FaceTime Communications, a provider of solutions enabling the safe use of Web 2.0 and unified communications in the enterprise, has announced release of an Augment, Migrate & Update (AMU) kit specifically designed for organizations facing costly upgrades to keep pace with the enterprise security and control capabilities needed to manage the changing use of the Internet.

The new AMU kit is designed to help customers of end-of-life products such as Surfcontrol upgrade from their current URL blocking platforms to FaceTime’s Unified Security Gateway 3.0., providing granular control over Websites and applications, as well as the content posted to blogs, wikis, Webmail, and social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.

Organizations being forced to upgrade from existing Surfcontrol platforms can now use FaceTime’s AMU kit to gain access to zero-cost Web filtering, upgrade support, and a free guide to Enabling Social Networks. Additionally, Blue Coat users can augment existing proxy infrastructures with new Web 2.0 application controls and take bi-directional control of content posted and received from the Internet.

FaceTime’s survey of 1,100 worldwide IT Managers in June of 2009 revealed that social network usage in the enterprise is already accepted by IT professionals. However, two-thirds of respondents placed high importance on controlling which groups or individuals can use social networking on the enterprise network and for how long. Eighty percent of the over 1,100 IT Managers surveyed saw information leakage as a primary concern, with malware propagation over such networks seen as a key issue by 90 percent of respondents.

FaceTime’s AMU kit is available until Dec. 31 and includes a free URL license for sites of up to 2,500 users when a USG appliance is purchased with anti-malware, upgrade support, sample social networking policy,  and installation support by telephone.