L7 Enterprise for Online Conferencing
With the advent of unified communications, online conferencing has become an integral communications mode in the spectrum of communications applications available in today’s corporations. With the introduction of Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 in October 2007, and of IBM Lotus Sametime 8 in November, companies can provide secure, simple-to-use online conferencing capabilities to employees as components of their EIM and UC deployments.
With conferencing available at the click of a mouse, employees can collaborate and communicate right from their desktop IM clients. But with new communications media come new risks and liabilities. Online conferencing is no different, as it opens up a new medium through which employees might leak confidential information, transfer virus-infected files, or use inappropriate language for the workplace.
In addition, most electronic messaging and records retention laws and regulations do not distinguish between modes of electronic communications. Regulated communications must be filtered and archived regardless of the medium. The use of online conferencing must also have oversight.
L7 Enterprise for Conferencing logs and stores every conferencing event that employees initiate or in which they take part. Auditors and policy-makers can rest assured that all conferencing communications are accounted for. Additionally, L7 Enterprise for Conferencing can block or allow the use of online conferencing based on employee ID, role, or other attributes. Even more valuable, companies can institute “Chinese Walls” or ethical boundaries between different groups or roles of people. For example, if a conference is being attended by members of the analysts group in a securities firm, policy may dictate that no traders can be also in attendance. L7 Enterprise for Conferencing implements ethical boundaries and ensures that companies remain in regulatory compliance.
Soon, companies will also be able to filter and archive the contents of online conferences, including files uploaded for presentation and online chats between attendees of the conference.
L7 Enterprise for Conferencing is available for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. Check back soon for support for IBM Lotus Sametime 8 and other popular online conferencing applications!
