Version 4.0 of Cyclope Internet Filtering Proxy has just been released. The new version comes both with a new user interface and new reports. One of them is the Overview report added to the statistics section.
At the first run, the overview section will guide the application manager to client configuration, to define the filtering policy and to check statistics. On the normal usage of the application, the overview section aims to provide application’s manger summary statistics like the number of users currently using the product, the total amount of traffic that was recorded for the current day and the breaking rules attempts.
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“The mission of Grassroots.org is to serve as a catalyst for positive social change by leveraging modern technologies and best business practices. Grassroots.org provides nonprofit organizations with free valuable technologies and resources to increase their efficiency and productivity.” (GrassRoots.org)
At this moment the GrassRoots has over 1.300 active members all over US and Canada and it’s increasing continuously. Their focus is to provide free technologies and services for nonprofit organizations in order to help them achieve, sustain, and expand a strong web presence.
We have teemed up with them and become “In-kind Supporters”, providing services to their clients, free of charge. We are offering 15 users licenses both for the Internet filtering and for the employee monitoring solutions.
As they said, when we donate to Grassroots.org, we “help invest in over 1,300 organizations that are making change all around the globe“.
It is common for employees today to spend a large portion of their day doing non-work related stuff on the web. They check their personal email and social networking accounts, set up instant messenger accounts for chatting with friends and associates and browse around the web reading the latest headlines or their favorite blogs. Although it’s expected that some time is going to be lost to these activities throughout the day, smart employers will work to minimize the amount of time that employees are wasting on personal Internet use. This should be done through setting up a system that deters such activity and yet doesn’t create resentment among employees.
Causing such resentment is the biggest danger that employers will run in to when trying to deter employees from using the Internet for personal use during working hours. No employee wants to be treated like a child who is told what to do and when to do it. The reality of the working environment is that the boss is doing exactly that; telling the employee what he or she is allowed to do. However, this can be done in such a way that the employee doesn’t feel Continue reading ‘How to Deter Employees From Personal Internet Use At Work’
Europe’s influence over technology regulation has led U.S. companies to send lobbyists to try and influence European lawmakers as they debate Internet access policy.
“The U.S. companies see the outcome of the fight in Europe as key,” says Jeremie Zimmermann, a lobbyist for French Internet advocacy group La Quadrature du Net. “Each side is hoping to score points on the issue here so they can take it back to the [United States] to influence the outcome there.”
Net neutrality is supported by free-speech advocates and Internet businesses that want to prevent network operators from filtering Internet traffic, but Internet service providers say that basic traffic management is needed to deal with the soaring demand for bandwidth. The outcome of the debate over net neutrality could affect whether consumers will continue to have access to unlimited bandwidth for downloads on a flat-rate plan, or if they will have to pay higher fees based on the amount of data they download.
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It was a long way and the result was waited by everyone: developers, costumers and marketing team. Cyclope Internet Filtering Proxy 3.0 was finally released after it spent few months for “intensive care and diagnostic”.
The objective for the new release was to provide better internet filtering, well organized internet activity reports and easy information managing.The new and improved approach in Cyclope Internet Filtering Proxy 3.0 allows two distinct deployment features:
- The standard deployment provides IP-oriented filtering / logging features available via setting the client machine browser proxy settings.
- The advanced deployment provides user - oriented filtering / logging features via additionally installing the provided client application with the client machine. Cyclope Internet Filtering Proxy enhanced deployment provides features for limiting user traffic size to custom predefined value. Enhanced logging features provides automatic log file removing when log file information has been processed, preventing high disk space usage.
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A manager’s list of concerns. Once you have your own business and company, problems keep appearing. A manager’s concerns refer to a proper development of the business, employees respecting company policy, minimizing the costs while increasing benefits and productivity.
Nowadays, solutions for keeping business going around and further more, for improving the business process, have been found and managers are implementing these results within their company.
Should I monitor my employee’s activity or should I restrict their internet access? Internet usage within a company is a necessity and this question is the consequence of this fact. Employee monitoring software is a complex tool for recording employee activity starting with websites visited, application run, downloaded files etc. The manager’s responsibility is to warn the employee about this, otherwise he will confront the law. Using a monitoring solution, managers can analyze reports regarding employee activity, breaking rules attempts, overtime and even idle or active time. Based on these reports he will easily decide how to face the problem or how to reward those who deserve. 
On the other side, using an internet filtering software, a manager will restrict the access to internet, and this, comparative to employee monitoring is legally in all countries around the world. It’s an advantage that must be taking in view. Internet filtering solutions offers a security feeling, because by restricting the access you know that employees will not visit inappropriate web sites, will not download files that might harm or corrupt your information. The disadvantages of using an internet filtering software are that you limit the imagination of the person in cause and on the other side you don’t know how much of time is working or how much is wasted. Continue reading ‘Internet filtering vs. Monitoring Solution’
In our days the technology is so advanced that almost all the companies have Internet connection. This is why employees can have access to almost every thing they want: email, instant messaging, Internet shopping, games and even personal company information. The Internet has proven itself to be an addictive distraction for employees.
This Internet abuse could cost your company thousands of lost work hours and less productivity, which can finally affect the growing business process. This is why you can not afford to trust your employees’ activities are in company’s interest only. For this kind of problems was developed the so called Internet Filtering solution.
Internet Filtering, also known as Content Filtering or Web Filter, represents a software solution that monitors the Internet traffic and blocks the access to certain websites and files.
An Internet Filtering application allows general surfing on the Internet to take place with the exception of the filtered sites, so the requested web pages are displayed only if they comply with the specified filters.
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