IMlogic Offers Free Instant Messaging Detector for Corporate Networks.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

RSA Conference 2004

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2004

"IM Detector" Offers Instant Assessment of Public Instant Messaging 

Usage for Enterprise IT Security and Compliance Professionals

At the RSA Conference 2004, IMlogic Inc., a leading provider of infrastructure solutions for the rapidly growing enterprise Instant Messaging (IM) market, today announced the immediate availability of IMlogic IM Detector, a free, secure, and comprehensive detection solution for enterprise security and compliance professionals in need of accurately discovering and reporting on the IM traffic within their organizations.

Business users will make up nearly half of the 506 million IM users expected online by 2006, say IDC researchers. As enterprise of consumer IM increases, corporate messaging and IT managers need to quantify the number of IM users in their environment quickly and cost-effectively in order to assess their near term security and compliance risk and plan for a long term enterprise instant messaging strategy.

"Instant Messaging continues to grow through grass-roots adoption in the enterprise, and IT managers have difficulty quantifying both the business benefit and risks associated with unmonitored usage of consumer IM systems such as AOL, MSN, and Yahoo!," said Ennio Carboni, Director of Product Marketing for IMlogic. "IM Detector quantifies the security and compliance risks of uncontrolled IM usage and identifies the line of business groups that are rapidly embracing this new communication medium."

IM Detector reports logon attempts, messages sent, messages received, file transfer requests made, and file transfer requests received over the major IM networks. From a single console, IT departments can quickly view and manage reports regarding IM users, and map their activities for a configurable period. IM Detector includes detailed reports to make it easy to identify users, IM platforms, and usage times across an organization so that CIOs and IT managers have a single, comprehensive view of IM usage. IM Detector will intelligently scan and monitor the following IM clients when operating in either their proprietary protocol mode or their HTTP protocol mode:

-- AIM (client versions 4.7 and up.)

-- MSN (protocol version MSNP8 and up which is client versions

Windows Messenger 5.0, MSN Messenger 6.0 and up.)

-- Yahoo (client versions 5.5 and up)

-- ICQ (client version ICQ Pro and ICQ Lite version 2003-build

3800)

IMlogic IM Detector is available to download at http://www.imlogic.com/resources_downloads.htm

IMlogic also announced today IMlogic IM Manager 6.0, an enterprise-class IM management solution that provides the centralized infrastructure for managing, securing, and enabling employee IM usage across multiple IM networks (see "IMlogic Announces IM Manager 6.0 - Delivers Robust Instant Messaging Security and Mission-Critical Systems Management," Feb. 23, 2004). Once companies receive an accurate assessment of IM traffic from IM Detector, they can turn to the trusted enterprise-class security and compliance capabilities in IM Manager 6.0 to enable their employees to realize the benefits and power of real-time communications through instant messaging while mitigating security, compliance, and IT risk.

About IMlogic, Inc.

IMlogic, Inc., headquartered in Waltham, Mass., is a pioneer in delivering enterprise-class infrastructure software that enables companies to 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 Venrock Associates, General Catalyst Partners, Kodiak Venture Partners, and Goldman Sachs. For more information on IMlogic visit www.imlogic.com.