Skype partnering to penetrate and secure the enterprise market

Skype plans to announce a partnership next week with a security company to help organizations gain control over usage of the Net telephony tool at work.

The partnership is with Foster City, Calif.-based FaceTime Communications, a maker of software and appliances that let businesses monitor and secure use of instant message tools on their networks, people familiar with the announcement told CNET News.com.

The arrangement, slated to be unveiled Tuesday at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, is the first of what is expected to be several of such deals, these people said.