Increase Productivity and Enforce Acceptable Web Usage

This valuable service from 3Com blocks access to pornographic, prejudicial, and violent web sites. Schools, colleges, libraries, or other public institutions required by law (such as the U.S. Child Internet Protection Act) to protect underage students can safely offer Internet access without risk of exposing them to objectionable content. The off-site service proactively hunts down offensive web sites and continually updates its database to deliver effective, round-the-clock protection.

3Com has partnered with SurfControl, a world leader in the web protection field. The comprehensive content filtering service also helps companies enforce acceptable web usage policies to improve employee productivity and ensure that Internet access is used for work-related business. Organizations of any size can also more easily comply with state and federal workplace guidelines to protect their employees from a hostile workplace environment.

The web-based subscription service requires little setup and administration. Simply check the boxes in the categories you want restricted and activate the managed service. The web site filter database is located on the Internet, accessed in real time by the 3Com OfficeConnect firewalls and routers. The hosted service eliminates the need to download the database and continually make room for the ever-growing list of unacceptable URLs. And your protection is always up to the minute because content is filtered using a continually updated database.

– Expands and enhances built-in filtering capabilities of the 3Com OfficeConnect firewalls and routers
– Enforces acceptable web usage policies by controlling access to unacceptable web sites; improves productivity, limits wasted Internet bandwidth, and protects company employees
– 24-hour-a-day guardian replaces "hit-and-miss" manual updating with professional expertise and round-the-clock operation
– Global research teams operate worldwide to add protection and constantly review database content; human interaction has proven more reliable with less false positives than artificial intelligence solutions
– Hosted service eliminates hardware storage concerns and administrative overhead
– Easy-to-use interface offers simple check boxes to select web site categories you want restricted
– Real-time database access transparent to Internet users; there is no delay in access
– Comprehensive service covers 7 million sites and 1.3 billion web pages; categories and web sites are updated daily for timely, accurate coverage
– Annual subscription service supports an unlimited number of users with a predicable cost