Socialite service keeps an eye on your social networks

The software-as-a-service helps enterprises manage e-discovery and records retention on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Why the technology won’t let you share the phrase, ‘My Secret Project,’ on your LinkedIn status

An on-premise software for managing social networks like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn is now being offered as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) for those enterprises concerned about e-discovery and records retention for content created by remote workers.

Socialite, developed by Belmont, Calif.-based web 2.0 management technology vendor FaceTime Communications Inc., is the SaaS version of on-premise software Unified Security Gateway.

Socialite can by used by marketing departments, for instance, within companies that have strict requirements about information posted on social networks and keeping a record of those postings, said Carter.

Besides logging and archiving content shared on social media sites, Socialite also provides controls for what can and cannot be posted. “It prevents the capability of someone sharing the phrase ‘My Secret Project’ in their LinkedIn status inadvertently,” said Sarah Carter, chief strategy officer at FaceTime.

The Socialite service allows IT administrators to set roaming policies for remote workers “so you can control any of the managed machines that might be utilized by the road warriors of the world,” said Carter

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Source: itworldcanada.com
By: Kathleen Lau