audit activity of a specific reviewer or employee and ensure that audit procedures are completed to demonstrate compliance processes to regulatory agencies. In addition, the ability to offload to WORM Media will satisfy write-once-read-many storage requirements. Envoke is an outgrowth of a research project within the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Department of Defense and is a core component of the Defense Collaboration Tool Suite Defense Collaboration Tool Suite (DCTS) is a flexible, integrated set of applications providing interoperable, synchronous, and asynchronous collaboration capability to agencies of the United States Department of Defense, Combatant Commands, and military services. (DCTS DCTS Defense Collaboration Tool Suite DCTS Dimension Custom Telephone Service DCTS Delaware County Technical Schools (Pennsylvania) DCTS Defense Collaborative Tool Set (distributed mission planning) ), a set of collaboration software See collaborative software. that is endorsed by the Office of the Secretary of Defense The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) is part of the United States Department of Defense and includes the entire staff of the Secretary of Defense. It is the principal staff element of the Secretary of Defense in the exercise of policy development, planning, resource (OSD/JS) as the collaboration tool A collaboration tool is something that helps people collaborate. The term is often used to mean collaborative software, but collaboration tools were being used before computers existed, a piece of paper can for example can be used as collaboration tool. of choice within the DoD community. After generally releasing Envoke to commercial markets in September 2002, Asynchrony is now focused on providing industry-specific versions to meet the particular requirements of healthcare and financial services companies. "Healthcare and financial services were the logical choice for our first commercial, industry-specific solutions, since they both must conform to specific regulatory requirements," said Bob Elfanbaum, vice president of Asynchrony. "There are so many ways that companies in those industries can boost performance and cut costs through our messaging platform, that we wanted to provide a unique solution that meets their specific requirements. We chose to partner with the leading IM management provider, IMlogic, to provide our customers the enterprise-class control and archiving functionality to leverage the speed of IM while meeting industry regulations." "With this partnership, we continue to raise the bar on enterprise-class IM," said Francis deSouza, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of IMlogic. "We are pleased to offer this joint solution for the financial services and healthcare industries, and help companies maximize the value of the world's fastest growing communications vehicle." More information on Envoke can be found at the product website (www.envoke.us), including a ten-user evaluation version of the standard server and client applications. IM Manager addresses the considerable risks that IM growth has created in businesses including unmonitored IM usage, anonymous user provisioned screen names, indiscriminate use of IM, security vulnerabilities and inability to meet archiving and compliance requirements. IM Manager brings IM into the safety and support of IT management, alleviating control and security concerns and facilitating enterprise usage. More information on IMlogic's IM Manager can be found at www.imlogic.com. About Asynchrony Solutions, Inc. Asynchrony Solutions is an innovative software technology firm with a growing line of products and services focused on security, collaboration, systems integration and custom application development, including wireless and web applications. Clients include Global 2000 companies and Government agencies. More information is available on the Web at www.asolutions.com. About IMlogic Inc. IMlogic, Inc., headquartered in Boston, Mass, is a pioneer in delivering enterprise-class infrastructure software that helps companies control and leverage the use of Instant Messaging (IM), the world's fastest growing communications medium. IMlogic's strategic vision provides organizations a comprehensive approach for incorporating IM capabilities in business-critical communications and applications. The company's first offering, IMlogic IM Manager, lets enterprises secure, control, and report on IM usage while satisfying regulatory and compliance requirements set by HR and government agencies (SEC, HIPAA). IMlogic is backed by leading venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] General Catalyst and Kodiak Venture Partners. For more information on IMlogic visit www.imlogic.com. |
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