Employee Internet Management - EIM Solutions

Our software is a comprehensive Employee Internet Management Solution - Internet filtering package for managing employee use of the Internet, the network and the desktop applications. 

This software allows you to:

Manage employee Internet access
Block spyware, phishing sites and malicious mobile code
Prevent peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing
Block IM attachments and manage IM use
Reduce bandwidth by managing streaming media
Prevent employee hacking
Mitigate exposure to Zero Day threats

This software offers the only solution that uniquely filters at multiple points - on the network, gateway and desktop - to provide complete protection against emerging threats. Our EIM - employee Internet management solution allows organizations to easily assess risk areas, identify problem users, manage user and group privileges and enforce corporate policies for appropriate use of the Internet and other computing resources.

Best-of-breed Internet Access Control

Our leading Employee Management Filter combines powerful flexibility with rich functionality.

Provides comprehensive and accurate Internet filtering supported by a database of URLs, built using a combination of automated and human classification and dynamically tuned to real-life surfing patterns with Web Catcher™.
Balances work-related and personal surfing by enabling IT administrators to set custom policies to manage employee Internet, network and application use.
Minimizes administrative overhead in setting and enforcing employee computing policies with the easy-to-use Enterprise Manager (Central Management Console).
Enables management of non-English speaking users with report templates, block pages and Web page category names in nine languages: Chinese (simplified and traditional), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish.

Industry-leading Internet usage analysis and reporting

Our EIM software provides the most advanced Internet monitoring capabilities for detecting productivity issues and security risks arising from employee Internet and application use in your organization. No other solution provides such a broad range of tools to isolate your risks:

Our Real-Time Analyzer™ - Analyze current and recent network traffic with this real-time analysis tool, which captures a snapshot of network activity and answers important network-related questions quickly.

Our Explorer - Get quick and easy access to employee activity statistics with this forensics and reporting tool for IT, HR, legal and business managers.

Our Reporter - Choose from over 80 predefined report templates with this robust engine, built on Crystal Reports® and offering the ability to customize and schedule reports for distribution via email.

Enhanced Internet filtering with Premium Groups

The Premium Groups™ family of products enhances the standard filtering capabilities of our Employee Internet Management software with additional coverage of high-risk categories:

Productivity PG™
Increase employee productivity by managing Internet access to many of the most popular cyberslacking categories such as online advertisements, instant messaging, freeware and pay-to-surf.
Bandwidth PG™
Improve network performance by controlling access to bandwidth-intensive downloads. Filter for sites that provide streaming media, Internet radio and TV, and peer-to-peer file sharing, among others.
Security PG™
Minimize the risk of security breaches by blocking access to phishing sites, spyware sites and Web sites infected with malicious mobile code. Stop the transmission of sensitive information to host spyware servers.

Network management and bandwidth optimization

Our Employee Internet Management Software offers the unique ability to extend Internet usage policy control and enforcement to the network level. This allows organizations to:

Manage IM, P2P and streaming media applications by network protocol.
Set policies based on application protocols and file types with Dynamic Protocol ManagementTM. Automated updates to the protocol list ensure accuracy and minimize administration.

Bandwidth Optimizer™ (BWO) - Better utilize and conserve your available network bandwidth with BWO, an add-on module. Bandwidth Optimizer seamlessly integrates with the main EIM software and allows organizations to prioritize business-critical processing over non-work-related purposes. It blocks personal Internet activity or application use when network bandwidth thresholds set by administrators are exceeded.

IM Attachment Manager™ (IMA) - Safeguard your enterprise from the largest security threat in instant messaging file transfers. IMA integrates seamlessly into the EIM environment to allow maximum flexiblity in your management of public instant messaging use on your network. Network administrators can set policies that block the sending and receiving of file attachments, minimizing the possibility of viruses or worms imported via IM applications.

Zero Day protection

Client Policy Manager™ provides an innovative end-point security solution that extends the power of our EIM software to corporate desktops, laptops and servers. Organizations will have the ability to:

Detect desktop threats and attempts to use unauthorized applications
Protect the enterprise from known and unknown security threats
Prevent unauthorized applications from accessing the network
Implement and manage application usage policies by category, user or group

Client Policy Manager™ (CPM) - Delivers Zero Day protection against unknown security threats, including today's sophisticated malware. CPM prevents the execution of unauthorized applications such as spyware, P2P file sharing and hacking tools, while enabling flexible policy management of applications such as instant messaging or remote access tools.

Only CPM enforces employee application use policies for corporate desktops, laptops and servers even when they are disconnected from the corporate network, and only CPM uses the unique and comprehensive Master Database of categorized applications, which is updated daily. Complementing traditional firewall and anti-virus tools, CPM closes the window of exposure to today's fast-moving and blended security threats.

System requirements

Hardware:
Pentium III processor or Sun Ultra 10 processor or greater with at least 512 MB RAM. Hardware requirements will vary by configuration. Please see deployment guide for additional information.

Software:
Microsoft® Windows® 2003 Server, Windows® 2000 Server (SP3 or greater) or Windows® NT 4 Server (SP6a or greater) or Red Hat Linux™ 9 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux™ 3 or Sun Solaris™ 8-9.

EIM - Employee Internet Management Solutions - Benefits

Optimize the use of IT resources including bandwidth and desktop resources.
Reduce the risk of security breaches.
Mitigate the risks of legal liability as a result of employee behavior.
Improve employee productivity.
Enforce Internet and application use policies.

EIM Software - Cost-Savings

Our Employee Internet Management Solutions can be used to promote employee productivity. For less than one hour's salary of a clerical employee,  it provides a cost-effective solution to inappropriate Internet use.

For a quick illustration of how much casual surfing of the Internet could be costing your organization, please see  the table below. We used the following assumptions:

Average hourly cost per employee including overhead: $20
Average time spent per week casually surfing the Internet: 2 hours /week

Preferred Web Content Filter for the Fortune 500

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