18 02, 2010

Is Your Privacy Really Being Invaded?

By | 2010-02-18T09:41:33+00:00 February 18th, 2010|Sales and Marketing, Uncategorized, WebSpy News Update|0 Comments

A frequently used argument against email and internet monitoring at work is invasion of privacy. This argument is often uttered by employees who feel that their privacy is, in one way or another, being compromised by monitoring efforts. Is it a legitimate argument? In short: legally no, practically maybe. Let me explain… […]

13 01, 2010

Top 10 Stupid Things you can do at work to get yourself fired!

By | 2010-01-13T03:54:14+00:00 January 13th, 2010|Sales and Marketing, Tips and Best Practices, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Browse for awesome porn! Find awesome porn and then attach it to a group email, sent to everyone who works with you in accounting… Overrun your lunch hour by 4 hours because poker_champ03 is beating you at 5 card stud… Write an email to your lover describing in intimate details what you would like to [...]

27 11, 2009

Another Reason Organizations Should Avoid Excessive Internet Blocking

By | 2009-11-27T07:52:01+00:00 November 27th, 2009|How To, Sales and Marketing, Tips and Best Practices, Uncategorized, Web Browsing Analysis|0 Comments

Google Alerts have become an invaluable tool to keep track of WebSpy’s online presence and mentions. I’m also alerted on keywords related to other players in the Internet Security Industry. The last couple of weeks I have noticed quite a steep increase in alerts on a well-known internet blocking and filtering vendor. Majority of these [...]

16 11, 2009

Santa Claus is Coming to Town – Ho, Ho, How will it Affect your Workplace?

By | 2009-11-16T03:25:44+00:00 November 16th, 2009|Tips and Best Practices, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Tis should be the season to be jolly but it looks like employers have reasons to watch out, and maybe even cry, all because Santa Claus is coming to town. Gallup has reported that Christmas spending intentions are currently down, compared to last year. Americans are planning to spend an average of $740 on gifts [...]

5 11, 2009

Gartner Report: IT Spending Projected to Increase

By | 2009-11-05T04:00:38+00:00 November 5th, 2009|Sales and Marketing, Uncategorized, WebSpy News Update|0 Comments

Everything in its own time, if you want the rainbow you gotta put up with the rain, it is always darkest before the dawn – and all other proverbs hinting encouragement and new beginnings. Gartner has just released its latest report, Gartner Perspective: IT Spending 2010, anticipating that our 2008 and 2009 economic recession is [...]

23 10, 2009

How should Employees use Social Media?

By | 2009-10-23T07:24:32+00:00 October 23rd, 2009|Sales and Marketing, Tips and Best Practices, Uncategorized|0 Comments

WebProNews is an online news site covering the latest developments in search engines, SEO, social media marketing and online advertising and I have been subscribing to them for many odd years. Recently they have been posting interviews, surveys and comments in relation to the use of social media. New research from Robert Half Technology indicates [...]

2 09, 2009

Internet Monitoring Best Practices – 10 Valuable Tips

By | 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 [...]

10 06, 2009

Invitation to Participate in Unique Web Usage Study

By | 2009-06-10T05:05:33+00:00 June 10th, 2009|Uncategorized, WebSpy, WebSpy News Update|0 Comments

We are happy to announce that all existing WebSpy clients, and prospective clients, are presented with a unique opportunity to participate in a workplace internet leisure browsing (WILB) study carried out by Dr Brent Coker from the University of Melbourne. Dr Brent Coker is seeking organizations who would be interested in participating in a study to examine how WILB affects their employees’ productivity. Initial evidence from suggests WILB in certain circumstances can result in improved productivity.