Akonix Products Overview
Akonix® Systems provides Unified Policy Management for organizational use of real-time communications. Akonix’s L7 Enterprise™ on A-Series appliances delivers policy management and enforcement, archiving, content scanning, and protection against spyware, viruses and worms for corporate use of real-time communications, including instant messaging, online conferencing, VOIP, and electronic fax.
Founded in 2000, Akonix provides a Unified Policy Management (UPM) platform to monitor the use of Unified Communications applications in the workplace, administering and enforcing corporate policy and assisting with compliance regulations. The company offers a suite of modules that integrate with the UPM platform, simplifying and securing the use of UC by managing it at a central location. The various modules perform security, archiving, content scanning entitlement and reporting functions for multiple forms of real-time, electronic communications, including instant messaging, online conferencing, VoIP and electronic faxing.
Over 1.9 million people around the world rely on Akonix’s products to protect their networks and meet compliance requirements. Akonix is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, an IBM Business Partner, an Intel Software Partner, an EMC Velocity Partner and an HP Business Partner. Furthermore, Akonix has developed business alliances and integrated its technology with leading enterprise IM platforms, including Reuters, Microsoft, IBM, Jabber, Inc. and Bloomberg, and message archiving products from EMC, HP, Symantec, Iron Mountain, ZANTAZ, Intradyn, C2C, Fortiva, Quest Software and others.
L7 Enterprise Suite
Akonix L7 Enterprise is the Unified Policy Management suite of products, including the L7 Enterprise Server, L7 Management Console, L7 Reporter, and a selection of modules for managing policy, security, and compliance for a multitude of unified communications applications. Each module may be purchased separately or with other modules. L7 Enterprise is factory configured on Akonix’s award-winning ASeries appliances.
Akonix A6000 Appliance
The Akonix A6000 appliance delivers the industry's only all-in-one enterprise-class solution optimized for instant messaging (IM) security and management. The A6000 appliance protects corporate networks from viruses, worms and other IM attacks; controls access to and enforces policies for public and enterprise IM; and ensures regulatory compliance by logging all IM communications.
Akonix A1000 Appliance
The Akonix A1000 appliance is designed to satisfy the security requirements of small and medium sized businesses at the lowest total cost of ownership. Easy to deploy and administer, the A1000 is designed for environments with limited IT resources.
Akonix A1000 IM Essentials Appliance
The Akonix A1000 ™ IM Essentials appliance is a low-priced, pre-packaged bundle designed to satisfy the security and compliance requirements of small and medium sized businesses. Easy to deploy and administer, the A1000 IM Essentials is perfect for environments with limited IT resources.
"Leading-edge firms that want to both reduce legal liability and being to explore IM as a legitimate business tool need to evaluate both EIM platforms and EIM gateways."
N. Root | Forrester Research
