With Ofcom announcing draft proposals on how they will implement the legislation outlined in the Digital Economy Act to address downloads of copyrighted material, we are moving closer to the full implementation.
Most of the debate and controversy around the Act so far has been focused on home users, but UK organisations also need to ensure that they are taking steps to prevent illegal downloads by their users. Read more…
The BBC World News ran an interview with SC Magazine’s Dan Raywood discussing US opposition to the Australian web filter.
This is an extremely controversial area and one that’s likely to provoke a huge amount of debate. Read more…
Three years after launching our third-generation Web Filter which is now delivering outstanding content filtering and web security for over 2.5 million users around the world, we are now making the technology available under license.
At the heart of our content filtering appliance is Tru-View Technology (TVT), a real-time content analysis and categorisation engine that accurately classifies a web page at the point of request and then applies the appropriate filtering policy.
TVT is now available as an OEM Software Development Kit (SDK) that allows other web filtering companies to quickly create real-time categorisation capability. Read more…
Expanding our channel business is a critical component for the continued growth of our web filtering business. Which is why we are delighted to have added someone with proven experience in successfully developing and executing channel strategies for the likes of Websense and Trend Micro. Pat Dunne, most recently UK Sales Director at Websense, has joined the senior management team at Bloxx team to further develop and execute our UK and EMEA channel sales strategy and to spearhead a reseller recruitment campaign to accelerate the company’s recent strong channel sales growth. Read more…
The response to our new product for YouTube filtering at BETT 2010 was fantastic and we were delighted to hand over the first appliance to Bolton Council last Thursday at the show.
The council will be deploying Media Filter to schools in its area to help them take advantage of YouTube media content in a secure online environment, improve local collaborative learning and resource sharing and give autonomy to teachers to help them enrich learning experiences through the use of approved, age rated online media.
“We had a real dilemma on our hands: our schools were demanding access to YouTube, but due to the inappropriate content and user submitted comments which can sometimes be found on the site, it was impossible to allow access in a safe and controlled way,” said Phil Brockbank, Technical Consultant at Bolton Council. “The Bloxx Media Filter will allow us to empower teachers to create and use a free online library of rich learning resources, students will be happier as lessons will be more engaging and enjoyable and the council will be able to deliver on its commitment to keeping our children and young people safer online.”
To find out more about Bloxx Media Filter and how it can help you get all of the educational benefits of YouTube without the risks you can read the datasheet here
At BETT 2010, which starts today, we will be unveiling Bloxx Media Filter, a secure web appliance which enables schools and students to obtain all of the educational benefits of online social media content, such as YouTube, in a safe and secure online environment.
The Bloxx Media Filter lets teachers quickly identify curriculum related YouTube video clips and with just a few clicks tag, assign these to a subject area and age range and submit the clips for approval. Once approved, students can easily search and view clips which are streamed directly from the YouTube site through the appliance directly to classroom PCs, without related video clips, contextual advertising or user submitted comments being displayed. Read more…
We were delighted to feature once again in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA which was announced on Tuesday evening in London. The company was listed at 175 in the ranking of the fastest growing public and private technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and green technology companies from 26 countries in EMEA, based on entrants’ five-year revenue growth. Read more…
The Greensboro North Carolina News & Record newspaper reported yesterday that local parents are outraged about library users viewing pornography on library computers. In the first six months of this year, 89 people were apparently caught viewing pornography on public computers at the Central Library. In summer 2008 a Greensboro man was caught and arrested for viewing child pornography on a public computer at Central Library. So quite a problem!
There’s been quite a bit of coverage over the recent months about Social Networking in the workplace. It’s been a few years since this particular issue saw this much coverage. Maybe it’s the current economic situation that’s driving organisations to be more concerned about staff productivity or it could just be sheer coincidence.
The 2009 Deloitte Technology awards were announced yesterday and Bloxx is delighted to rank 34th in the listing. The award recognises UK based technology companies with high levels of growth measured over a five year period. Bloxx has grown nearly 966% during that time, which is is pretty spectacular. Read more…
