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.
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Grace Removals is one of Australia and New Zealand’s oldest removal companies and they recently chose Bloxx Web filtering to filter and monitor its users across 40 sites. Howard Malyon, IT Manager at Grace, wanted a new web filter that could filter effectively and flexibly, was easy to manage and would allow him to easily [...]
CBS News has reported a story about an employee who was dismissed for looking at gun parts websites on a company computer. The dismissed employee had raised a lawsuit against the company alleging that the gun-web-site issue was simply an excuse to fire him because of his medical condition and absence from work.
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After five years and with over 300 million users signed up, Facebook has at last reached break even point. The company has seen a tripling of users in the last 12 months, has recently launched a revamped search engine and is soon to launch an online payment system. Analysts are predicting income to rise by [...]
The UK’s Office for Security and Counter Terrorism - a department of the Home Office - has just released an updated document that highlights the risk posed by Violent Extremism content which is readily available on the Web.
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The Bloxx Web filtering appliance has added the new Bing search engine to its SafeSearch blocking. The Bloxx appliance can be set up to automatically enforce SafeSearch on search engines, even when users try to change the settings.
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Hitwise has revealed that in the UK for the year to date, Facebook is the most popular search term with 2.39% searches dedicated to this term as well as being the second most visited site in the UK behind Google. It receives an unbelievable 1 in every 24 internet visits and its traffic has doubled [...]
The UK government has released anti-extremist guidelines for colleges to adhere to following a number of cases involving students using college facilities to promote terrorism. The report by the Department for Universities and Skills and the Association of Colleges, recommends that higher education establishments ensure they monitor staff and students’ internet activity and report anything [...]
A story hit the press in the UK last week about a company who had dismissed two employees (who by coincidence happened to be sisters) for gross misconduct related to excessive personal use of the Internet during working hours.
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It is extremely important that healthcare organisations have effective web filtering in place to maintain employee productivity and reduce the risk of legal liability and employee dismissals.
NHS Waltham Forest in North London, UK, has just deployed Bloxx’s Tru-View Technology to protect over 800 staff and maintain a healthy and uninterrupted internet connection.
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