Akonix Systems, Inc. provides instant messaging solutions, and policy and risk management products for instant messaging compliance, security, employee productivity management, and application integration. The company’s Akonix L7 enforcer provides security features that block file sharing on IM and P2P networks, such as Kazaa, Gnuetella, BitTorrent, and eDonkey; and Akonix L7 Enterprise provides the ability to manage and secure communications with public instant messaging networks. Its products include Akonix A6000 appliance, which delivers solutions for 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 IM communications. The company’s products also include Akonix A1000 appliance, which is designed to provide security requirements for environments with limited information technology resources; and Akonix L7 Remote Security Agent that delivers security and compliance for off-network employees accessing public instant messaging. It offers L7 builder, an IM application development platform that provides developers, system integrators, and end users with the ability to prototype, build, test, and deploy enterprise multi-network instant messaging applications and to integrate instant messaging into existing enterprise applications. The company serves financial services, telecommunications, energy, technology, healthcare, and entertainment industries. It has strategic partnership alliance with C2C, EMC, Fortiva, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Intradyn, Iron Mountain, Microsoft, Quest, SonicWALL, Sophos, Symantec, Vericept, and ZANTAZ. Akonix Systems, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.