Software Tools
Currently there are a raft of programs available to businesses each of which focus control over one or two facets of management. Businesses use a software filtering product that maintains a substantial database of sites in many 'categories'. Users can determine which categories they want 'blocked'. The Internet requests are passed through a server and a user policy defines those sites available to employees.
Software packages that offer businesses with a means to manage one or other aspect of Internet Resource usage includes: Vital Suite performance management, Net IQ, Watch fire, Surf Control, Inet Soft, Clear swift, Elron Software Web filter, Fine Ground App Scope, Cordiant Performance Management, Boost Works Boost Edge, Red line, Accrue, See run, Maxamine, Packeteer and INTERScepter by visionGateway.
What needs to be managed includes:
- the role a connected user from the business needs to play when online,
- the range of services that this particular role may require such as whether connection to the Internet for this role requires to see only the software packages to which the company subscribes,
- how the employee needs to connect to the Internet for example desktop computer, laptop, PDA, mobile phone etc.
- connectivity for the employee say whether we need to give this employee special online support for handling large scale documents, maybe some special packet switching, or additional security levels
- the range of online assets to be made available to this employee, usually managed by category, such as Banking assets where all Banks online would be seen by an employee, or a catalogue of small to medium businesses.
While the software packages named above could provide a management team with the tools needed to manage Internet connectivity within an organization, there would be significant difficulties arise in the cross-over of one tool with another. While there are cross over issues from one package to another there are also significant gaps where there is no product offering.
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