With the rise of the use of social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, companies are now facing yet another source of distraction amongst employees. Almost 70% of the online population, use social networks. At the workplace, unless if there is an outright ban on using social media, it is inevitable that employees will …
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Angry Birds Taking a Bite off the Economy 0
The Internet is now an essential business tool. However, misuse of the web, especially during these challenging economic times can have a dramatic effect on employee productivity and ultimately company profits. Online games and social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter are a few of the many distractions that employees have access to at …
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CurrentWare Releases Internet and Endpoint Security Suite 0
Enhance Security, Increase Productivity CurrentWare announces the launch of the CurrentWare Internet and Endpoint Security Suite. By leveraging on Internet filtering, web monitoring and endpoint device restriction, the CurrentWare Suite delivers a comprehensive enterprise security solution. The CurrentWare suite includes its flagship Internet restriction and monitoring solutions, BrowseControl and BrowseReporter and the storage device security …
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Best Practice Guide for BrowseReporter 0
BrowseReporter is an Internet tracking tool that allows administrators to monitor the Internet activities of their users on the network. Follow this guide to understand the best practices for running BrowseReporter on your network. 1. Always change your CurrentWare Client Password It is important that you change your CurrentWare Client password. Having a unique CurrentWare …
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Best practices for taming temptations of the web in the office 0
As a business tool, email and the Internet are invaluable. More and more emphasis is being placed on web marketing and enterprises are using the Internet as a tool to generate and perpetuate business. But with the Internet expanding everyday, the temptations to misuse it at work are growing as well. It can be difficult …
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CurrentWare Announces Common Console 0
CurrentWare, a worldwide leader in Internet security software solutions, is pleased to introduce an enhanced new architecture of their Internet filtering and tracking software, BrowseControl and BrowseReporter version 4.0. Now available on an even more powerful and robust common console, CurrentWare Console, the Internet filtering and monitoring policies of both BrowseControl and BrowseReporter can efficiently …
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World Cup fevor reaching businesses? 0
While the biggest football tournament on earth is great news for me, and for football fans all over the world, business’s may be less excited. With matches readily available to watch over the internet and times clashing with working hours, the number of unaffected businesses will be very small indeed. Effective internet management plays a large part in negating this but the …
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Web Policies: Everyone needs to Know! 0
It is increasingly important for companies to effectively communicate their web at work policy to everyone in the organisation to ensure safe and productive browsing and to avoid confusion. Firms have generally become more relaxed about the personal use of IT at work, as the costs of supplying internet and PCs have come down. They should …
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Web socialising at work reduces output 0
Facebook at work amounts to social “not-working”, according to a new survey that shows employee productivity is hit by people socialising on the internet during office hours. A new study by Boston IT advisory firm, Nucleus Research found that, companies that allow users to access Facebook in the workplace lose an average 1.5% in total …
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Internet Surfing Restricted for British MP’s 0
An Internet filter on the Parliament IT system blocks access to websites that contain “offensive or illegal content or are sources of malicious software”. The policy emerged after an MP was unable to access the Daily Sport site. “Because of the things they are trying to censor they may have made an assumption about this …
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