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14 10, 2009

Microsoft Forefront TMG Release Candidate now available

By admin| 2009-10-14T01:00:34+00:00 October 14th, 2009|Firewall Analysis, Loaders, Log File Analysis, Microsoft ISA Server, Microsoft Threat Management Gateway, Third Party, Uncategorized, Vantage, Web Browsing Analysis, WebSpy, WebSpy News Update|0 Comments

Microsoft have announced the availability of Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) Release Candidate (RC). This is the final public release of TMG before it is made available to purchase. If you're considering upgrading your ISA Server to TMG, this means that you can start your deployment using the Release Candidate, and simply switch it to a licenced version with no additional configuration changes once the full release is available.

9 10, 2009

WebSpy Propose to Acquire Marketboomer

By Asa| 2009-10-09T08:11:07+00:00 October 9th, 2009|Uncategorized, WebSpy, WebSpy News Update|0 Comments

Today has been a very eventful day. This morning we announced WebSpy’s proposed acquisition of procurement and materials management system provider, Marketboomer. Ever since we let the news slip there has been a steady stream of phone calls, emails and tweets. So, who is Marketboomer and why has WebSpy proposed to acquire them? […]

7 10, 2009

How to Improve Public Proxy Management and Control

By Asa| 2009-10-07T04:28:28+00:00 October 7th, 2009|How To, Tips and Best Practices, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Using public proxies generally involves browsing to a public proxy website to request access to another site, usually blocked or prohibited by organizational policy. When accessing sites in this fashion, firewalls, filtering devices and monitoring solutions are only aware that an employee, or student, has accessed the public proxy site, and not the actual end [...]

7 10, 2009

Notes on E-Security Development

By Asa| 2009-10-07T03:33:38+00:00 October 7th, 2009|Articles, Cyber Crime, Tips and Best Practices, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Today, I had the pleasure of attending Western Australian Internet Association’s first (out of four) breakfast events. The main topic on the agenda was E-Security and a panel of expert, representing commercial, government and educational bodies, were there to shed a light on the latest developments. […]

29 09, 2009

How to Educate your Workforce and Strengthen Security with Internet Monitoring

By Asa| 2009-09-29T08:03:38+00:00 September 29th, 2009|How To, Log File Analysis, Tips and Best Practices, Uncategorized, Vantage|0 Comments

Today I received a phone call from one of our clients who had read my previous blog: “How to Benefit from Monitoring Good Web Activity”. This blog is focused on how you can benefit from monitoring internet activity that is not generally perceived as bad, or unproductive. The client, a network administrator at a large [...]

9 09, 2009

Exciting New Features in Vantage Update 2.2.0.10

By admin| 2009-09-09T07:27:29+00:00 September 9th, 2009|Loaders, Log File Analysis, Microsoft Threat Management Gateway, Scheduled Tasks, Software Updates, Uncategorized, Vantage, WebSpy, WebSpy News Update|0 Comments

Attention all Vantage customers (and triallers). We've just released build 2.2.0.8 as an auto-update. This build includes new features such as scheduled data purge, support for Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway, and scheduling CSV imports into your Organizational structure.

3 09, 2009

Remove Username-Password Prompts from the Web Module with Windows Authentication

By admin| 2009-09-03T05:31:01+00:00 September 3rd, 2009|How To, Tips and Best Practices, Uncategorized, Vantage, Web Module, WebSpy|0 Comments

A great feature of Vantage Ultimate is its ability to publish reports and storages to the Web Module so that users can login, view their reports, and analyze data. But no one wants to have to remember yet another username and password combination to login to the Web Module, so make it easy on your users by using Windows Authentication. This way, as long as a user is logged into their Windows machine with their Windows domain username, they will sail straight into the Web Module without being prompted for a username or password.

2 09, 2009

Internet Monitoring Best Practices – 10 Valuable Tips

By Asa| 2009-09-02T13:43:44+00:00 September 2nd, 2009|Tips and Best Practices, Uncategorized, WebSpy|0 Comments

The benefits of allowing employees monitored Internet access, instead of extensive blocking and filtering, have been explored in previous blogs. In essence, an effective monitoring solution will assist in maximizing employee productivity, identifying download issues, improving network management and minimizing litigation risks. Something of great importance is taking the users of the network you intend [...]

25 08, 2009

WebSpy User Survey – The Why, How and What Behind Internet Monitoring

By Asa| 2009-08-25T03:10:33+00:00 August 25th, 2009|Log File Analysis, Sales and Marketing, Software Updates, Uncategorized, WebSpy|0 Comments

We recently completed the analysis of our latest software user survey. It is always very exciting to review the results from such a survey since it is one of the best indications on why clients are using our software, where our strengths lies and what we can improve. […]

20 08, 2009

Social Media – The Biggest Shift Since the Industrial Revolution?

By Asa| 2009-08-20T07:57:13+00:00 August 20th, 2009|Sales and Marketing, Uncategorized, WebSpy|0 Comments

I just came across something I wanted to share. Socialnomics.com recently posted a very powerful video, “Social Media Revolution”, highlighting figures from Erik Qualman’s book on how social media transform the way we live and do business. Being a part of industry, it comes as no surprise that the popularity of social media is rapidly [...]