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Many corporations are looking at ways to monitor their employees computer usage. I found a great corporate product for computer monitoring called SpectorSoft(http://www.spectorsoft.com).

Here’s an overview of their corporate computer monitoring feature set:

Record, Archive and Review.
Spector CNE (Corporate Network Edition) is Internet monitoring software designed to be installed on any or all PCs on the network, at the touch of a button, from one central location. Once installed, Spector CNE will record all employee Internet and PC activity, automatically archive these recordings to a centralized server and allow you to review the recordings remotely across the network.

Record Everything
Spector CNE automatically captures and lets you review your employees’: emails sent and received, chat conversations and instant messages, files downloaded, removable media transfers, web sites visited, network connections established, applications launched and keystrokes typed. In addition, by taking screen snapshots, Spector CNE creates the equivalent of a digital surveillance tape so that you can see the exact sequence of everything your employees are doing on the computer.

Be Notified as it Happens
Immediate email alerts notify you whenever certain words (and phrases) you specify are typed by the user or are contained in an email, chat, instant message or a web site. (Spector CNE’s email recording is so comprehensive that it covers Outlook, Exchange, AOL, Hotmail, Yahoo and any SMTP/POP3-based architecture.)

Save Money
Spector CNE will save your company money by reducing the amount of time employees waste online. See how much you stand to save by installing Spector CNE on your company network.

Increase Employee Productivity
Implementing a Spector CNE network solution will increase employee productivity, provide a safeguard in the event of inappropriate employee behavior, and protect your company from electronic information leakage. Additionally, Spector CNE can help address the following issues:

• Conduct Investigations on Employees Suspected of Inappropriate Activity
• Increase Employee Productivity
• Eliminate Leaking of Confidential Information
• Recover Lost Crucial Communications (Email, Chat & Instant Messages)
• Assist Help Desk Staff With PC Recovery
• Meet or Exceed Federal, Industry or Agency Compliance Requirements for Keeping Records of Company Communications and Transactions.

Award Winning Technology, Worldwide Recognition
Spector CNE is built on award-winning internet monitoring technology found in the SpectorSoft family of products Spector Pro, eBlaster and Spector for Mac OS. SpectorSoft products have won numerous Industry Leader awards and coverage including: PC Magazine Editors’ Choice in 2002, PC Magazine Editors Choice in 2004, 5 Star highest rating from About.Com, a Feature in Time Magazine’s Cover Story “How to Protect Your Privacy Online”, and dozens of other national stories in newspapers (New York Times, Wall Street Journal), magazines (BusinessWeek, Fortune), and network television (Today Show, CBS Evening News., 20/20).

There is some controversy when it comes to corporate computer monitoring. However, I’m of the opinion that if people have nothing to hide then they won’t have any problem with corporate monitoring.

One other important point for managers that may want to employ corporate computer monitoring is that if you are up front and establish a policy of what you find appropriate and inappropriate then computer monitoring will go better. If you just do it behind their backs or if people aren’t clear what you are monitoring for then it is not fair or a smart idea.

Let the computer monitoring BEGIN!!