Comments on: 6 Features for Good Internet Traffic Monitoring

By: Sabine Lenz

Sabine Lenz — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:52:02 +0000

Good Internet traffic monitoring encompasses several platforms – browsing the web, sending and receiving email messages, chatting through instant messengers, sending files through FTP, uploading and downloading documents, etc.

Because of this, A good Internet monitoring software should be comprehensive enough to cover all the platforms mentioned above.

By: Gilbert Mason

Gilbert Mason — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:36:07 +0000

I beg to differ. IM and email are not integrating each other and forming into one platform. IM is an off-shot of email. The former is the by-product of the latter. Email will be email no matter what system is integrated into it. IM is different.

I agree with controlling the use of IMs especially in a big corporate environment. Organizations can get rid of slacks and office politics if they can control all IM (Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, Skype, etc) usage.

Did you know that most employees are now spreading office gossips through IMs? It’s not anymore through water jug stations. Just a thought…

By: KC Merks

KC Merks — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:40:13 +0000

In the company I’m with right now, they have a specific rule regarding employees who are leaving: you’ll have a restricted access to the company’s network system, websites you want to visit (even if it’s part of your work), and the actual machine (PC or Mac) you’re currently using. They have this rule on their handbook, and the HR department made sure that all new and old employees understand what it means.

Even though some employees who are resigning resent this rule, it’s for the better good of the entire organization, especially these days where almost all businesses are prone to hacks and other types of internal attacks.

By: Mr_Coffee_Lover

Mr_Coffee_Lover — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:39:17 +0000

If you’ll control instant messaging, you should also restrict the use of email. As we all know, IM and email are slowly integrating into one platform. This was started by Gtalk wherein you can simultaneously use your email and your IM accounts all at once. Yahoo Mail and Yahoo Messenger followed suit. And now, Facebook embedded its inbox and chat system all together.

Controlling streaming media is really a must these days. Internet radio and podcasting are rapidly growing, and within a few years they’re going to be a mainstream – just like FM radios. I’m not saying they’re bad, they just need to be controlled especially in workplaces.

By: George Kerry

George Kerry — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:25:28 +0000

People complain about internet monitoring, but it’s no different at virtually any job you go to. Someone’s gotta keep people on task, it comes with the territory. The nice thing about internet monitoring is it affects everybody. If your boss is streaming sports and music, it’s going to take bandwidth down for everybody. Delicate as it may be, they’ll understand it hurts overall productivity.